Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 75%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10
- 0 category wins
- average top 75%
The Smokin’ Huskies
The Smokin’ Huskies is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 10th of 16 at the Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #5596 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “The Smokin' Huskies”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1449 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Oct 7, 2022
latest Oct 10, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
8% of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
317.30 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 313.55 (+3.74)
Walk rate
31%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.24
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.36)
Road miles
486
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
313.55 / 360
7 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #411 (55 pts) | #325 (107 pts) | #222 (210 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | #1504 (52 pts) | #916 (155 pts) | #1158 (69 pts) | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #245 (176 pts) | #258 (161 pts) | #217 (226 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | — | — | #914 (127 pts) | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #169 (279 pts) | #168 (295 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1049 (141 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to The Smokin’ Huskies, 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.
#5,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before The Smokin’ Huskies's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Fewer contests behind them than The Smokin’ Huskies has cooked, 6 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,604 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1448
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before The Smokin’ Huskies's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Level with The Smokin’ Huskies on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1448
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before The Smokin’ Huskies's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 54 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Swine Crew | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Rocket Barbecue | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 145.6344 | 158.61 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 143.4288 | 154.36 | top 83% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 160.5028 | 165.50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 95% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 24 | 0 | top 90% | Oct 10, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
5 contests
Contests a season
3.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
13 of 13 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
156
finished ahead 25 times, behind 220
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Battle for the Bones BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20244 milestones
- First overall top-10 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.8000 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score330.8000 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
20231 milestone
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1490) Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.4 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 5, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 7, 2023 |
| -10.4 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Oct 7, 2022 |
| -9.6 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 10, 2025 |
| -9.3 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Oct 13, 2023 |
| -7.5 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Oct 11, 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 87% | 87% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 75% | 91.9% | 88.6% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 94% | 88.6% | 86.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
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 | — | 27 (151.4060) | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL | — | — | — | 21 (160.5028) | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL | — | — | 28 (147.8972) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Battle for the Bones BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Birmingham, AL | — | — | 13 (150.2400) | — | — |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 29 / 30 (313.0744) | 28 (155.9656) | 26 (157.1088) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL | 33 / 38 (307.2912) | 30 (158.8000) | 35 (148.4912) | — | — |
| May 4, 2024 | The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Birmingham, AL | — | — | — | 9 (168.0344) | — |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 10 / 16 (330.8000) | 13 (159.3828) | 5 (171.4172) | 7 (167.9656) | — |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Battle for the Bones (ONE MEAT RIBS) Birmingham, AL | — | — | 7 (168) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 24 / 27 (316.5144) | 6 (171.4172) | 27 (145.0972) | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2023 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, AL | 13 / 17 (318.8116) | 11 (160.5372) | 13 (158.2744) | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 45 / 39 (299.2572) | 46 (145.6344) | 43 (153.6228) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 34 / 38 (309.1316) | 21 (165.7028) | 37 (143.4288) | — | — |