Smoke’N’Stooges MI
Rating
1484
peak 1484
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-09-13
latest 2025-09-19
Best ToY finish
#1024
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.80 · weakest Brisket (158.25)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
PapaDads BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smoke’N’Stooges 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 158.2400 | 163.39 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176.5600 | 167.4288 | 171.80 | top 25% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1772 | 162.2628 | 165.72 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 154.8344 | 158.25 | top 90% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MI (3 of 3 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (3 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 656.78
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 656.5032 | 656.50 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 657.0628 | 657.06 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | September Fest Coldwater, MI | 22 / 26 (656.5032) | 23 (158.2400) | 13 (167.4288) | 12 (169.1772) | 22 (161.6572) |
| 2025-09-19 | September Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Coldwater, MI | — | — | 1 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | September Fest Coldwater, MI | 14 / 18 (657.0628) | 11 (168.5484) | 3 (171.4172) | 12 (162.2628) | 17 (154.8344) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1125 (66 pts) | #1215 (61 pts) | #566 (375 pts) | #985 (116 pts) | #1164 (66 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1024 (98 pts) | #1051 (113 pts) | #783 (218 pts) | #1032 (108 pts) | #1113 (83 pts) |