Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.1200 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open — 95.7% 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 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SPICEWINE IRONWORKS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
Twyford BBQ & Catering 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 69 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 83% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 11 years after Twyford BBQ & Catering did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Twyford BBQ & Catering on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 158.8000 | 165.83 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 162.8228 | 168.41 | top 27% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 165.1544 | 169.00 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 162.8228 | 171.13 | top 19% |
“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.
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +15.3 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +7 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| +5.5 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off | 2013-09-19 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 3% | 95.7% | 95.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 31% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 20% | 94.7% | 93.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 18 / 606 (689.1200) | 224 (166.8228) | 10 (177.1428) | 65 (172.5828) | 63 (172.5716) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 172 / 552 (665.6344) | 366 (161.1316) | 307 (162.8228) | 234 (165.6800) | 24 (176.0000) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 13 / 535 (681.6688) | 12 (176.5600) | 114 (166.8228) | 170 (165.1544) | 24 (173.1316) |
| 2013-09-19 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL | 29 / 76 (661.0400) | 58 (158.8000) | 23 (166.8456) | 11 (172.5716) | 42 (162.8228) |