FAIRWAY SMOKERS KS

Power ranking

#524

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1589

peak 1612

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-31

latest 2025-11-01

Best ToY finish

#128

Master 2024

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

20 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 61 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

702.2628

BBQ & Fly-In on the River

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

677.35 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 667.80 (+9.55)

Walk rate

72%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · BBQ & Fly-In on the River

Consistency

±70.20

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.03 · weakest Brisket (168.19)

Road miles

7749

mi across 61 mapped stops · furthest 317 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

MAN MEAT BBQ has finished one call ahead of FAIRWAY SMOKERS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SIN CIRCLE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Ambition Que in 13 of their 18 shared contests.

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 35% across 9 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	55	12	2	3	178.8800	158.2284	169.30	top 52%
Pork Ribs	60	20	0	4	177.1544	159.4172	170.03	top 45%
Pork	55	17	4	5	180.0000 🔥	149.6112	169.53	top 47%
Brisket	56	21	1	8	180.0000 🔥	150.2056	168.19	top 44%

“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	Avg finish
KS	17	top 39%
MO	12	top 50%
NE	12	top 57%
IA	11	top 45%
SD	3	top 60%
MN	1	top 70%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	33	0	top 48%
Large (40+)	23	0	top 47%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2022 (13 contests)
Cooks mostly in KS (17 of 61 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (60 entries)
All-time average overall score: 667.80
4 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2025	8	1	685.6344	674.29
2024	11	0	702.2628	685.55
2023	9	1	699.3600	683.89
2022	13	1	684.4568	672.29
2021	12	3	696.5028	678.57
2020	4	0	674.1712	543.47
2019	4	1	671.8856	657.56

