ROLLIN' SMOKE

ROLLIN' SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 76 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 28 at the Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2861 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “ROLLIN' SMOKE - IT” and “Rollin Smoke”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,861

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1509

peak 1535 · rated over 73 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 2, 2013

latest Oct 24, 2025 · 12.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#385

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 76 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3828 / 720

Master · Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

668.02 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 640.93 (+27.08)

Walk rate

54%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

Consistency

±51.94

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.36 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.77)

Road miles

74,200

across 76 mapped stops · furthest 4,612 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Purse competed for

$243K

listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 25 state-championship entries

Master avg

640.93 / 720

70 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

321.39 / 360

2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

463.30 / 540

1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 17%

High-water mark

695.3828 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3828 at Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 7, 2023

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has finished one call ahead of ROLLIN' SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.

11 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

32–2 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 32 of their 34 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

23 of 32 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 23 of 32 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LAKEVIEW BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±7.09% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.09% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 89.0% of a perfect score
best 96.6%

A June team

Top 52% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 52% across 13 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

13 June contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The long haul

74,200 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 74,200 miles across 76 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,612 miles to BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia.

76 mapped stops
furthest 4,612 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Jiggy With The Piggy every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 31st

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
2024 ↗	Master	#573 (301 pts)	#395 (586 pts)	#618 (336 pts)	#671 (251 pts)	#573 (331 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#541 (330 pts)	#599 (315 pts)	#688 (290 pts)	#750 (205 pts)	#651 (265 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#735 (227 pts)	#518 (422 pts)	#889 (187 pts)	#609 (327 pts)	#877 (172 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#690 (210 pts)	#699 (235 pts)	#716 (230 pts)	#717 (210 pts)	#603 (290 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#764 (99 pts)	#449 (254 pts)	#783 (109 pts)	#1121 (54 pts)	#750 (114 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#385 (842 pts)	#268 (1,092 pts)	#299 (1,002 pts)	#312 (992 pts)	#445 (757 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1354 (165 pts)	#1230 (215 pts)	#1466 (155 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#962 (320 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#444 (852 pts)	#475 (812 pts)	#454 (862 pts)	#468 (832 pts)	#381 (1,002 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#592 (663 pts)	#580 (698 pts)	#630 (648 pts)	#541 (758 pts)	#593 (678 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#700 (507 pts)	#653 (587 pts)	#660 (592 pts)	#614 (632 pts)	#641 (582 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1251 (225 pts)	#900 (400 pts)	#1142 (280 pts)	#1340 (225 pts)	#1306 (225 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ROLLIN' SMOKE, each with one reason worth a look.

100 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

The Pig's Blanket

#2,870 of the rated field

1509 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1518

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ROLLIN' SMOKE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ROLLIN' SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 25, 2019

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HALL OF FLAME

#2,856 of the rated field

1509 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1523

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before ROLLIN' SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

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TEAM ALLEGRO

#2,853 of the rated field

1510 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1533

Fewer contests behind them than ROLLIN' SMOKE has cooked, 15 to 76, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2017

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Pigs'R' Us

#2,854 of the rated field

1510 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1544

They've been 1544 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Mar 13, 2026

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FRIDAY NIGHT SMOKE

#2,855 of the rated field

1510 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1510

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 24, 2021

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Wisco Fire BBQ

#2,857 of the rated field

1509 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1514

They turned up 10 years after ROLLIN' SMOKE did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	34	2	32	6%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	32	4	28	13%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	31	1	30	3%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	27	0	27	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	23	14	9	61%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	23	10	13	43%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	21	11	10	52%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	21	1	20	5%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	21	0	21	0%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	74	22	3	12	180 🔥	137.0172	163.36	top 56%
Pork Ribs	74	17	0	3	176.5600	20	159.77	top 59%
Pork	70	15	1	3	178.2972	134.2172	161.69	top 59%
Brisket	69	15	0	1	176.5828	131.3828	159.99	top 58%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	7	top 64%
Medium (20–39)	31	top 60%
Large (40+)	35	top 64%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	27	top 55%
VA	9	top 45%
DE	7	top 76%
MD	5	top 60%
SC	5	top 70%
TN	2	top 89%
AL	2	top 115%
KY	2	top 96%
AB	1	top 50%
GA	1	top 67%
KS	1	top 99%
SD	1	top 79%
OK	1	top 100%
CA	1	top 83%
TX	1	top 27%
MO	1	top 78%
IL	1	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	4	13	top 48%	Sep 20, 2019
Jiggy With The Piggy	4	31	top 50%	May 3, 2019
Covington Cork & Pork Festival	3	16	top 71%	Jun 2, 2023
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	3	9	top 46%	Oct 7, 2022
Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition	2	2	top 17%	Apr 7, 2023
Beltway BBQ Showdown	2	16	top 42%	Jun 8, 2019
Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2	22	top 72%	Sep 8, 2017
Peak City Pig Fest	2	6	top 41%	Jun 16, 2017
SC Festival of Discovery	2	57	top 68%	Jul 7, 2016
Peak City Pigfest	2	19	top 44%	Jun 17, 2016
Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ	2	36	top 75%	Jul 31, 2015
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2	67	top 92%	May 8, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 15 contests

