Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.7656 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.07 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Findley's Barbecue has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 89 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Findley's Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 7 years after Findley's Barbecue did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Findley's Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 157.7028 | 165.00 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 159.4172 | 168.21 | top 35% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 167.4172 | 168.90 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 154.7884 | 163.83 | top 51% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +5.7 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2016-05-20 |
| +3.7 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2014-10-24 |
| +2.8 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest | 2016-06-03 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 91.9% | 91.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 35% | 93.7% | 93.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-03 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC | 12 / 26 (661.5544) | 14 (166.8228) | 13 (162.8232) | 8 (169.1200) | 11 (162.7884) |
| 2016-05-20 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 12 / 30 (657.0172) | 16 (165.6800) | 8 (169.1316) | 8 (167.4172) | 21 (154.7884) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 126 / 606 (671.9200) | 174 (168.5372) | 408 (159.4172) | 93 (170.8572) | 60 (173.1084) |
| 2015-10-02 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 92 / 187 (674.7656) | 134 (166.2628) | 8 (177.7028) | 95 (168.5600) | 150 (162.2400) |
| 2014-10-24 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 49 / 92 (664.4568) | 80 (157.7028) | 23 (171.9772) | 36 (168.5484) | 48 (166.2284) |