High-water mark
331.4288
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 331.4288 at Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship — 92.1% of a perfect 360.
- Open Comp
- Apr 26, 2024
Smokin' Stacks BBQ
Smokin' Stacks BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 34 at the Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2024
latest Apr 26, 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 21%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.33
Road miles
108
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin' Stacks BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin' Stacks BBQ has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 99 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Smokin' Stacks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Smokin' Stacks BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with Smokin' Stacks BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Smokin' Stacks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Smokin' Stacks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 166.3088 | 168.33 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
45
finished ahead 32 times, behind 12
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
- First call Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.4288 Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score331.4288 Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sacramento, CA | — | — | 9 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | 12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lincoln, CA | — | — | 5 (169.1200) | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2025 | California State Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sacramento, CA | — | — | 4 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2024 | 12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lincoln, CA | — | — | 2 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 7 / 34 (331.4288) | — | 5 (166.3088) | — | — |