Casual Smokers SC TN
Rating
1583
peak 1583
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2021-04-16
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#192
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
3
9 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
685.17 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 681.15 (+4.02)
Walk rate
53%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±13.27
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.02 · weakest Brisket (169.76)
Road miles
5767
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 530 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has finished one call ahead of Casual Smokers SC 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
QMEISTERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 18 of their 22 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PIG ON FIRE in 11 of their 15 shared contests.
📅 A October team
Something about October: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Mission Farms King of the Farm (2024-02-23) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SmokinGhost BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 156.5028 | 170.02 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.3368 | 171.02 | top 45% |
| Pork | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.0628 | 170.55 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 160.5256 | 169.76 | top 47% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 9 | 0 | top 60% |
| TN | 7 | 0 | top 47% |
| NC | 6 | 1 | top 39% |
| GA | 5 | 0 | top 43% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 14 | 1 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 17 | 0 | top 49% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TN (10 of 34 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (33 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Mission Farms King of the Farm (2024-02-23)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 681.15
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 697.0856 | 685.17 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 701.0740 | 682.73 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 710.2628 | 689.23 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 662.6740 | 659.82 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 660.3772 | 660.38 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 680.4456 | 663.43 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC | 6 / 26 (697.0856) | 11 (171.9656) | 5 (178.2972) | 6 (174.2628) | 9 (172.5600) |
| 2026-04-24 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl Williamsburg, VA | 5 / 20 (683.9088) | 18 (167.3828) | 3 (177.1544) | 8 (169.6800) | 5 (169.6916) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 68 / 125 (683.3028) | 39 (174.2744) | 76 (168.5256) | 72 (170.8228) | 68 (169.6800) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 31 (173.1200) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 29 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 23 / 44 (683.9316) | 21 (171.4056) | 6 (177.1544) | 30 (166.8344) | 27 (168.5372) |
| 2026-02-27 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 20 / 33 (677.6232) | 32 (165.0972) | 24 (166.2400) | 13 (170.8688) | 5 (175.4172) |
| 2025-09-19 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC | 11 / 36 (684.4224) | 4 (175.4056) | 23 (167.3828) | 11 (173.1084) | 20 (168.5256) |
| 2025-09-05 | Uniquely Union Festival Union, SC | 17 / 25 (674.7084) | 9 (173.1200) | 17 (166.2400) | 7 (171.4056) | 19 (163.9428) |
| 2025-07-10 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 18 / 66 (689.5996) | 22 (173.1084) | 26 (171.9772) | 24 (171.9656) | 22 (172.5484) |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 31 / 42 (678.7084) | 14 (174.2628) | 33 (166.2400) | 25 (171.9656) | 34 (166.2400) |
| 2025-05-16 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 13 / 33 (683.3372) | 24 (166.8344) | 22 (166.8228) | 6 (174.2628) | 3 (175.4172) |
| 2025-04-25 | BBQ & Boogie Calhoun, GA | 9 / 32 (691.9084) | 11 (175.4056) | 1 (177.7144) | 6 (174.2628) | 23 (164.5256) |
| 2025-03-28 | Smokin' in the Pines Carthage, NC | 13 / 22 (675.8396) | 22 (160.5028) | 17 (167.3712) | 2 (174.8456) | 4 (173.1200) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 72 / 100 (671.8516) | 89 (163.9544) | 92 (159.3600) | 4 (178.8572) | 47 (169.6800) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 20 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 3 / 45 (701.0740) | 3 (177.7028) | 8 (176.5600) | 13 (174.2628) | 14 (172.5484) |
| 2025-02-28 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 17 / 26 (675.8396) | 12 (171.9656) | 22 (164.5256) | 24 (163.9312) | 4 (175.4172) |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cuming, GA | 25 / 58 (685.6456) | 14 (175.4172) | 36 (169.1428) | 38 (166.8228) | 15 (174.2628) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 118 / 169 (678.7196) | 18 (177.7028) | 109 (169.6800) | 103 (170.2512) | 160 (161.0856) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 60 / 444 (692.5140) | 221 (169.6684) | 55 (175.4172) | 64 (175.4056) | 86 (172.0228) |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 20 / 87 (687.3368) | 48 (169.1428) | 5 (177.7028) | 51 (168.5256) | 29 (171.9656) |
| 2024-09-20 | Pigmaster BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC | 5 / 33 (691.3488) | 5 (176.5600) | 20 (167.3944) | 1 (180.0000) | 28 (167.3944) |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 47 / 76 (679.8972) | 46 (170.8228) | 27 (172.5600) | 48 (169.1200) | 50 (167.3944) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 13 / 81 (702.8000) | 37 (174.2744) | 5 (178.8572) | 43 (173.1084) | 21 (176.5600) |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | 82 / 118 (678.7312) | 111 (165.6684) | 82 (167.3944) | 64 (170.8228) | 26 (174.8456) |
| 2024-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 17 / 31 (685.0284) | 7 (174.8572) | 21 (168.5256) | 19 (169.6800) | 16 (171.9656) |
| 2024-02-23 | Mission Farms King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 1 / 26 (710.2628) | 2 (177.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (180.0000) | 8 (172.5600) |
| 2023-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA | 51 / 60 (662.6740) | 60 (156.5028) | 16 (175.4172) | 33 (168.5256) | 51 (162.2284) |
| 2023-07-06 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 54 / 76 (656.9600) | 68 (158.2172) | 35 (169.6800) | 34 (168.5372) | 57 (160.5256) |
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 57 / 92 (660.3772) | 38 (169.6800) | 50 (167.3944) | 79 (157.0628) | 47 (166.2400) |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 31 / 81 (680.4456) | 49 (166.2400) | 5 (176.5600) | 55 (162.2400) | 9 (175.4056) |
| 2021-06-11 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC | 27 / 28 (652.9024) | 24 (164.5372) | 26 (159.3368) | 27 (161.6572) | 21 (167.3712) |
| 2021-04-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge Roebuck, SC | 26 / 27 (656.9372) | 27 (158.2056) | 12 (171.9772) | 26 (163.9544) | 24 (162.8000) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #197 (549 pts) | #266 (459 pts) | #157 (754 pts) | #204 (544 pts) | #177 (609 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #192 (1128 pts) | #169 (1253 pts) | #240 (1028 pts) | #127 (1392 pts) | #163 (1223 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #220 (975 pts) | #226 (990 pts) | #257 (965 pts) | #224 (980 pts) | #330 (685 pts) |