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SMOKIN SAGE GRILL

SMOKIN SAGE GRILL is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 20th of 29 at the Boats, Bands & BBQ (2014). They are ranked #6014 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,014
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1434
peak 1434 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

7
in the data

First seen

May 31, 2013
latest Jun 10, 2016 · 3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 89%
overall standings

Best overall

624.6172 / 720
Master · Boats, Bands & BBQ

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

609.06 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 605.09 (+3.98)

Walk rate

29%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0228
Brisket · Boats, Bands & BBQ

Consistency

±13.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 153.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.90)

Road miles

169
across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Master avg

605.09 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Lost Weekend Grill ahead in 100% of their meetings

Lost Weekend Grill has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.55 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 147.90
  • Chicken avg 153.45
  • 0 calls in 7 entries

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SMOKIN SAGE GRILL, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Montana Bar-BQ
#6,017 of the rated field
1434 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1434
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SMOKIN SAGE GRILL)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN SAGE GRILL has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen May 29, 2015
⚔ Head-to-head
MEAT SHARKS
#6,020 of the rated field
1433 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1433

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Oct 4, 2019
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TRICK`S BLACK DOG Q
#6,008 of the rated field
1434 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1434

Level with SMOKIN SAGE GRILL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2019
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EAT MY BUTT BBQ
#6,022 of the rated field
1433 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1433

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Oct 9, 2015
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3 Smokin Chicks
#6,015 of the rated field
1434 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1434

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Aug 14, 2026
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Smokin A BBQ
#6,013 of the rated field
1434 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1434

They turned up 9 years after SMOKIN SAGE GRILL did, first appearing in 2022.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Jul 18, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Lost Weekend Grill 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
DAD'S BARBEQUE 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
CRAZY COYOTE 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 7 1 0 0 168 145.6800 153.45 top 81%
Pork Ribs 7 0 0 0 161.7028 122.2856 147.90 top 78%
Pork 7 0 0 0 161.7600 141.6568 152.24 top 80%
Brisket 7 1 0 1 172.0228 137.6344 151.49 top 70%

“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)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Boats, Bands, & BBQ 2 20 0 top 76% Jun 10, 2016
Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown 2 28 0 top 89% May 29, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 2 contests
Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in CO 7 of 7 contests
Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 120 finished ahead 25 times, behind 190

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

20161 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Boats, Bands, & BBQ
20143 milestones
  1. First call Boats, Bands & BBQ
  2. Career-best overall score624.6172 Boats, Bands & BBQ
  3. Career-best single call (Brisket)172.0228 Boats, Bands & BBQ
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
  2. Peak power rating (1490) Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown

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

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.4Boats, Bands & BBQJun 5, 2015
-12.3Boats, Bands and BBQJun 7, 2013
-11Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ ShowdownJun 3, 2016
-10.2Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ ShowdownMay 31, 2013
-9.9Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ ShowdownMay 29, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20162000 50% top 90% 86.7% 85%
20152000 0% top 97% 84.2% 83.1%
20141000 100% top 69% 86.8% 86.8%
20132000 0% top 89% 83.8% 82.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 10, 2016 Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO 25 / 30 (624.4800) 9 (168) 17 (161.7028) 24 (157.1428) 28 (137.6344)
Jun 3, 2016 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO 29 / 30 (599.3944) 30 (148.5600) 27 (149.7144) 26 (153.7028) 28 (147.4172)
Jun 5, 2015 Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO 30 / 30 (606.0792) 30 (150.7884) 18 (160.5484) 30 (141.6568) 26 (153.0856)
May 29, 2015 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO 30 / 32 (590.7428) 32 (145.6800) 30 (147.3600) 26 (153.1656) 27 (144.5372)
Jun 6, 2014 Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO 20 / 29 (624.6172) 25 (154.2628) 25 (136.5716) 12 (161.7600) 2 (172.0228)
Jun 7, 2013 Boats, Bands and BBQ Pueblo, CO 36 / 39 (586.8566) 29 (156) 38 (122.2856) 32 (155.4282) 22 (153.1428)
May 31, 2013 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO 28 / 33 (603.4284) 26 (150.8570) 20 (157.1428) 30 (142.8570) 22 (152.5716)

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

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