Contests a season 5.8 across 13 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 27 of 76 contests · 17 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 55 12 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,483 finished ahead 1,184 times, behind 2,083

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

Oct 24 Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown

20232 milestones

Apr 7 First Reserve Championship Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
Apr 7 Career-best overall score695.3828 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition

20221 milestone

Oct 7 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

20201 milestone

Mar 13 Peak power rating (1535) Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off & Car Show

20192 milestones

Jun 21 50th tracked contest 8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival
Jun 22 First category win (Pork) The War of Barbeque

20163 milestones

May 20 First overall top-10 Chesapeake Jubilee
May 20 First overall podium Chesapeake Jubilee
Jun 24 25th tracked contest Covington Cork & Pork Festival

20151 milestone

Apr 10 10th tracked contest Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival

20133 milestones

Aug 2 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Aug 2 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Aug 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3140 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+19.7	Chesapeake Jubilee	May 20, 2016
+17.4	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition	Apr 7, 2023
+16.6	Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 16, 2017
+14.5	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Oct 13, 2017
+11.7	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	Sep 20, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.3	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)	Aug 9, 2019
-12.2	Grilling & Chillin BBQ	Sep 22, 2017
-11.8	The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off	May 30, 2014
-11.7	Smoke in the Spring	Oct 30, 2020
-11.4	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	May 8, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	0	0	50%	top 72%	92.3%	91.8%
2024	3	0	1	100%	top 63%	94.2%	93.4%
2023	4	2	1	75%	top 44%	96.6%	93.5%
2022	4	1	1	50%	top 60%	94.4%	91.1%
2021	2	0	0	100%	top 80%	95.9%	95.5%
2020	3	0	0	67%	top 78%	93.3%	88.6%
2019	15	6	1	73%	top 53%	94.1%	91.2%
2018	4	0	0	25%	top 68%	92%	77.2%
2017	11	2	0	82%	top 43%	94.4%	90.9%
2016	8	1	0	25%	top 58%	94.4%	88.9%
2015	11	0	0	18%	top 78%	91.6%	86%
2014	6	0	0	17%	top 81%	89.1%	85.7%
2013	3	0	0	67%	top 73%	91.6%	86.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 24, 2025	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	29 / 45 (664.4340)	17 (171.9656)	36 (158.8000)	31 (165.1084)	19 (168.5600)
Sep 26, 2025	First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	20 / 25 (658.1712)	20 (161.6572)	10 (171.4056)	17 (164.5256)	21 (160.5828)
Oct 11, 2024	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	17 / 26 (668.4340)	17 (167.3712)	21 (161.6916)	20 (165.6684)	7 (173.7028)
Sep 27, 2024	"The First State" BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	14 / 26 (678.2860)	3 (178.2972)	7 (173.7144)	19 (166.8344)	20 (159.4400)
Jun 1, 2024	The Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD	13 / 19 (670.7656)	1 (176.5828)	12 (166.8344)	15 (160.5256)	14 (166.8228)
Jul 20, 2023	Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 20, 2023	Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) Raymond, AB	3 / 6 (331.4400)	1 (169.7372)	3 (161.7028)	—	—
Jun 2, 2023	Covington Cork & Pork Festival 🏅 Covington, VA	20 / 27 (660.4800)	23 (161.6456)	23 (159.3944)	12 (168.0228)	9 (171.4172)
Apr 7, 2023	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC	2 / 28 (695.3828)	2 (177.7028)	3 (176.5600)	18 (169.1200)	10 (172)
Nov 18, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	38 / 57 (656.9252)	24 (169.6684)	21 (169.6684)	54 (153.6112)	40 (163.9772)
Oct 7, 2022	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	17 / 27 (664.4456)	1 (180)	10 (171.9656)	22 (161.0856)	26 (151.3944)
Jun 24, 2022	Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN	24 / 29 (622.1832)	21 (161.6800)	25 (153.1316)	21 (164.5716)	28 (142.8000)
Apr 8, 2022	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC	10 / 36 (679.3256)	9 (173.1084)	33 (161.0856)	2 (178.2972)	13 (166.8344)
