Vallee AC Cold Smoke

Vallee AC Cold Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 30 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 15 at the Hometown BBQ Bash (2019). They are ranked #1256 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Vallee A/C Cold Smoke” and “Vallee A C Cold Smoke”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,256

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1582

peak 1582 · rated over 27 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 15, 2017

latest Oct 24, 2025 · 8.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#375

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

30% of 30 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

694.2172 / 720

Master · Hometown BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

678.99 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 674.67 (+4.32)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±10.55

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 170.64 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.06)

Road miles

6,165

across 30 mapped stops · furthest 321 mi

Schedule strength

66%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)

Purse competed for

$229K

listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.67 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×2

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Hometown BBQ Bash (Aug 2, 2019).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

80% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 30 contests

A top-10 category call in 80% of their 30 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.2172 career-best overall

96.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.2172 at Hometown BBQ Bash — 96.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 2, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has finished one call ahead of Vallee AC Cold Smoke 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 their best year

2021 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 35%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 35%

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.58 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 34% of the time against 52%.

Pork Ribs avg 166.06
Brisket avg 170.64
10 calls in 29 entries

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A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

3.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.5 years, then back at Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) (Sep 15, 2017).

last seen Mar 21, 2014
back Sep 15, 2017

Brisket nemesis

7 of 11 shared brisket entries lost

RAZORRACKS ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RAZORRACKS has out-cooked them in 7 of 11 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smokin N The Bandits has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

6,165 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,165 miles across 30 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 321 miles to Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship.

30 mapped stops
furthest 321 mi

The metronome

±1.47% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.47% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
30 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021 ↗	Master	#427 (430 pts)	#343 (600 pts)	#452 (460 pts)	#564 (315 pts)	#304 (675 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#375 (291 pts)	#333 (376 pts)	#556 (191 pts)	#296 (416 pts)	#233 (501 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#473 (698 pts)	#591 (583 pts)	#638 (533 pts)	#319 (983 pts)	#469 (718 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#604 (566 pts)	#826 (411 pts)	#586 (631 pts)	#581 (641 pts)	#492 (756 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#878 (408 pts)	#971 (393 pts)	#914 (428 pts)	#786 (513 pts)	#815 (473 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Vallee AC Cold Smoke, each with one reason worth a look.

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SWEET DIXIE BBQ

#1,262 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1585

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2023

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BALONEY JOE'S BBQ

#1,261 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1586

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Vallee AC Cold Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

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3D BBQ

#1,257 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1582

Careers of much the same size, 23 contests to 30, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS

#1,253 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1597

22 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 27% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Bad Dog BBQ

#1,254 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1582

Level with Vallee AC Cold Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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TWIN OAK SMOKIN CREW

#1,258 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1583

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Apr 21, 2017

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
CAJUN BLAZE	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SOUTHSIDE BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Smokin N The Bandits	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Rankin County BBQ Company	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
JordyQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Hickory Hangover	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Kermit's Ex	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	11	0	1	176.5600	160.5372	169.13	top 49%
Pork Ribs	29	10	0	1	176.5600	151.9200	166.06	top 54%
Pork	28	12	2	5	177.7144	155.9312	168.65	top 43%
Brisket	29	15	3	7	180 🔥	156.5256	170.64	top 34%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 45%
Large (40+)	8	top 42%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MS	12	top 46%
TN	7	top 42%
AL	5	top 42%
LA	2	top 50%
AR	2	top 36%
FL	1	top 78%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	4	8	top 54%	Aug 24, 2019
VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition	2	15	top 50%	Oct 24, 2025
Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	2	6	top 33%	May 1, 2021
BBQ & Blues on the Levee	2	7	top 36%	Oct 11, 2019
Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)	2	6	top 43%	Sep 16, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 6 contests

Contests a season 3 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MS 12 of 30 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 22 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 759 finished ahead 705 times, behind 534

Longest layoff 3.5 yrs Mar 21, 2014 → Sep 15, 2017

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

Oct 24 Most recent contest VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition

20231 milestone

Oct 5 Peak power rating (1582) Poosa Q

20221 milestone

Oct 14 25th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20195 milestones

Aug 2 First category win (Pork) Hometown BBQ Bash
Aug 2 First overall podium Hometown BBQ Bash
Aug 2 First multi-meat day Hometown BBQ Bash
Aug 2 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Hometown BBQ Bash
Aug 2 Career-best overall score694.2172 Hometown BBQ Bash

20181 milestone

Oct 26 10th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)

20173 milestones

Sep 15 First call Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
Sep 15 First overall top-10 Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
Sep 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.0172 Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL)

20141 milestone

Mar 21 First tracked contest Hammond BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	Hometown BBQ Bash	Aug 2, 2019
+11.2	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL)	Sep 15, 2017
+10.1	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	May 1, 2021
+9.7	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	Aug 24, 2019
+7.4	BBQ & Blues on the Levee	Oct 11, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.7	Bonifay All American Smoker Competition	Oct 2, 2020
-5.3	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	May 24, 2019
-5.2	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)	Aug 23, 2019
-4.8	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	Aug 25, 2018
-3.8	Southaven Springfest	Apr 26, 2024

