Smokin Trees BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4094

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1481

peak 1516 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-09-01

latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#1073

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0976 / 720

Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.85 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 655.60 (-3.75)

Walk rate

24%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)

Consistency

±11.82

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.05 · weakest Brisket (158.28)

Road miles

501

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$305K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

655.60 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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

673.0976 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.0976 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-09-29

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.77 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 15%.

Brisket avg 158.28
Chicken avg 167.05
0 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PORK RADIO 810 in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

PARTS 'R' SMOKIN ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PARTS 'R' SMOKIN has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.

A September team

Top 51% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 51% across 5 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

5 September contests
top 65% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.64% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.64% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.1% of a perfect score
17 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.

138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

The 28th Amendment

#4105 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1480

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Smokin Trees BBQ)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

BLUEGRASS SMOKERS

#4084 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smokin Trees BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

V QUE

#4092 of the rated field

1481 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2020-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF

#4096 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2024-10-04

⚔ Head-to-head

ACE OF DIAMONDS BBQ

#4086 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1481

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-06-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Squeeze My Slabs

#4106 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Level with Smokin Trees BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2024-06-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GETTIN' BASTED	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
S&S BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Wabash BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Mavens	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Three Brothers Different Mothers	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Casual Smokers	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
GRILLAS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
A BBQ TEAM - MO	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	2	1	175.4172	156.5256	167.05	top 53%
Pork Ribs	13	1	0	173.7144	155.3944	165.55	top 59%
Pork	13	2	0	174.2628	154.8572	164.72	top 60%
Brisket	13	0	0	168.5600	147.9428	158.28	top 74%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	7	0	top 61%
MO	6	0	top 70%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 81%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 58%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	43	top 45%	2023-09-27
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	305	top 78%	2025-11-05
Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)	2	26	top 92%	2023-07-22
The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	2	17	top 48%	2019-04-12

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.2 yrs 2017-09-01 → 2025-11-05

Busiest season 2023 4 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 11 of 17 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.05 · weakest Brisket (158.28)

Walk rate 24% a top-10 call in 4 of 17 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 17 contests

Master average 655.60 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,342 1,146–1,871 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 501 17 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi

Schedule strength 1591 average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests

Purse competed for $305,195 listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 10 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2020-06-26 → 2021-09-16

Power rating 1481 peak 1516 · #4094 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Sep 1 First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
2018
Apr 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.1256 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Sep 14 First call Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
2022
Sep 29 Career-best overall score673.0976 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Sep 29 Peak power rating (1516) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
2023
Jul 21 10th tracked contest Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
Jul 21 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
2025
Nov 5 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16
+9	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	2018-04-13
+6	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2022-09-29
+3.7	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	2018-09-14

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	Grillin and Chillin	2020-06-26
-8.9	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)	2023-07-21
-8.9	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)	2023-07-22
-7.9	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2025-11-05
-7.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2023-09-27

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	0%	top 87%	89.3%	89.3%
2024	2	0%	top 69%	92%	92%
2023	4	25%	top 89%	92%	90.5%
2022	2	0%	top 41%	93.5%	93.5%
2021	1	0%	top 9%	—	—
2020	1	0%	top 94%	91.4%	91.4%
2019	2	100%	top 61%	90.4%	90%
2018	2	50%	top 40%	93.1%	92.8%
2017	1	0%	top 77%	88.2%	88.2%

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	348 / 401 (643.2572)	351 (159.9428)	300 (164.5372)	345 (161.0972)	347 (157.6800)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	305 / 444 (662.1028)	266 (167.3828)	233 (169.1200)	315 (163.9428)	335 (161.6572)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	409 / 487 (637.6232)	367 (162.8344)	307 (165.6800)	442 (154.8572)	428 (154.2516)
2023-07-22	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	26 / 28 (654.1488)	14 (173.1200)	28 (160.5144)	12 (171.4172)	28 (149.0972)
2023-07-21	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	28 / 31 (662.1376)	9 (175.4172)	19 (169.6800)	30 (162.2516)	31 (154.7888)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	209 / 505 (673.0976)	140 (171.4288)	86 (173.7144)	402 (159.3944)	171 (168.5600)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	43 / 467 (501.0740)	94 (172.0000)	154 (169.1200)	334 (159.3944)	239 (163.9656)
2020-06-26	Grillin and Chillin 🏅 Chillicothe, MO	32 / 34 (658.1944)	32 (163.3944)	29 (161.1316)	18 (169.1428)	26 (164.5256)
2019-05-31	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	29 / 49 (650.7316)	14 (169.1316)	27 (163.3828)	9 (170.2744)	45 (147.9428)
2019-04-12	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO	34 / 54 (645.5432)	32 (163.9660)	46 (155.3944)	10 (174.2628)	45 (151.9200)
2018-09-14	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO	16 / 35 (666.1368)	2 (175.4056)	8 (172.5600)	29 (157.0856)	22 (161.0856)
2018-04-13	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	17 / 51 (670.1256)	38 (161.0972)	22 (169.6800)	12 (170.8228)	14 (168.5256)
2017-09-01	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	313 / 407 (635.2344)	337 (156.5256)	315 (157.6688)	177 (167.4056)	327 (153.6344)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1073 (109 pts)	#692 (249 pts)	#1055 (139 pts)	#832 (174 pts)	#1117 (109 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#1079 (59 pts)	#1091 (59 pts)	#1103 (59 pts)	#817 (94 pts)	#1083 (59 pts)