Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
SmokeEaters BarBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1515 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2021-09-16
latest 2025-11-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
667.32 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 664.74 (+2.58)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.21 · weakest Brisket (159.10)
Road miles
2,524
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$342K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.74 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
High-water mark
687.8968
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.8968 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-10-30
Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 35%
A tough matchup
5–1
behind in the head-to-head
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−10.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.11 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 159.10
- Chicken avg 169.21
- 1 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of KYOTEE KOOKERS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2024-09-13).
- last seen 2021-09-16
- back 2024-09-13
The metronome
±2.25%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 92.3% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
119 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SmokeEaters BarBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SmokeEaters BarBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2747 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1531
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to SmokeEaters BarBQ)
34 contests to 8: their number has had years to settle where SmokeEaters BarBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with SmokeEaters BarBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before SmokeEaters BarBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before SmokeEaters BarBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2745 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before SmokeEaters BarBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BULLHORN BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ 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 | 171.4172 | 167.3828 | 169.21 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 154.8456 | 168.46 | top 48% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 159.3712 | 167.97 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.1944 | 159.10 | top 69% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 96 | 0 | top 44% | 2025-11-05 |
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 40% | 2025-09-12 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2021-09-16 → 2025-11-05
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.21 · weakest Brisket (159.10)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
664.74
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
891
653–997 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,524
8 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$342,235
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2021-09-16 → 2024-09-13
Power rating
1512
peak 1515 · #2749 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8516 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- 2024
- First call Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score687.8968 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1515) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| +7.6 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2025-09-12 |
| +2 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2024-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| -2.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2025-11-05 |
Category scores over time
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 93.7% | 93.1% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 35% | 95.5% | 94.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 90.5% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 267 / 401 (665.5656) | 263 (167.3828) | 233 (167.9772) | 118 (173.7028) | 360 (156.5028) |
| 2025-09-12 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 28 / 92 (674.8340) | 20 (170.8344) | 28 (172.0000) | 27 (171.4056) | 55 (160.5940) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 96 / 444 (687.8968) | 256 (167.9656) | 153 (171.9656) | 242 (167.9656) | 3 (180.0000) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 33 / 67 (670.7200) | 27 (170.2628) | 3 (177.1428) | 17 (173.1200) | 61 (150.1944) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 179 / 185 (651.8516) | 84 (171.4172) | 135 (166.8572) | 168 (162.2400) | 182 (151.3372) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 358 / 467 (637.5768) | 218 (167.3828) | 396 (154.8456) | 339 (159.3712) | 351 (155.9772) |