Oct 23, 2021	SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 🏅 Summerville, SC	11 / 15 (690.8000)	13 (170.8228)	9 (175.4172)	13 (167.9772)	5 (176.5828)
Oct 22, 2021	SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 🏅 Summerville, SC	13 / 15 (685.0284)	8 (173.1084)	12 (168.5372)	11 (171.4172)	9 (171.9656)
Oct 30, 2020	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	92 / 93 (581.4860)	92 (145.6572)	88 (150.8000)	93 (140.5372)	90 (144.4916)
Sep 11, 2020	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	23 / 29 (659.8744)	22 (165.6800)	27 (158.2516)	7 (173.1200)	17 (162.8228)
Mar 13, 2020	Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off & Car Show 🏅 Darlington, SC	16 / 29 (671.8968)	2 (177.7028)	14 (169.1200)	27 (158.2284)	13 (166.8456)
Oct 25, 2019	Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) 🏅 Wytheville, VA	6 / 20 (677.6112)	3 (173.7028)	7 (170.2628)	17 (160.5028)	6 (173.1428)
Oct 11, 2019	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	18 / 32 (650.1368)	3 (174.2628)	26 (155.9428)	13 (165.6800)	25 (154.2512)
Oct 4, 2019	Que & Cruz 🏅 Louisa, VA	12 / 28 (666.1940)	14 (167.3828)	13 (166.2628)	12 (166.8228)	11 (165.7256)
Sep 20, 2019	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic 🏅 Salisbury, NC	13 / 56 (676.4340)	7 (172.5484)	21 (169.1200)	26 (163.9428)	15 (170.8228)
Sep 14, 2019	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) Carugate MI	8 / 13 (648.4456)	11 (161.1428)	13 (155.9428)	6 (167.4172)	6 (163.9428)
Aug 9, 2019	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL	25 / 26 (463.3028)	20 (165.7028)	15 (163.3828)	26 (134.2172)	—
Aug 2, 2019	Pigs & Pedals 🏅 Asheboro, NC	26 / 40 (657.6800)	22 (165.1316)	23 (163.9772)	26 (162.8456)	18 (165.7256)
Jun 22, 2019	The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia	6 / 19 (670.7432)	2 (174.2628)	16 (161.1088)	1 (174.8572)	12 (160.5144)
Jun 21, 2019	8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival 🏅 Covington, VA	10 / 32 (666.1712)	6 (171.9772)	3 (173.1200)	5 (174.2628)	28 (146.8112)
Jun 8, 2019	Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD	17 / 37 (649.0056)	31 (149.6456)	9 (170.2744)	3 (171.9884)	18 (157.0972)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	6 / 23 (667.9088)	7 (170.2744)	16 (159.9888)	7 (170.2628)	6 (167.3828)
May 3, 2019	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	31 / 60 (656.4224)	38 (163.9656)	8 (170.8228)	10 (170.2628)	55 (151.3712)
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	40 / 30 (311.3372)	47 (150.7884)	31 (160.5488)	—	—
Mar 23, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia	16 / 25 (658.8004)	22 (159.4172)	15 (162.8688)	9 (169.1200)	15 (167.3944)
Mar 22, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 Torreglia	8 / 20 (668)	10 (167.9772)	13 (166.2972)	10 (170.8800)	12 (162.8456)
Jun 9, 2018	Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD	16 / 42 (651.3028)	8 (170.8228)	18 (164.5372)	38 (142.8228)	2 (173.1200)
May 18, 2018	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	26 / 26 (294.8684)	26 (147.4172)	26 (147.4512)	—	—
May 4, 2018	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	35 / 70 (662.1944)	27 (170.8228)	31 (165.6916)	31 (164.5372)	52 (161.1428)
May 4, 2018	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	29 / 35 (614.0800)	24 (161.6684)	33 (146.2284)	23 (158.8460)	28 (147.3372)
Oct 13, 2017	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	9 / 50 (679.3256)	22 (169.1200)	13 (169.6684)	7 (173.1544)	17 (167.3828)
Sep 22, 2017	Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	41 / 42 (590.6856)	41 (144.5600)	41 (139.3712)	41 (150.8000)	31 (155.9544)
Sep 15, 2017	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	29 / 63 (664.9940)	21 (169.6800)	26 (169.1200)	61 (153.0856)	6 (173.1084)
Sep 8, 2017	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	22 / 39 (662.1256)	4 (175.4056)	14 (167.3828)	20 (162.2628)	34 (157.0744)
Aug 25, 2017	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	12 / 44 (671.9084)	2 (178.8572)	4 (176)	20 (161.6684)	33 (155.3828)
Aug 18, 2017	Big Bad BBQ in Boydton Boydton, VA	15 / 31 (649.5888)	21 (161.0972)	8 (167.4288)	26 (155.9428)	16 (165.1200)
Jul 15, 2017	2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS (Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA Clayton, CA	—	11 (155.9884)	17 (141.6340)	—	—
Jun 23, 2017	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	16 / 32 (652.9480)	27 (158.1940)	23 (158.8228)	13 (165.1084)	4 (170.8228)
