WICKED SMOKE BBQ WI

Power ranking

#605

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1576

peak 1590

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-03

latest 2025-09-05

Best ToY finish

#194

Master 2019

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0744

American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.06 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 652.77 (+14.29)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two)

Consistency

±87.52

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.59 · weakest Brisket (166.90)

Road miles

4025

mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 477 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Can Country Outlaw BBQ has finished one call ahead of WICKED SMOKE BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Second Hand Smoke SLV has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

BIG "E" BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 25 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.7488 points of the Grand Championship at Puckaway Pigfest (2021-09-10).

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 27% across 5 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	8	1	2	178.8572	156.5372	167.59	top 48%
Pork Ribs	30	14	1	2	176.0116	153.0744	167.19	top 41%
Pork	30	8	1	2	178.8572	154.8228	166.93	top 45%
Brisket	30	8	0	1	174.8456	151.9428	166.90	top 42%

“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	Avg finish
WI	18	top 40%
IL	7	top 49%
MI	3	top 38%
KS	1	top 16%
KY	1	top 31%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	18	0	top 45%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 34%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (15 contests)
Cooks mostly in WI (18 of 31 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (30 entries)
All-time average overall score: 652.77

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2025	1	0	654.6628	654.66
2024	1	0	651.2228	651.22
2023	3	0	689.0744	682.50
2022	2	0	686.8116	675.62
2021	7	1	679.8740	668.20
2020	2	1	686.1828	673.57
2019	15	1	683.9772	634.50

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-09-05	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	27 / 35 (654.6628)	6 (176.5600)	25 (163.3828)	31 (158.8000)	31 (155.9200)
2024-09-06	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	26 / 37 (651.2228)	29 (160.5256)	15 (166.2400)	25 (162.8000)	25 (161.6572)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	76 / 487 (689.0744)	93 (174.2628)	341 (163.9660)	50 (176.0000)	49 (174.8456)
2023-09-08	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	6 / 28 (675.9316)	9 (166.8228)	9 (165.1200)	4 (171.9888)	6 (172.0000)
2022-10-14	Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI	15 / 36 (664.4228)	33 (159.3484)	5 (174.8572)	25 (161.0972)	14 (169.1200)
2022-09-09	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	7 / 38 (686.8116)	5 (176.5600)	25 (163.9772)	4 (175.4400)	9 (170.8344)
2021-10-22	Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI	22 / 44 (664.4568)	9 (171.9656)	19 (165.6800)	16 (169.7256)	33 (157.0856)
2021-09-24	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	6 / 28 (678.7656)	11 (170.8228)	5 (170.8572)	9 (170.2628)	11 (166.8228)
2021-09-10	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	2 / 30 (679.8740)	10 (170.2628)	2 (173.7028)	17 (162.8000)	3 (173.1084)
2021-08-27	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) Washington Island, WI	16 / 25 (667.3028)	14 (167.9656)	17 (163.9428)	16 (164.5372)	8 (170.8572)
2021-08-26	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1) Washington Island, WI	22 / 25 (643.2456)	18 (166.8228)	23 (153.0744)	23 (154.8228)	8 (168.5256)
2021-06-26	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) Belvidere, IL	13 / 43 (678.7660)	1 (178.8572)	15 (170.8344)	31 (162.8344)	22 (166.2400)
2021-06-25	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) Belvidere, IL	27 / 49 (664.9712)	43 (157.0628)	28 (164.5372)	21 (169.6684)	5 (173.7028)
2020-10-16	Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI	3 / 50 (686.1828)	21 (169.1084)	5 (170.8344)	1 (178.8572)	17 (167.3828)
2020-09-25	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	21 / 28 (660.9596)	19 (167.9540)	16 (165.6800)	18 (163.9428)	21 (163.3828)
2019-10-18	Best of the Midwest Union Grove, WI	3 / 52 (678.7772)	2 (176.5600)	8 (169.1200)	16 (166.2744)	16 (166.8228)
2019-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	13 / 42 (678.1484)	13 (171.4056)	18 (168.5256)	11 (170.8344)	19 (167.3828)
2019-09-20	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	5 / 28 (683.9772)	5 (172.5600)	6 (171.4172)	10 (169.7372)	12 (170.2628)
2019-09-06	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	10 / 39 (657.0060)	28 (158.8000)	9 (165.1200)	5 (168.5488)	13 (164.5372)
2019-08-24	8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2) Washington Island, WI	20 / 29 (666.1828)	14 (169.6800)	21 (159.9656)	15 (165.1088)	10 (171.4284)
2019-08-23	8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1) Washington Island, WI	5 / 30 (177.7028)	14 (165.0856)	23 (159.9544)	5 (173.7144)	7 (173.1200)
2019-07-13	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI	7 / 36 (678.7428)	12 (169.6800)	8 (169.6800)	11 (170.2628)	14 (169.1200)
2019-07-12	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 Green Bay, WI	22 / 37 (650.7200)	29 (157.6572)	23 (163.9544)	18 (164.0000)	20 (165.1084)
2019-06-28	BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Joliet, IL	24 / 42 (664.4340)	24 (169.6684)	30 (161.7028)	29 (162.2400)	12 (170.8228)
2019-06-22	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 Belvidere, IL	20 / 45 (669.6228)	39 (156.5372)	10 (171.9772)	2 (175.4400)	20 (165.6684)
2019-06-21	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL	20 / 50 (663.8628)	25 (165.6800)	9 (170.2744)	25 (165.0972)	27 (162.8112)
2019-06-14	Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL	16 / 25 (647.2920)	12 (165.7032)	13 (166.2516)	13 (163.3944)	19 (151.9428)
2019-05-31	Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	20 / 36 (662.2628)	26 (163.4172)	5 (172.0228)	32 (155.9772)	11 (170.8456)
2019-05-04	Masters in May Day 2 Bancroft, WI	14 / 40 (670.2288)	29 (162.8344)	1 (176.0116)	21 (166.2628)	18 (165.1200)
2019-05-03	Masters In May Day 1 Bancroft, WI	18 / 42 (668.5148)	15 (167.4288)	9 (173.1544)	19 (167.3944)	28 (160.5372)

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
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#821 (175 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1126 (110 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#680 (228 pts)	#801 (198 pts)	#868 (198 pts)	#648 (263 pts)	#724 (228 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#862 (165 pts)	#858 (185 pts)	#893 (185 pts)	#790 (210 pts)	#936 (145 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#229 (838 pts)	#202 (933 pts)	#252 (843 pts)	#327 (633 pts)	#204 (963 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#358 (308 pts)	#610 (163 pts)	#430 (283 pts)	#330 (373 pts)	#591 (173 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#194 (1343 pts)	#210 (1252 pts)	#119 (1628 pts)	#162 (1427 pts)	#241 (1187 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#213 (1350 pts)	#302 (1075 pts)	#140 (1548 pts)	#210 (1328 pts)	#125 (1665 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#216 (1434 pts)	#304 (1149 pts)	#211 (1398 pts)	#255 (1259 pts)	#198 (1449 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#371 (1030 pts)	#400 (970 pts)	#237 (1355 pts)	#363 (1045 pts)	#426 (940 pts)