A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Luscious Loins BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
Luscious Loins BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Smokin B's
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1504 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2018-07-13
latest 2025-09-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
592.09
last 4 Master vs avg 592.09 (+0.00)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±72.96
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.05 · weakest Brisket (153.95)
Road miles
1,429
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1429 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$77K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
592.09 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
334.11 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A strong matchup
5–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 83% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKE DOCTOR in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Tri City BBQ Fest (2021-09-17).
- last seen 2019-09-20
- back 2021-09-17
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Tri-City BBQ Fest every year from 2021 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 3rd
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
108 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3050 of the rated field
- Contests
- 42
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1537
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin B's)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin B's has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3060 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Smokin B's did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3039 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Smokin B's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin B's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3037 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smokin B's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE DOCTOR | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLIN' GRINDES | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| SPITFIRE | 6 | 2 | 3 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| WHEN PIGS DIE | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEHOUSE 72 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 171.4056 | 151.3600 | 162.99 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 173.2000 | 158.8000 | 165.05 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.2972 | 150.2172 | 158.23 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3712 | 144.5144 | 153.95 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 6 | 0 | top 53% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 53% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-City BBQ Fest | 6 | 3 | 0 | top 53% | 2025-09-19 |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.2 yrs
2018-07-13 → 2025-09-19
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.05 · weakest Brisket (153.95)
Walk rate
71%
a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
43%
3 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
592.09
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
334.11
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
94–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,429
7 mapped stops · furthest 1,429 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$76,700
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-20 → 2021-09-17
Power rating
1504
peak 1504 · #3041 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- First call *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- 2021
- First category win (Pork) Tri City BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.7940 Tri City BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score651.7940 Tri City BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2972 Tri City BBQ Fest
- 2023
- First overall top-10 Tri City BBQ Fest
- 2025
- First overall podium Tri-City BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1504) Tri-City BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest Tri-City BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2023-09-15 |
| +14.6 | Tri-City BBQ Fest | 2025-09-19 |
| +9.5 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2024-09-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2022-09-16 |
| -9.5 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2018-07-13 |
| -7.7 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2019-09-20 |
| -6.8 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2021-09-17 |
Category scores over time
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 13% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 64.9% | 64.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 85% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 84% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 3 / 26 (333.7372) | 3 (168.5944) | 6 (165.1428) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 7 / 30 (325.6800) | 9 (158.2284) | 5 (167.4516) | — | — |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 4 / 32 (342.9256) | 5 (169.7256) | 1 (173.2000) | — | — |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 25 / 25 (467.2916) | 19 (163.9656) | 20 (158.8116) | — | 25 (144.5144) |
| 2021-09-17 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 17 / 20 (651.7940) | 9 (171.4056) | 19 (158.8000) | 1 (174.2972) | 12 (167.3712) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 30 / 34 (620.3316) | 30 (151.3600) | 17 (165.6800) | 33 (150.2172) | 27 (153.0744) |
| 2018-07-13 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA | 16 / 19 (628.9484) | 16 (157.6800) | 4 (166.2400) | 15 (154.2056) | 18 (150.8228) |