Jun 16, 2017	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	6 / 47 (674.7888)	7 (172)	10 (168.5372)	6 (170.8688)	18 (163.3828)
May 19, 2017	Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA	11 / 34 (641.0400)	19 (157.6684)	8 (168.5372)	14 (160.5600)	17 (154.2744)
May 5, 2017	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	31 / 75 (656.3884)	64 (156.5028)	49 (161.0856)	33 (165.6684)	7 (173.1316)
Oct 21, 2016	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	54 / 67 (611.2456)	60 (150.2172)	30 (159.9772)	42 (154.7884)	58 (146.2628)
Sep 16, 2016	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	25 / 68 (659.2456)	50 (161.6456)	33 (162.8000)	13 (170.8228)	21 (163.9772)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	57 / 82 (627.7484)	78 (145.0512)	55 (157.6572)	56 (157.6456)	25 (167.3944)
Jun 24, 2016	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	24 / 27 (621.5312)	24 (151.9200)	13 (162.8572)	26 (154.2284)	22 (152.5256)
Jun 17, 2016	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	21 / 46 (659.8512)	19 (167.3712)	28 (161.0856)	4 (171.9772)	26 (159.4172)
May 20, 2016	Chesapeake Jubilee Chesapeake, VA	3 / 26 (679.3484)	2 (172.5484)	5 (168.0116)	9 (166.2284)	4 (172.5600)
May 6, 2016	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	43 / 76 (654.1600)	50 (162.2284)	45 (162.2744)	60 (158.8344)	19 (170.8228)
Apr 8, 2016	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	56 / 75 (609.6228)	51 (154.8456)	60 (149.6916)	62 (149.1428)	48 (155.9428)
Oct 9, 2015	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	36 / 49 (637.5652)	35 (158.8112)	34 (161.6800)	29 (160.5256)	38 (156.5484)
Sep 25, 2015	Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	36 / 38 (617.5884)	24 (165.7028)	36 (150.8116)	22 (163.3940)	37 (137.6800)
Sep 18, 2015	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	51 / 59 (628.9716)	47 (160.5028)	55 (149.0744)	55 (151.9772)	26 (167.4172)
Sep 11, 2015	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	28 / 32 (618.7200)	31 (143.3716)	26 (153.6572)	17 (165.6912)	26 (156)
Jul 31, 2015	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	36 / 54 (633.6000)	21 (165.7028)	43 (149.0972)	28 (161.0856)	29 (157.7144)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	59 / 90 (640.9032)	65 (160.5144)	55 (159.3716)	31 (166.2516)	65 (154.7656)
Jun 19, 2015	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	19 / 45 (659.3488)	20 (165.0972)	34 (153.1088)	6 (169.7256)	7 (171.4172)
May 8, 2015	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	74 / 74 (510.1828)	12 (173.1200)	74 (20)	60 (158.8228)	49 (158.2400)
May 1, 2015	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	—	—	—	—	—
Apr 24, 2015	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	50 / 60 (637.0172)	51 (158.2744)	6 (175.4172)	53 (155.9428)	56 (147.3828)
Apr 10, 2015	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	80 / 99 (607.1540)	69 (153.6456)	87 (147.8972)	64 (155.4056)	71 (150.2056)
Oct 10, 2014	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	36 / 53 (631.2456)	3 (173.1544)	38 (157.6572)	39 (153.6340)	48 (146.8000)
Aug 1, 2014	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	49 / 59 (601.0512)	35 (159.4172)	42 (153.0860)	53 (145.1312)	47 (143.4168)
Jun 20, 2014	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	33 / 48 (641.5656)	44 (156.4912)	31 (158.8116)	28 (161.1200)	17 (165.1428)
May 30, 2014	The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off Knoxville, TN	46 / 48 (629.6000)	45 (152.5256)	33 (162.2744)	38 (161.6800)	43 (153.1200)
May 9, 2014	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	67 / 80 (614.6056)	78 (137.0172)	14 (168.5372)	70 (153.6684)	57 (155.3828)
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	94 / 109 (585.4968)	94 (146.7656)	58 (153.1200)	60 (154.2284)	104 (131.3828)
Sep 27, 2013	Community Fisrt Bank BBQ Competition (TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Appleton City, MO	14 / 18 (597.1312)	16 (142.8228)	13 (146.8684)	14 (146.8572)	5 (160.5828)
Sep 20, 2013	Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE	34 / 45 (603.8176)	30 (158.2400)	23 (157.6800)	32 (152.5372)	42 (135.3604)
Aug 2, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Rockford, IL	20 / 30 (659.3140)	7 (171.4056)	5 (170.8572)	27 (159.9428)	26 (157.1084)

ROLLIN' SMOKE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

A June team

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)