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McQ Smokers IN

Power ranking

#1914
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1485
peak 1485

Contests

12
in the data

First seen

2021-08-20
latest 2025-09-12

Best ToY finish

#556
Master 2024

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
3 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 61%
overall standings

Best overall

686.2744

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

675.55 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 668.08 (+7.46)

Walk rate

67%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Consistency

±13.30
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 168.42 · weakest Brisket (166.30)

Road miles

721
mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 189 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Barking Pig BBQ has finished one call ahead of McQ Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

WeQ4U has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of ACME BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

📅 A September team

Something about September: average finish in the top 51% across 4 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IN first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 12 1 0 0 174.2972 155.3944 166.35 top 69%
Pork Ribs 12 1 0 1 178.8572 157.7028 167.02 top 59%
Pork 12 5 0 0 177.7028 155.9656 168.42 top 47%
Brisket 12 2 0 2 178.8572 157.1200 166.30 top 57%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IN60top 66%
KY40top 51%
OH10top 53%
TN10top 80%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)50top 52%
Large (40+)70top 67%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025300 677.6456 674.18
2024400 680.4572 674.46
2023200 686.2744 674.79
2022200 661.0400 653.59
2021100 639.8856 639.89

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-09-12 Bands and BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 15 / 29 (677.6456) 24 (167.3828) 12 (172.0000) 26 (159.4056) 2 (178.8572)
2025-08-15 Madison Ribberfest Madison, IN 34 / 45 (667.2684) 40 (163.9428) 35 (165.0972) 11 (175.4400) 36 (162.7884)
2025-07-18 Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH 21 / 40 (677.6116) 22 (169.1316) 15 (171.9772) 8 (174.8456) 33 (161.6572)
2024-09-13 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 16 / 31 (674.7660) 20 (169.6800) 22 (163.9772) 10 (173.7144) 16 (167.3944)
2024-08-16 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Madison, IN 21 / 49 (680.4572) 24 (169.6800) 38 (164.5372) 5 (177.7028) 27 (168.5372)
2024-06-07 Hoosier BBQ Classic Franklin, IN 22 / 38 (675.8972) 30 (167.3828) 21 (167.4172) 6 (174.8572) 23 (166.2400)
2024-03-15 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 74 / 93 (666.7200) 85 (163.3828) 69 (165.1088) 83 (160.5256) 2 (177.7028)
2023-09-08 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 6 / 33 (686.2744) 6 (174.2972) 2 (178.8572) 13 (171.4744) 27 (161.6456)
2023-08-18 Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues Madison, IN 28 / 41 (663.3028) 20 (171.9656) 30 (163.3944) 31 (161.6684) 24 (166.2744)
2022-09-09 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 26 / 32 (646.1484) 21 (166.2400) 19 (166.8228) 27 (155.9656) 26 (157.1200)
2022-08-19 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN 30 / 45 (661.0400) 43 (155.3944) 26 (167.3828) 8 (174.8800) 31 (163.3828)
2021-08-20 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN 37 / 43 (639.8856) 41 (157.6916) 34 (157.7028) 30 (160.5484) 24 (163.9428)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #626 (245 pts) #778 (195 pts) #653 (290 pts) #544 (340 pts) #511 (375 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #556 (316 pts) #671 (266 pts) #690 (271 pts) #396 (551 pts) #445 (491 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #671 (233 pts) #675 (258 pts) #660 (318 pts) #820 (178 pts) #983 (123 pts)

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