TEMPTATION STATION

TEMPTATION STATION is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 16 at the Smoke on the Ohio (2021). They are ranked #3986 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

⚔ Compare with another team

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,986

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1484

peak 1484 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Sep 11, 2026 · 13.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#993

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

9% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

674.1484 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Ohio

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.82 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.24 (+10.58)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Pork · Smoke on the Ohio

Consistency

±14.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.06 · weakest Brisket (158.72)

Road miles

across 11 mapped stops

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$50K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.24 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

674.1484 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.1484 at Smoke on the Ohio — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 11, 2026

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PoCo Porkers has finished one call ahead of TEMPTATION STATION 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–2 behind in the head-to-head

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS ahead in 82% of their meetings

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.34 points below their pork, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 36%.

Brisket avg 158.72
Pork avg 165.06
1 call in 11 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Global Smokers in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

3.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.4 years, then back at Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL) (Sep 8, 2017).

last seen Apr 3, 2014
back Sep 8, 2017

Pork nemesis

9 of 11 shared pork entries lost

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared pork entries.

Show 3 more storylines

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Oui Oui Oui BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.03% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.03% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.0% of a perfect score
11 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke on the Ohio every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

8 visits in all
best finish 10th

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 ↗	Master	#993 (86 pts)	#1137 (61 pts)	#1097 (101 pts)	#841 (126 pts)	#1043 (81 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#1015 (97 pts)	#1082 (97 pts)	#1110 (112 pts)	#810 (167 pts)	#1427 (57 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1044 (93 pts)	#1106 (98 pts)	#1115 (113 pts)	#1224 (63 pts)	#1175 (68 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1033 (115 pts)	#857 (175 pts)	#1025 (145 pts)	#989 (120 pts)	#1221 (75 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1746 (93 pts)	#1873 (88 pts)	#1861 (88 pts)	#1481 (138 pts)	#1855 (83 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1514 (123 pts)	#1312 (183 pts)	#1383 (178 pts)	#1601 (123 pts)	#1532 (133 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1994 (99 pts)	#2077 (94 pts)	#2205 (79 pts)	#2794 (59 pts)	#1516 (179 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#1785 (140 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#1777 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TEMPTATION STATION, each with one reason worth a look.

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

GLAD TO MEAT YOU

#3,982 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1512

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TEMPTATION STATION)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TEMPTATION STATION has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoking Grannies

#3,978 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1517

They've been 1517 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

⚔ Compare careers

Five Guys and a Grill

#3,989 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2024

⚔ Compare careers

BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM

#3,977 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1512

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before TEMPTATION STATION's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Compare careers

Happy Beetle BBQ

#3,980 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

⚔ Compare careers

ELLIS COUNTY BBQ

#3,967 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1512

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Aug 30, 2019

⚔ Compare careers

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Global Smokers	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
PoCo Porkers	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Hickory Pit Stop	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Kentucky Kookers	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BIG RACK SMOKERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
GPAs PUB	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
POOH BEAR BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SON SEEKERS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	171.9772	144.5714	162.51	top 64%
Pork Ribs	11	2	170.8228	150.8000	161.94	top 60%
Pork	11	4	176	154.2516	165.06	top 51%
Brisket	11	1	173.1544	148.4684	158.72	top 65%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 63%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 63%
Large (40+)	2	top 71%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Ohio	8	10	0	top 62%	Sep 11, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.1 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 11 of 11 contests

Contests visited 4 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 178 finished ahead 124 times, behind 224

Longest layoff 3.4 yrs Apr 3, 2014 → Sep 8, 2017

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

20262 milestones

Sep 11 Career-best overall score674.1484 Smoke on the Ohio
Sep 11 Most recent contest Smoke on the Ohio

20252 milestones

Sep 12 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Ohio
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Pork)176 Smoke on the Ohio

20211 milestone

Sep 10 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Ohio

20172 milestones

Sep 8 First call Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7432 Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL)

20132 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out
Apr 5 Peak power rating (1493) 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.6	Smoke on the Ohio	Sep 8, 2023
+1.5	Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL)	Sep 8, 2017
+0.7	Smoke on the Ohio	Sep 12, 2025
+0.7	Smoke on the Ohio	Sep 13, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.8	1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out	Apr 5, 2013
-6.7	Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL)	Sep 7, 2018
-4.3	2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out	Apr 3, 2014
-1.5	Smoke On the Ohio	Sep 13, 2019
-1.4	Smoke on the Ohio	Sep 11, 2026

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	100%	top 69%	93.6%	93.6%
2025	1	0	100%	top 59%	91.4%	91.4%
2024	1	0	0%	top 61%	90%	90%
2023	1	0	100%	top 48%	93.2%	93.2%
2021	1	1	100%	top 63%	89.3%	89.3%
2019	1	0	100%	top 61%	88.8%	88.8%
2018	2	0	0%	top 74%	89.8%	88.9%
2017	1	0	100%	top 55%	90.9%	90.9%
2014	1	0	0%	top 70%	88.8%	88.8%
2013	1	0	0%	top 72%	86.6%	86.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 11, 2026	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	18 / 26 (674.1484)	23 (166.2400)	15 (169.6800)	10 (171.4056)	19 (166.8228)
Sep 12, 2025	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	16 / 27 (658.1368)	16 (166.8112)	13 (166.8572)	6 (176)	24 (148.4684)
Sep 13, 2024	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	17 / 28 (647.8400)	16 (167.3828)	13 (168.5600)	23 (157.0744)	22 (154.8228)
Sep 8, 2023	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	12 / 25 (670.7084)	5 (171.9772)	8 (170.8228)	11 (169.6684)	20 (158.2400)
Sep 10, 2021	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	10 / 16 (643.2564)	13 (153.0740)	10 (161.1084)	4 (174.2628)	11 (154.8112)
Sep 13, 2019	Smoke On the Ohio 🏅 Mt.Vernon, IN	17 / 28 (639.2572)	18 (159.9428)	18 (160.5028)	9 (167.4172)	19 (151.3944)
Sep 7, 2018	Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL) Mt.Vernon, IN	23 / 28 (632.9488)	21 (162.8000)	25 (150.8000)	23 (160.5144)	21 (158.8344)
Apr 27, 2018	Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	25 / 38 (646.7660)	15 (167.4400)	12 (166.8344)	31 (154.2516)	25 (158.2400)
Sep 8, 2017	Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL) Mt.Vernon, IN	16 / 29 (654.7432)	17 (165.6800)	20 (159.9544)	24 (155.9544)	5 (173.1544)
Apr 3, 2014	2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN	45 / 64 (639.4288)	40 (161.7144)	56 (151.3944)	12 (168.5944)	42 (157.7256)
Apr 5, 2013	1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN	36 / 50 (623.4282)	47 (144.5714)	38 (154.8570)	26 (160.5714)	16 (163.4284)

TEMPTATION STATION

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

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

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)