A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQmyway ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQmyway has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Dirt Road Smokers
Dirt Road Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 11th of 26 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2024). They are ranked #4003 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 18, 2022
latest Nov 21, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.09
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.56 · weakest Chicken (154.81)
Road miles
10
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Purse competed for
$93K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
311.78 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
616.98 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The teams rated closest to Dirt Road Smokers, each with one reason worth a look.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,005 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Dirt Road Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Dirt Road Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,996 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
Level with Dirt Road Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Dirt Road Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Dirt Road Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarheel Cookers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Cold Beer BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Tillman's BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQmyway | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JP BBQ and Catering | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 145.6688 | 154.81 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 135.4172 | 157.11 | top 55% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 148.4568 | 156.50 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173.1200 | 147.9428 | 161.56 | top 27% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 63% | Nov 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
185
finished ahead 111 times, behind 188
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.7772 Lakeland Pig Festival
20231 milestone
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score616.9828 Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1495) Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.4 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2024 |
| +2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 17, 2023 |
| -5.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 18, 2022 |
| -2.6 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 21, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 55% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 47% | 90.8% | 89.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 78.1% | 78.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 17 / 31 (322.7540) | 17 (158.2168) | 16 (164.5372) | 14 (162.2284) | 1 (173.1200) |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 11 / 26 (316.4916) | 12 (155.3600) | 8 (161.1316) | 10 (157.0744) | 4 (159.9428) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 32 / 61 (326.7772) | 33 (161.6800) | 33 (165.0972) | 54 (148.4568) | 16 (164.5372) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 22 / 25 (281.0860) | 22 (145.6688) | 22 (135.4172) | 12 (158.1940) | 4 (162.2628) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 17 / 25 (616.9828) | 18 (153.1200) | 13 (159.3828) | 14 (156.5372) | 18 (147.9428) |