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-11-01	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) Oak Grove, MO	37 / 50 (675.2800)	48 (163.9544)	19 (173.1316)	32 (171.9656)	37 (166.2284)
2025-10-10	Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS	14 / 30 (681.0056)	23 (167.3828)	16 (169.6800)	17 (168.5372)	1 (175.4056)
2025-08-29	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway Brandon, SD	17 / 44 (679.3140)	22 (171.9656)	7 (174.2972)	31 (167.3828)	27 (165.6684)
2025-07-25	9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	13 / 31 (674.7316)	8 (171.9656)	12 (169.6916)	19 (168.5372)	19 (164.5372)
2025-07-11	Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown Papillion, NE	14 / 24 (676.4344)	8 (171.9772)	16 (167.3944)	7 (174.2628)	18 (162.8000)
2025-06-06	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	10 / 29 (685.6344)	27 (162.8116)	11 (172.5600)	2 (178.8572)	14 (171.4056)
2025-04-11	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	67 / 92 (667.8284)	59 (168.5256)	28 (173.1200)	73 (165.0856)	74 (161.0972)
2025-01-24	SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE	24 / 32 (654.1028)	15 (168.5372)	20 (167.4172)	31 (149.6112)	12 (168.5372)
2024-10-26	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO	39 / 56 (675.8164)	44 (169.6684)	52 (163.3712)	37 (169.6684)	8 (173.1084)
2024-10-25	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO	22 / 53 (686.7312)	5 (176.5600)	47 (163.9428)	13 (174.2628)	19 (171.9656)
2024-08-31	Smoke on the River Burlington, KS	11 / 28 (691.9084)	12 (174.2744)	14 (170.8228)	5 (175.4056)	10 (171.4056)
2024-08-16	BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	5 / 65 (702.2628)	13 (176.0116)	21 (172.5484)	4 (180.0000)	16 (173.7028)
2024-07-19	Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ Shenandoah, IA	14 / 36 (684.9936)	19 (169.6684)	18 (171.9656)	23 (167.9540)	3 (175.4056)
2024-07-12	2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Cameron, MO	2 / 28 (693.6112)	3 (178.8572)	8 (174.2628)	15 (168.5256)	3 (171.9656)
2024-07-05	Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Council Bluffs, IA	10 / 26 (675.3028)	19 (163.9428)	2 (173.1200)	10 (170.2628)	7 (167.9772)
2024-06-28	Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS	15 / 28 (687.8856)	14 (173.1200)	7 (174.2628)	14 (170.8228)	18 (169.6800)
2024-05-31	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	4 / 25 (686.7544)	14 (168.5372)	8 (173.1316)	11 (170.8112)	4 (174.2744)
2024-04-05	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	36 / 97 (687.3140)	79 (165.0856)	41 (171.9656)	32 (172.5600)	7 (177.7028)
2024-01-26	SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE	20 / 26 (668.4344)	22 (165.0972)	22 (163.9772)	12 (169.6800)	15 (169.6800)
2023-10-13	Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS	21 / 39 (674.1484)	14 (174.2628)	25 (167.4172)	23 (163.9428)	19 (168.5256)
2023-09-15	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	24 / 32 (663.8284)	14 (170.8228)	25 (165.0972)	24 (163.9312)	21 (163.9772)
2023-08-18	BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	19 / 57 (689.0168)	9 (176.5600)	9 (176.5600)	40 (165.0856)	17 (170.8112)
2023-07-21	Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA	3 / 37 (699.3600)	21 (168.5372)	2 (176.5600)	1 (180.0000)	6 (174.2628)
2023-07-07	Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Cameron, MO	15 / 30 (681.0172)	30 (159.3484)	16 (170.8344)	8 (173.1316)	2 (177.7028)
2023-06-02	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	11 / 28 (682.1944)	19 (166.8344)	17 (167.9772)	10 (171.9772)	2 (175.4056)
2023-04-07	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	18 / 103 (694.1940)	51 (170.8228)	30 (173.1200)	49 (170.2512)	2 (180.0000)
2023-03-17	5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS	10 / 68 (695.3484)	18 (174.8456)	15 (174.2628)	6 (177.7028)	37 (168.5372)
2023-01-27	SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE	10 / 31 (675.9312)	10 (170.8456)	26 (159.4172)	8 (170.8228)	2 (174.8456)
2022-10-29	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 Oak Grove, MO	25 / 32 (675.8856)	18 (171.9772)	28 (169.6800)	12 (171.4172)	25 (162.8112)
2022-10-28	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Oak Grove, MO	23 / 40 (675.2912)	34 (163.9772)	13 (173.1200)	28 (166.2284)	16 (171.9656)
2022-10-28	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Oak Grove, MO	—	—	19 (170.8344)	—	—
2022-10-14	Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS	11 / 28 (682.1600)	15 (168.5372)	10 (171.9772)	8 (169.6800)	8 (171.9656)
2022-09-09	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	22 / 28 (663.8968)	25 (162.8112)	10 (169.7028)	21 (162.8344)	11 (168.5484)