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	0	0	100%	top 47%	95%	94.7%
2024	2	0	1	50%	top 60%	94.2%	93.8%
2023	1	0	1	100%	top 36%	94.5%	94.5%
2022	2	1	0	100%	top 30%	95.5%	95.2%
2021	4	1	1	100%	top 35%	94.5%	94.2%
2020	3	0	0	67%	top 60%	95.7%	93.5%
2019	6	3	2	83%	top 39%	96.4%	93.6%
2018	6	1	0	67%	top 51%	93.6%	92.7%
2017	3	3	0	100%	top 44%	94%	93.5%
2014	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 24, 2025	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA	15 / 33 (683.9432)	7 (175.4288)	22 (165.6916)	8 (174.2628)	13 (168.5600)
Oct 3, 2025	Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) 🏅 Jackson, TN	12 / 25 (679.8968)	13 (171.4056)	5 (176.5600)	22 (155.9312)	7 (176)
Oct 25, 2024	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA	17 / 31 (678.2056)	9 (173.7372)	23 (165.0856)	24 (162.2400)	1 (177.1428)
Apr 26, 2024	Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS	29 / 44 (672.4344)	28 (168.5372)	29 (166.8344)	25 (170.8228)	26 (166.2400)
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	26 / 73 (680.4916)	65 (162.2400)	33 (169.7144)	1 (177.7144)	32 (170.8228)
Oct 14, 2022	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	14 / 83 (687.9196)	3 (176.5600)	28 (173.1200)	67 (163.9540)	12 (174.2856)
Sep 23, 2022	TN River BBQ Battle 🏅 Saltillo, TN	7 / 16 (683.3372)	13 (165.0972)	8 (168.5600)	11 (170.8228)	3 (178.8572)
Jun 18, 2021	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS	21 / 48 (680.4224)	33 (165.6684)	29 (166.2284)	19 (168.5256)	1 (180)
May 1, 2021	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	6 / 38 (680.5484)	4 (175.4400)	16 (165.7028)	16 (166.2856)	5 (173.1200)
Apr 9, 2021	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	16 / 38 (672.4568)	6 (174.2628)	3 (174.8572)	33 (159.4056)	26 (163.9312)
Mar 19, 2021	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	23 / 57 (679.9084)	8 (175.4056)	46 (161.1200)	32 (166.8228)	9 (176.5600)
Oct 2, 2020	Bonifay All American Smoker Competition 🏅 Bonifay, FL	14 / 18 (675.8628)	14 (167.3712)	18 (159.9544)	3 (174.2628)	2 (174.2744)
Sep 18, 2020	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	20 / 28 (655.2340)	8 (170.8228)	28 (151.9200)	20 (159.3712)	5 (173.1200)
Jun 19, 2020	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS	14 / 47 (689.1540)	11 (175.4056)	28 (170.2512)	—	21 (169.1656)
Oct 25, 2019	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN	29 / 97 (684.5484)	13 (174.8572)	61 (168)	47 (169.1084)	22 (172.5828)
Oct 11, 2019	BBQ & Blues on the Levee 🏅 Helena, AR	7 / 20 (683.8740)	11 (170.8228)	10 (167.3828)	6 (173.1200)	8 (172.5484)
Aug 24, 2019	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) 🏅 Brandon, MS	8 / 28 (673.0404)	19 (163.3828)	11 (166.2632)	4 (171.4172)	6 (171.9772)
Aug 23, 2019	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) 🏅 Brandon, MS	21 / 29 (652.3996)	12 (168.5600)	24 (158.7884)	5 (168.5256)	22 (156.5256)
Aug 2, 2019	Hometown BBQ Bash 🏅 Hoover, AL	3 / 15 (694.2172)	5 (170.8228)	9 (167.3944)	1 (176)	1 (180)
May 24, 2019	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	13 / 26 (654.1828)	15 (160.5372)	14 (161.0972)	5 (173.1428)	20 (159.4056)
Oct 26, 2018	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN	76 / 102 (655.3600)	82 (160.5600)	96 (155.3600)	28 (170.3200)	42 (169.1200)
Oct 5, 2018	BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL) Helena, AR	9 / 25 (673.5656)	8 (170.8344)	12 (167.3828)	14 (164.5256)	5 (170.8228)
Sep 14, 2018	Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL	13 / 32 (671.2916)	26 (165.0972)	6 (173.7144)	3 (174.2744)	29 (158.2056)
Aug 25, 2018	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) Brandon, MS	20 / 28 (660.9828)	21 (166.8344)	13 (166.8344)	22 (159.3484)	11 (167.9656)
Aug 24, 2018	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) Brandon, MS	12 / 28 (669.5772)	24 (162.7884)	15 (165.6800)	11 (167.4060)	2 (173.7028)
Aug 10, 2018	Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	12 / 28 (673.0288)	20 (165.0972)	10 (167.4060)	13 (169.1200)	8 (171.4056)
Oct 20, 2017	Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	9 / 19 (669.0052)	11 (167.3712)	9 (159.9772)	8 (169.6684)	2 (171.9884)
Sep 16, 2017	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS	10 / 17 (673.6344)	6 (172.5600)	8 (167.4172)	9 (167.9772)	11 (165.6800)
Sep 15, 2017	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS	6 / 22 (677.0172)	10 (167.3828)	6 (167.3944)	2 (177.7028)	11 (164.5372)
Mar 21, 2014	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Vallee AC Cold Smoke

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)