A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
Smokin Dixie BBQ
Smokin Dixie BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 23 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2023). They are ranked #2641 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 15, 2021
latest Oct 10, 2025 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.34
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.78)
Road miles
0
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Purse competed for
$63K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
323.48 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin Dixie BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with Smokin Dixie BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,643 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Smokin Dixie BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,644 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Smokin Dixie BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,649 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1527
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Suckin' Good BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Kahunas | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Pool Crew BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Oink N' Doink BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Hair of the Hog | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Barrel Proof BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Estancia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Meat Coma | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT MAXINE'S BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HARCO LOCO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Sticky Bones BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LAKEVIEW BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 151.9200 | 162.70 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 154.8116 | 160.78 | top 63% |
“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)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 49% | Oct 13, 2023 |
| MD State BBQ Bash | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 62% | Oct 10, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
169
finished ahead 179 times, behind 134
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 MD State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1516) MD State BBQ Bash
20232 milestones
- First overall top-10 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score329.1088 Maryland State BBQ Bash
20222 milestones
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.2516 Maryland State BBQ Bash
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.6 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 13, 2023 |
| +8 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 14, 2022 |
| +0.7 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 11, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.6 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 15, 2021 |
| -0.7 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 10, 2025 |
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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 89% | 89% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 19 / 29 (320.5032) | 30 (154.2516) | 14 (166.2516) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2024 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 15 / 26 (329.0744) | 4 (174.2628) | 27 (154.8116) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 7 / 23 (329.1088) | 6 (166.2400) | 11 (162.8688) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 11 / 30 (326.2516) | 7 (166.8228) | 16 (159.4288) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 20 / 25 (312.4684) | 25 (151.9200) | 15 (160.5484) | — | — |