Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.7884 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Something about October: average finish in the top 19% across 4 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.
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.
65 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Wicked Pig has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1636 at their best, 86 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 7 years after Wicked Pig did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Wicked Pig on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 160.0000 | 165.70 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 158.2858 | 165.89 | top 39% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 152.0002 | 167.52 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 159.9772 | 168.94 | top 23% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 17% |
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 27% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 32% | 2014-10-18 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +13.7 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +11.3 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ | 2014-10-17 |
| +8.1 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) | 2014-10-18 |
| +3.7 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.8 | Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off | 2013-08-23 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 2% | 95.9% | 95.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 94.4% | 94.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 35% | 92.8% | 90.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 14 / 606 (690.7884) | 139 (169.6800) | 131 (169.7028) | 16 (177.1428) | 40 (174.2628) |
| 2014-10-18 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) Marshalltown, IA | 10 / 27 (679.9888) | 16 (169.1200) | 17 (165.6916) | 10 (168.6172) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2014-10-17 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ Marshalltown, IA | 9 / 34 (676.5484) | 15 (166.2628) | 5 (173.7372) | 7 (172.5600) | 15 (163.9884) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 54 / 535 (668.4800) | 206 (163.9656) | 80 (168.0000) | 73 (169.6800) | 104 (166.8344) |
| 2013-08-23 | Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL | 25 / 44 (650.1712) | 23 (165.1428) | 28 (159.9428) | 21 (165.1084) | 21 (159.9772) |
| 2013-03-15 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 31 / 79 (642.2860) | 40 (160.0000) | 43 (158.2858) | 57 (152.0002) | 5 (172.0000) |