High-water mark
665.6688
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6688 at Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 19, 2013
TR's Up In Smoke
TR's Up In Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 4th of 25 at the Randolph County Pig Party (2013). They are ranked #2695 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1523 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Mar 29, 2013
latest Sep 23, 2016 · 3.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.56 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 655.87 (-1.31)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.24
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.45 · weakest Brisket (161.29)
Road miles
314
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
655.87 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TR's Up In Smoke, each with one reason worth a look.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1545
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TR's Up In Smoke)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TR's Up In Smoke has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,700 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,705 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
They turned up 7 years after TR's Up In Smoke did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#2,694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with TR's Up In Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,711 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1514
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One2BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Its 5 Oclock Somewhere | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| QUAU | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| GILLY'S BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WRIGHT ON QUE-IL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Piggy Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BOSS HAWG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 157.7028 | 165.45 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.6060 | 161.1200 | 165.31 | top 41% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 171.4400 | 153.6684 | 163.82 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5714 | 157.1428 | 161.29 | top 57% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 54% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 52% | Sep 25, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
219
finished ahead 184 times, behind 190
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 18, 2014 → Sep 25, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
20138 milestones
- First tracked contest Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
- First call Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5716 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
- First category win (Pork) Randolph County Pig Party
- First overall top-10 Randolph County Pig Party
- Career-best overall score665.6688 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.6060 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1523) Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Randolph County Pig Party | May 17, 2013 |
| +6.9 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off | Sep 19, 2013 |
| +3.8 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off | Mar 29, 2013 |
| +1.6 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | Sep 25, 2015 |
| +0.7 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | Sep 23, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.6 | 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out | Apr 3, 2014 |
| -5.5 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | Sep 18, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 89.9% | 89.3% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 29% | 92.5% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2016 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 36 / 64 (665.0288) | 34 (167.9656) | 28 (166.2744) | 29 (168.5372) | 38 (162.2516) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 29 / 55 (656.4800) | 33 (165.0856) | 34 (161.1200) | 13 (171.4400) | 39 (158.8344) |
| Sep 18, 2014 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 41 / 57 (647.3600) | 15 (170.2972) | 34 (163.4172) | 52 (154.8228) | 45 (158.8228) |
| Apr 3, 2014 | 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN | 47 / 64 (638.2512) | 53 (157.7028) | 9 (169.7372) | 57 (153.6684) | 43 (157.1428) |
| Sep 19, 2013 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL | 24 / 76 (665.6688) | 38 (164.5600) | 6 (172.6060) | 40 (162.8228) | 30 (165.6800) |
| May 17, 2013 | Randolph County Pig Party Steeleville, IL | 4 / 25 (661.7144) | 15 (161.1428) | 12 (161.1430) | 1 (170.8572) | 4 (168.5714) |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off Benton, KY | 16 / 40 (656.5716) | 8 (171.4288) | 21 (162.8570) | 17 (164.5714) | 26 (157.7144) |