SMOKED

SMOKED is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 40 at the Heatin' Up the Bricks (2013). They are ranked #1545 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,545

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1562

peak 1585 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 22, 2013

latest Nov 5, 2025 · 12.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#354

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

20% of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

680.0572 / 720

Master · Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.57 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.49 (+2.07)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

Consistency

±17.77

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.93)

Road miles

3,064

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 526 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Purse competed for

$342K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

660.49 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

680.0572 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.0572 at Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 31, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q has finished one call ahead of SMOKED 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 23%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 23%

A tough matchup

12–2 behind in the head-to-head

4 LEGS UP BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

4 LEGS UP BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.51 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 23% of the time against 18%.

Pork Ribs avg 162.93
Brisket avg 167.44
5 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

11–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Burn Rate! in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (Sep 16, 2021).

last seen Sep 12, 2019
back Sep 16, 2021

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Brisket nemesis

10 of 14 shared brisket entries lost

PORKY BUTTS BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PORKY BUTTS BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared brisket entries.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 40 at their very first tracked contest, Heatin' Up the Bricks (Mar 22, 2013).

Mar 22, 2013
40-team field

The long haul

3,064 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,064 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 526 miles to 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest.

25 mapped stops
furthest 526 mi

The metronome

±2.47% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.47% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.7% of a perfect score
25 contests

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
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#1485 (130 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#1462 (185 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1174 (254 pts)	#1285 (249 pts)	#1112 (304 pts)	#1219 (274 pts)	#1364 (224 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1319 (212 pts)	#1512 (187 pts)	#1170 (272 pts)	#1736 (147 pts)	#1229 (247 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#354 (869 pts)	#360 (849 pts)	#474 (689 pts)	#457 (719 pts)	#295 (1,019 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SMOKED, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Blue Ribbon BBQ NC

#1,546 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1591

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKED)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKED has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 25 contests
last seen May 17, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN SUZY

#1,544 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1562

3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to SMOKED)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

SPICEWINE IRONWORKS

#1,554 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1567

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SMOKED)

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

rated over 19 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE

#1,549 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1563

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKED)

Careers of much the same size, 31 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Jul 5, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO

#1,530 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1562

8–3 in 11 shared contests (73% to SMOKED)

40 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Sweetie's Bar-B-Q

#1,540 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1562

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to SMOKED)

They turned up 9 years after SMOKED did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HELPING U BBQ	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Three Brothers Different Mothers	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Burn Rate!	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
Smoke & Beer BBQ	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
Smoke Me Tender BBQ	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Hawg Wild	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
HI-TECH SMOKERS	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	2	0	0	171.4288	150.2856	164.12	top 51%
Pork Ribs	22	5	0	0	174.8572	148	162.93	top 50%
Pork	22	5	0	1	179.4400	149.0856	166.01	top 43%
Brisket	22	4	1	2	177.7028	154.2172	167.44	top 32%

“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)	6	0	top 34%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NE	10	top 37%
KS	9	top 48%
MO	2	top 25%
IA	1	top 54%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	235	top 56%	Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	224	top 67%	Nov 5, 2025
BBQ on the Bricks	2	7	top 29%	Aug 26, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 2.1 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 11 of 25 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 18 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 2,328 finished ahead 3,124 times, behind 2,589

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021

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

20252 milestones

Nov 5 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Nov 5 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

20181 milestone

Sep 15 Peak power rating (1585) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20171 milestone

