High-water mark
689.6344
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6344 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
Lonestar Smokestacks
Lonestar Smokestacks is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 19th of 92 at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2025). They finished #846 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2025
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
674.55 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 675.73 (-1.18)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.58
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.13 · weakest Brisket (166.16)
Road miles
1,894
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 632 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$320K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.73 / 720
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #846 (120 pts) | #909 (120 pts) | #931 (135 pts) | #863 (120 pts) | #872 (120 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Lonestar Smokestacks, each with one reason worth a look.
Lonestar Smokestacks 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 104 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Lonestar Smokestacks)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Lonestar Smokestacks has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,407 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1535
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Lonestar Smokestacks)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 12 contests to 8.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Lonestar Smokestacks's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1535
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Lonestar Smokestacks's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,401 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
Level with Lonestar Smokestacks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Lonestar Smokestacks'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLHORN BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| The Pitfather BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Bayou BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| TINY E BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| The Chopping Block | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Show BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Loud and Heavy BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 163.3828 | 167.87 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 165.1200 | 171.13 | top 44% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 162.8344 | 170.56 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 153.6572 | 166.16 | top 54% |
“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
4
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
620
finished ahead 589 times, behind 649
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1526) Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First call Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.6344 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score689.6344 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| +11.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +2.9 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff | Sep 11, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 30, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 93.5% | 93.3% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 95.8% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 136 / 158 (669.6000) | 62 (173.1200) | 138 (165.1200) | 144 (162.8344) | 113 (168.5256) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 234 / 360 (672.4916) | 301 (163.3828) | 201 (169.6800) | 266 (165.1544) | 69 (174.2744) |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 31 / 75 (673.1204) | 55 (163.4056) | 22 (171.4288) | 28 (170.2744) | 27 (168.0116) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 94 / 401 (689.6344) | 125 (173.1200) | 7 (178.8572) | 126 (173.1200) | 267 (164.5372) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 141 / 158 (667.8860) | 138 (165.6800) | 67 (173.1316) | 29 (175.4172) | 157 (153.6572) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 19 / 92 (681.6344) | 38 (168.5372) | 41 (168.5372) | 9 (176.5828) | 29 (167.9772) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.