High-water mark
333.0860
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 333.0860 at O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 — 92.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- May 2, 2025
Smoke Right BBQ
Smoke Right BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 19th of 20 at the O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 (2024). They are ranked #5051 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2024
latest Sep 12, 2025 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
325.40 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 320.66 (+4.74)
Walk rate
9%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
173.1200
Consistency
±12.15
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.08)
Road miles
185
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
320.66 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoke Right BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Smoke Right BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,053 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Fewer contests behind them than Smoke Right BBQ has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,047 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Smoke Right BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Level with Smoke Right BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,068 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Fewer contests behind them than Smoke Right BBQ has cooked, 7 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Fewer contests behind them than Smoke Right BBQ has cooked, 7 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deviant Smoke | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bonnie Blue BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 151.9428 | 163.23 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 136.4228 | 157.08 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.3484 | 165.68 | top 62% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 86% | Sep 12, 2025 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 86% | May 2, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
7 contests
Contests a season
5.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
78
finished ahead 30 times, behind 138
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- Career-best overall score333.0860 O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- First call The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK)
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK)
- 10th tracked contest The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK)
- Most recent contest The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- Peak power rating (1487) O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.5028 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | May 3, 2024 |
| -9.9 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | May 4, 2024 |
| -9.6 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 13, 2024 |
| -3.3 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 12, 2025 |
| -1.5 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | May 2, 2025 |
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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14% | top 75% | 92.5% | 92.4% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 90.1% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cleveland, AL | — | 26 (151.9428) | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL | — | — | — | 14 (168.5600) | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL | — | — | 23 (160.5144) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 22 / 28 (332.5032) | 18 (169.6800) | 27 (162.8232) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK) Guntersville, AL | — | — | — | 4 (173.1200) | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Guntersville, AL | — | — | 14 (162.8116) | — | — |
| May 2, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 20 / 28 (333.0860) | 25 (163.4060) | 11 (169.6800) | 27 (155.3484) | — |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL | 25 / 38 (324.5028) | 21 (167.4056) | 29 (157.0972) | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 31 / 33 (317.0172) | 18 (167.9772) | 33 (149.0400) | — | — |
| May 4, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 19 / 20 (319.8972) | 17 (161.6800) | 20 (158.2172) | — | — |
| May 3, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 27 / 27 (296.9372) | 24 (160.5144) | 27 (136.4228) | — | — |