Sep 1 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20141 milestone

Oct 2 10th tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

20136 milestones

Mar 22 First tracked contest Heatin' Up the Bricks
Mar 22 First call Heatin' Up the Bricks
Mar 22 First overall top-10 Heatin' Up the Bricks
Mar 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.1432 Heatin' Up the Bricks
May 31 First category win (Brisket) 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
Aug 31 Career-best overall score680.0572 Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13	Heatin' Up the Bricks	Mar 22, 2013
+10.5	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 15, 2018
+9.8	2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition	May 31, 2013
+9.6	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014
+9.2	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 1, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	Sep 16, 2021
-9.1	24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska	Aug 5, 2016
-8.4	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Oct 30, 2024
-6.7	Pony Express BBQ Challenge	Apr 26, 2013
-6.3	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	Sep 12, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 56%	93.7%	93.7%
2024	2	0	0	0%	top 78%	90.3%	90.3%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 48%	93.6%	93.6%
2022	2	0	0	0%	top 48%	92.9%	92.9%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 71%	89.5%	89.5%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 53%	91.4%	91.4%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 36%	94.4%	93.2%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 23%	94.3%	94.3%
2016	3	1	0	33%	top 51%	93.8%	90.5%
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 28%	92.3%	92.3%
2014	3	0	0	33%	top 23%	93.4%	92.6%
2013	7	3	1	71%	top 34%	94.5%	91%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	224 / 401 (674.7888)	260 (167.3944)	164 (170.8344)	231 (168.0228)	181 (168.5372)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	347 / 444 (650.1940)	211 (169.7028)	429 (148)	275 (166.2512)	252 (166.2400)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	235 / 487 (674.1712)	368 (162.8228)	335 (164.5256)	89 (173.7144)	87 (173.1084)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	242 / 505 (669.1316)	319 (164.5716)	348 (163.4060)	258 (166.8684)	53 (174.2856)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	330 / 467 (644.5488)	278 (163.4172)	400 (154.2744)	135 (168.5828)	322 (158.2744)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	246 / 468 (658.2288)	361 (158.8344)	408 (153.7144)	179 (167.9772)	11 (177.7028)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	84 / 467 (679.9656)	131 (170.8572)	133 (169.7256)	139 (169.1200)	110 (170.2628)
May 11, 2018	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	21 / 39 (662.1596)	14 (169.1428)	26 (163.9428)	30 (159.4056)	10 (169.6684)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	93 / 407 (678.7996)	298 (160.4796)	108 (170.3200)	5 (179.4400)	128 (168.5600)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	211 / 557 (662.7772)	303 (163.4400)	30 (174.8572)	346 (162.2400)	290 (162.2400)
Aug 26, 2016	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	10 / 34 (675.4056)	11 (169.1428)	5 (172.5600)	8 (173.1428)	16 (160.5600)
Aug 5, 2016	24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE	59 / 70 (616.4112)	63 (150.2856)	29 (162.8228)	61 (149.0856)	47 (154.2172)
Sep 18, 2015	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	7 / 25 (664.5028)	14 (159.3940)	7 (164.5600)	3 (172.5600)	8 (167.9888)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	109 / 552 (672.5256)	176 (168.5600)	361 (159.4288)	190 (167.3940)	17 (177.1428)
Sep 26, 2014	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	12 / 47 (661.0740)	17 (166.2512)	5 (171.4172)	30 (158.8228)	13 (164.5828)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	167 / 535 (651.3600)	375 (155.4172)	279 (158.8344)	111 (167.4400)	58 (169.6684)
Aug 31, 2013	Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	10 / 32 (680.0572)	16 (168.5716)	8 (169.7372)	5 (173.7256)	13 (168.0228)
Aug 16, 2013	21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	14 / 43 (670.1828)	16 (169.1316)	8 (173.7028)	22 (167.3828)	27 (159.9656)
May 31, 2013	2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE	7 / 34 (649.1426)	6 (169.1428)	26 (148.5714)	26 (155.4284)	1 (176)
May 3, 2013	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte, NE	15 / 38 (646.8566)	18 (161.7142)	32 (152.5714)	10 (168.5712)	13 (163.9998)
Apr 26, 2013	Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE	33 / 47 (615.4278)	34 (150.8570)	33 (153.1426)	36 (150.8570)	17 (160.5712)
Mar 22, 2013	Heatin' Up the Bricks Kearney, NE	5 / 40 (673.1432)	4 (171.4288)	17 (163.4288)	16 (166.2856)	3 (172)

SMOKED

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Brisket nemesis

Announced themselves early

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

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