2022-09-03	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	37 / 45 (659.2568)	22 (169.6800)	36 (165.0856)	25 (169.1200)	42 (155.3712)
2022-08-19	BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	23 / 54 (684.4568)	33 (168.5256)	13 (173.1200)	1 (180.0000)	40 (162.8112)
2022-07-29	Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship Shenandoah, IA	15 / 27 (663.2912)	17 (166.2856)	10 (172.5600)	24 (158.2056)	13 (166.2400)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	28 / 40 (664.4572)	38 (160.5256)	6 (172.5716)	19 (169.1200)	29 (162.2400)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) Worthington, MN	—	—	4 (172.5828)	—	—
2022-06-17	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	12 / 29 (675.9084)	8 (172.0000)	22 (162.2400)	15 (168.5256)	3 (173.1428)
2022-06-03	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	14 / 25 (666.6740)	20 (161.6456)	16 (166.2400)	13 (167.3828)	6 (171.4056)
2022-04-08	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	26 / 94 (683.9200)	23 (174.2628)	18 (173.7144)	46 (169.6800)	51 (166.2628)
2021-10-15	Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS	4 / 25 (696.5028)	1 (175.4056)	4 (174.2744)	1 (177.7144)	9 (169.1084)
2021-09-10	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	16 / 26 (669.6116)	20 (165.7260)	12 (169.6800)	18 (166.8228)	13 (167.3828)
2021-09-04	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge Omaha, NE	16 / 25 (672.4916)	8 (173.7260)	13 (167.4172)	22 (157.6456)	6 (173.7028)
2021-08-20	BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 Excelsior Springs, MO	19 / 40 (684.4800)	23 (171.4056)	19 (171.4172)	20 (169.6800)	9 (171.9772)
2021-08-14	GOBS Que (DAY 2) Arlington, NE	8 / 25 (678.2056)	1 (178.8800)	19 (162.7884)	10 (170.8228)	16 (165.7144)
2021-08-13	GOBS Que (DAY 1) Arlington, NE	6 / 26 (682.1828)	5 (172.5484)	5 (170.2744)	9 (170.8228)	11 (168.5372)
2021-07-09	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	19 / 43 (681.0056)	36 (162.8000)	6 (174.2744)	26 (168.5256)	8 (175.4056)
2021-05-30	Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest C Omaha, NE	—	—	10 (170.2628)	—	—
2021-05-30	Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest B Omaha, NE	—	—	13 (168.5484)	—	—
2021-05-30	Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A Omaha, NE	—	—	2 (177.1544)	—	—
2021-05-28	9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	30 / 46 (665.5768)	23 (167.9884)	16 (171.4172)	31 (165.0856)	36 (161.0856)
2021-04-09	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	55 / 105 (677.0396)	54 (169.6684)	78 (164.5256)	24 (173.1656)	47 (169.6800)
2020-10-02	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA	26 / 66 (671.2912)	16 (171.9656)	9 (171.4056)	46 (164.5372)	43 (163.3828)
2020-06-27	Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA	18 / 47 (674.1712)	23 (167.3828)	8 (172.0000)	30 (166.8228)	19 (167.9656)
2020-06-26	Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA	15 / 53 (673.5768)	7 (174.8572)	2 (175.4056)	32 (166.2284)	44 (157.0856)
2020-04-06	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO	96 / 109 (154.8228)	—	—	—	96 (154.8228)
2019-09-20	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	26 / 34 (647.2112)	26 (162.2284)	12 (167.4288)	20 (166.2284)	29 (151.3256)
2019-08-31	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge Omaha, NE	15 / 28 (671.8856)	15 (167.4172)	20 (163.9772)	14 (169.6684)	7 (170.8228)
2019-06-28	Back To Mayberry Rodney, IA	16 / 28 (671.3372)	11 (170.2628)	21 (164.5256)	1 (175.4172)	25 (161.1316)
2019-05-31	8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	30 / 39 (639.8168)	31 (158.2284)	31 (159.4172)	9 (171.9656)	34 (150.2056)

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
2025 ↗	Master	#298 (741 pts)	#317 (716 pts)	#313 (836 pts)	#279 (826 pts)	#271 (861 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#128 (1316 pts)	#170 (1161 pts)	#176 (1171 pts)	#150 (1211 pts)	#81 (1563 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#189 (1056 pts)	#256 (876 pts)	#250 (941 pts)	#168 (1141 pts)	#90 (1526 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#272 (842 pts)	#283 (836 pts)	#156 (1270 pts)	#181 (1112 pts)	#184 (1122 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#186 (1002 pts)	#140 (1207 pts)	#101 (1441 pts)	#201 (957 pts)	#170 (1047 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#413 (265 pts)	#352 (350 pts)	#211 (560 pts)	#553 (180 pts)	#521 (210 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#886 (320 pts)	#887 (345 pts)	#923 (335 pts)	#568 (615 pts)	#914 (330 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1398 (151 pts)	#1399 (171 pts)	#986 (326 pts)	#1540 (131 pts)	#1309 (186 pts)