A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
COOKSHACK ahead in 100% of their meetings
COOKSHACK has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Amigos
Smokin Amigos is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 33 at the Cherokee Strip Cook-Off (2013). They finished #1309 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Amigos”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2013
latest May 28, 2022 · 8.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.86 · weakest Pork (138.68)
Road miles
1,399
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,399 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Master avg
597.95 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1240 (100 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin Amigos, each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin Amigos has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,460 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Level with Smokin Amigos on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smokin Amigos's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,470 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#4,489 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Smokin Amigos's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8112 | 149.1428 | 154.86 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 143.4172 | 151.29 | top 80% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8572 | 102.7540 | 138.68 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 144.5256 | 153.12 | top 77% |
“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
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
4 of 5 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 28 times, behind 110
Longest layoff
4.7 yrs
Sep 15, 2017 → May 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score626.7428 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Cherokee Strip Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)164.5944 Cherokee Strip Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1497) Cherokee Strip Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2015 |
| -7.9 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | Sep 15, 2017 |
| -3 | Cherokee Strip Cook-Off | Sep 13, 2013 |
| -2.6 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | May 28, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 87% | 87% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 81.9% | 81.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 76.3% | 76.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2022 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB | 26 / 39 (626.7428) | 28 (158.8112) | 17 (164.0116) | 29 (154.8572) | 31 (149.0628) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 34 / 38 (589.6684) | 32 (154.9144) | 37 (143.4172) | 36 (146.8112) | 35 (144.5256) |
| Sep 18, 2015 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 32 / 32 (549.6224) | 30 (149.1428) | 32 (143.4284) | 32 (102.7540) | 27 (154.2972) |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Cherokee Strip Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 22 / 33 (625.7716) | 25 (156.5600) | 26 (154.3088) | 28 (150.3084) | 17 (164.5944) |