Smokin B's

Smokin B's is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 26 at the Tri-City BBQ Fest (2025). They are ranked #2689 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' B's” and “SMOKIN Bs”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,689

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1514

peak 1514 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 13, 2018

latest Sep 18, 2026 · 8.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#228

Backyard 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 8 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

651.7940 / 720

Master · Tri City BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.2000

Pork Ribs · Tri City BBQ Fest

Consistency

±72.96

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.84 · weakest Pork (152.88)

Road miles

1,429

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,429 mi

Schedule strength

65%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)

Purse competed for

$90K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

592.09 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

332.29 / 360

4 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.

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 4

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

WHEN PIGS DIE ahead in 71% of their meetings

WHEN PIGS DIE has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKE DOCTOR in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Tri City BBQ Fest (Sep 17, 2021).

last seen Sep 20, 2019
back Sep 17, 2021

Boom or bust

±8.86% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.86% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.3% of a perfect score
best 95.3%

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Tri City BBQ Fest every year from 2021 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 3rd

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Backyard	#228 (150 pts)	#237 (150 pts)	#256 (140 pts)	—	—

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Smokin B's, each with one reason worth a look.

109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Speaks For Itself

#2,709 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1513

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

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BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE

#2,692 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1513

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Smokin B's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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T & J Backyard BBQ

#2,679 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Feb 21, 2020

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NELSON FAMILY BARBEQUE

#2,687 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1519

Level with Smokin B's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 7, 2019

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BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ

#2,675 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1522

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Smokin B's's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 15, 2016

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QUETPIES

#2,693 of the rated field

1513 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1522

Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before Smokin B's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE DOCTOR	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' GRINDES	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	7	3	3	43%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKEHOUSE 72	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	6	2	3	33%	⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	5	0	1	171.4056	151.3600	163.05	top 47%
Pork Ribs	8	5	1	1	173.2000	158.8000	164.84	top 39%
Pork	3	0	0	0	154.2172	150.2172	152.88	top 89%
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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 84%
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 49%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	7	0	top 49%
CA	1	0	top 84%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Tri City BBQ Fest	7	3	0	top 49%	Sep 18, 2026

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 7 of 8 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 133 finished ahead 118 times, behind 123

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 20, 2019 → Sep 17, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

Sep 18 Peak power rating (1514) Tri City BBQ Fest
Sep 18 Most recent contest Tri City BBQ Fest

20251 milestone

Sep 19 First overall podium Tri-City BBQ Fest

20233 milestones

Sep 15 First category win (Pork Ribs) Tri City BBQ Fest
Sep 15 First overall top-10 Tri City BBQ Fest
Sep 15 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.2000 Tri City BBQ Fest

20212 milestones

Sep 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.7940 Tri City BBQ Fest
Sep 17 Career-best overall score651.7940 Tri City BBQ Fest

20182 milestones

Jul 13 First tracked contest 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 13 First call 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 15, 2023
+14.6	Tri-City BBQ Fest	Sep 19, 2025
+9.5	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 20, 2024
+9.4	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 18, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 16, 2022
-9.4	2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off	Jul 13, 2018
-7.7	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 20, 2019
-6.8	Tri City BBQ Fest	Sep 17, 2021

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	1	0	100%	top 23%	90.8%	90.8%
2025	1	1	0	100%	top 12%	92.7%	92.7%
2024	1	1	0	100%	top 23%	90.5%	90.5%
2023	1	1	1	100%	top 13%	95.3%	95.3%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	64.9%	64.9%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 85%	90.5%	90.5%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 88%	86.2%	86.2%
2018	1	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
Sep 18, 2026	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	6 / 26 (326.8000)	6 (163.4172)	7 (163.3828)	—	—
Sep 19, 2025	Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	3 / 26 (333.7372)	3 (168.5944)	6 (165.1428)	—	—
Sep 20, 2024	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	7 / 30 (325.6800)	9 (158.2284)	5 (167.4516)	—	—
Sep 15, 2023	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	4 / 32 (342.9256)	5 (169.7256)	1 (173.2000)	—	—
Sep 16, 2022	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	25 / 25 (467.2916)	19 (163.9656)	20 (158.8116)	—	25 (144.5144)
Sep 17, 2021	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	17 / 20 (651.7940)	9 (171.4056)	19 (158.8000)	18 (154.2172)	12 (167.3712)
Sep 20, 2019	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	30 / 34 (620.3316)	30 (151.3600)	17 (165.6800)	33 (150.2172)	27 (153.0744)
Jul 13, 2018	2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA	16 / 19 (628.9484)	16 (157.6800)	4 (166.2400)	15 (154.2056)	18 (150.8228)

Smokin B's

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

They almost always walk

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Boom or bust

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)