Clean Smoke BBQ KS
Rating
1490
peak 1501
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
2019-04-19
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#417
Master 2020
Grand champs
1
2 reserve
Category wins
5
11 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.15 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 645.83 (+10.32)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±27.69
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.23 · weakest Chicken (159.91)
Road miles
24685
mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 5045 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
BBQ Brothers has finished one call ahead of Clean Smoke BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Magic Creek BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SMOKING ACES BBQ SWEDEN has come out ahead in 8 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.8796 points of the Grand Championship at Twin Smoke (2024-05-18).
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 46% across 6 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 178.8572 | 128.9372 | 159.91 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 174.8572 | 146.8572 | 164.23 | top 51% |
| Pork | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 178.8572 | 143.9428 | 160.87 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 177.1428 | 143.9428 | 160.83 | top 55% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 1 | top 35% |
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in LT (2 of 20 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (20 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Slow Joe's Barn Burner (2020-08-15)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 645.83
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 648.4460 | 648.45 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 639.9200 | 639.92 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 667.3260 | 661.63 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 669.1312 | 658.30 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 660.5260 | 651.14 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 605.9428 | 605.94 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 696.0000 | 696.00 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 689.6572 | 632.97 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 13 / 23 (648.4460) | 23 (150.8116) | 3 (172.5716) | 10 (164.5600) | 13 (160.5028) |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 18 / 31 (639.9200) | 18 (161.6572) | 18 (162.2628) | 27 (153.7144) | 14 (162.2856) |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 16 / 23 (655.9428) | 9 (169.7028) | 5 (170.2744) | 22 (155.4172) | 15 (160.5484) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 2 / 18 (667.3260) | 3 (168.5600) | 1 (172.5716) | 5 (162.8000) | 4 (163.3944) |
| 2023-08-26 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp, | 7 / 21 (669.1312) | 16 (161.7028) | 12 (166.2972) | 5 (172.5600) | 5 (168.5712) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish, 76505 | 8 / 15 (647.4628) | 6 (166.2972) | 12 (155.4056) | 2 (174.3200) | 12 (151.4400) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 77 / 83 (652.4456) | 63 (165.0856) | 60 (166.8800) | 81 (157.6572) | 65 (162.8228) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 226 / 249 (660.5260) | 218 (163.9772) | 216 (163.4516) | 206 (165.6800) | 156 (167.4172) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 387 / 505 (645.1660) | 462 (153.6800) | 93 (173.2116) | 344 (162.8572) | 413 (155.4172) |
| 2022-08-13 | BIGFEAST CHALLENGE UUSIKAUPUNKI, 23450 | 5 / 9 (659.9316) | 6 (166.2744) | 6 (163.9772) | 6 (165.1544) | 4 (164.5256) |
| 2022-05-14 | Longhorn BBQ Broerup, 6650 | 7 / 14 (637.6116) | 9 (161.1200) | 11 (154.2172) | 14 (145.6572) | 1 (176.6172) |
| 2021-09-17 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 29 / 31 (605.9428) | 31 (128.9372) | 26 (158.8228) | 23 (162.8000) | 25 (155.3828) |
| 2020-08-15 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum, | 1 / 14 (696.0000) | 2 (172.5600) | 8 (167.4400) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (177.1428) |
| 2019-09-13 | Open Polish BBQ Championship Poland, | 5 / 23 (689.6572) | 1 (178.8572) | 6 (174.8572) | 7 (164.5372) | 7 (171.4056) |
| 2019-07-20 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415 | 29 / 44 (638.1828) | 27 (161.7028) | 13 (166.3088) | 35 (153.1084) | 25 (157.0628) |
| 2019-06-15 | BBQ Battle Finland Tampere, 33840 | 2 / 23 (658.2056) | 2 (170.8456) | 5 (166.2744) | 3 (168.0116) | 15 (153.0740) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 41 / 55 (634.1828) | 42 (158.2744) | 13 (166.8572) | 45 (154.8344) | 38 (154.2168) |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 46 / 49 (601.5768) | 46 (148.5484) | 36 (153.1200) | 44 (143.9428) | 30 (155.9656) |
| 2019-04-20 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove, 9600 | 23 / 29 (635.3484) | 27 (151.9428) | 15 (162.8572) | 12 (165.7028) | 23 (154.8456) |
| 2019-04-19 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 Ninove, 9600 | 25 / 25 (573.6116) | 25 (137.6572) | 23 (146.8572) | 25 (145.1544) | 21 (143.9428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #683 (108 pts) | #1044 (58 pts) | #539 (223 pts) | #636 (123 pts) | #709 (108 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1034 (91 pts) | #1104 (91 pts) | #1199 (91 pts) | #1440 (56 pts) | #1007 (111 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #536 (336 pts) | #555 (351 pts) | #526 (441 pts) | #709 (231 pts) | #618 (291 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #583 (286 pts) | #698 (246 pts) | #832 (216 pts) | #496 (411 pts) | #630 (276 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #491 (423 pts) | #549 (393 pts) | #598 (378 pts) | #562 (363 pts) | #408 (568 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #417 (264 pts) | #474 (239 pts) | #673 (134 pts) | #438 (264 pts) | #444 (264 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #462 (715 pts) | #414 (805 pts) | #435 (800 pts) | #479 (725 pts) | #610 (565 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1051 (255 pts) | #1026 (295 pts) | #941 (350 pts) | #1087 (265 pts) | #865 (385 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2896 (56 pts) | #2906 (56 pts) | #2912 (56 pts) | #2017 (116 pts) | #2342 (61 pts) |