Their season
2015
their best year
2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.
- 5 contests
- 1 overall top-10
- 0 category wins
- average top 43%
Smokey Village
Smokey Village is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 10th of 24 at the 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (2015). They are ranked #3326 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1515 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jan 16, 2015
latest Jan 14, 2017 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.22 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 643.06 (-1.84)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.18
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.32 · weakest Brisket (156.54)
Road miles
1,254
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 495 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
643.06 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokey Village, each with one reason worth a look.
106 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,318 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with Smokey Village on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1498
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,316 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before Smokey Village's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,333 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1497
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE FILOUS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LOW AND SLOW MEISTER | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Turnpike Smokers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKENDE REGAHS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| IRON BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hammer & Tongs | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8800 | 154.8112 | 164.32 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 155.3828 | 162.37 | top 46% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 152 | 159.83 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 147.3600 | 156.54 | top 61% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 56% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| NL | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 64% | May 14, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
5 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
BZ
1 of 7 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
181
finished ahead 146 times, behind 173
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score652 W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
20156 milestones
- First tracked contest 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- First call 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- First overall top-10 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8800 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2516 Regahfest
- Peak power rating (1515) 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Regahfest | Aug 29, 2015 |
| +4.2 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | May 23, 2015 |
| +3.8 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Jan 16, 2015 |
| +2.5 | 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off | Oct 10, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | May 14, 2016 |
| -4.7 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | Jan 14, 2017 |
| -0.5 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | top 43% | 90.3% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2017 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 20 / 30 (652) | 27 (158.2628) | 10 (170.8456) | 18 (162.3200) | 19 (160.5716) |
| May 14, 2016 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | 58 / 65 (623.2456) | 34 (164.5256) | 52 (155.3944) | 51 (155.9656) | 57 (147.3600) |
| Oct 10, 2015 | 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands | 19 / 42 (642.2972) | 2 (170.8800) | 22 (158.2860) | 24 (158.2856) | 25 (154.8456) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW | 35 / 67 (638.3200) | 21 (166.3200) | 28 (161.1772) | 48 (152) | 31 (158.8228) |
| Aug 29, 2015 | Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland | 12 / 30 (650.2516) | 10 (166.8344) | 3 (170.3428) | 16 (161.7144) | 26 (151.3600) |
| May 23, 2015 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands | 26 / 68 (647.3372) | 13 (168.5944) | 50 (155.3828) | 56 (153.6572) | 4 (169.7028) |
| Jan 16, 2015 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers | 10 / 24 (647.9768) | 18 (154.8112) | 7 (165.1772) | 3 (174.8800) | 18 (153.1084) |