A tough matchup
12–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.
Smoke & Beer BBQ
Smoke & Beer BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 394th of 401 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025). They are ranked #6387 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKE&BEER BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1393
peak 1393 · rated over 12 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 12.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
551.78 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 556.48 (-4.70)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±110.48
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (138.26)
Road miles
27
across 12 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$335K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
556.48 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoke & Beer BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
#6,386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1393
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Smoke & Beer BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Papa Bears KC Barbecue ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,384 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1394
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,389 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Smoke & Beer BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,385 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1394
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 27 contests to 12.
⚔ Compare careers#6,388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 52
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 2%
- Peak
- 1392
52 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 2% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#6,393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1391
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORK RADIO 810 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Tractor Shed BBQ | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| HI-TECH SMOKERS | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| On the Dotte Smokers | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Outhouse BBQ | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Burn Rate! | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT FINGER BBQ | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 20 | 145.60 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 20 | 138.26 | top 87% |
| Pork | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 136.5028 | 154.43 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 129.6572 | 142.96 | top 90% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 415 | 0 | top 91% | Sep 27, 2023 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 394 | 0 | top 99% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
9 of 12 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
9
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
2,272
finished ahead 409 times, behind 5,471
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20232 milestones
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score629.1428 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20151 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8800 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1489) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| -11.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 3, 2013 |
| -10.2 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 1, 2017 |
| -9.4 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
| -8.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 82% | 82% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 45.8% | 45.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86% | 86% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 40.7% | 40.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
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 | 394 / 401 (590.1600) | 395 (147.3600) | 393 (144.5372) | 372 (155.4284) | 396 (142.8344) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 439 / 444 (330.1028) | 440 (20) | 442 (20) | 410 (153.1544) | 437 (136.9484) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 432 / 487 (629.1428) | 436 (156.5716) | 402 (158.8572) | 417 (157.1428) | 409 (156.5712) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 489 / 505 (597.0512) | 467 (153.0856) | 502 (133.6572) | 421 (157.7256) | 443 (152.5828) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 415 / 467 (612.4344) | 170 (168.5600) | 346 (160.5484) | 455 (136.5028) | 426 (146.8232) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 411 / 468 (618.8692) | 428 (152.0232) | 240 (165.1544) | 157 (168.5828) | 456 (133.1088) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 447 / 467 (595.7828) | 373 (158.2628) | 445 (145.0744) | 380 (155.9656) | 452 (136.4800) |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 394 / 407 (587.3368) | 368 (153.1312) | 392 (144.0228) | 374 (150.8228) | 388 (139.3600) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 484 / 557 (617.6340) | 243 (165.7256) | 553 (133.0628) | 466 (154.8572) | 245 (163.9884) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 522 / 606 (614.1368) | 40 (174.8800) | 443 (157.1084) | 562 (147.9656) | 588 (134.1828) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 549 / 552 (293.1996) | 517 (147.9884) | 529 (145.2112) | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 471 / 535 (591.8512) | 461 (149.6684) | 409 (151.9428) | 257 (160.5828) | 519 (129.6572) |