A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
QUE U ahead in 100% of their meetings
QUE U has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DG Smoke
DG Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 8 at the Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They finished #223 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2023
latest Sep 26, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.59
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.55 · weakest Brisket (153.63)
Road miles
227
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.52 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.25 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 152.5256 | 161.39 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1660 | 152.5372 | 161.13 | top 64% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 168.5484 | 168.55 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6344 | 153.6344 | 153.63 | top 94% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
80
finished ahead 69 times, behind 80
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Jun 8, 2024 → Sep 26, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score645.5200 Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash
20243 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.8688 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1660 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Peak power rating (1496) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 7, 2024 |
| +3.2 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 8, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.6 | Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 15, 2023 |
| -6.8 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash | Sep 26, 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 | 100% | top 88% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 93% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2025 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash 🏅 Egg Harbor, WI | 14 / 16 (645.5200) | 13 (165.0856) | 16 (158.2516) | 10 (168.5484) | 15 (153.6344) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 17 / 37 (326.8116) | 19 (162.2400) | 15 (164.5716) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 15 / 41 (334.8688) | 19 (165.7028) | 12 (169.1660) | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Tomah, WI | 8 / 8 (305.0628) | 8 (152.5256) | 7 (152.5372) | — | — |