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.
Island Smokehouse BBQ/Smok-King has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 153 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Island Smokehouse BBQ/Smok-King's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after Island Smokehouse BBQ/Smok-King did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Island Smokehouse BBQ/Smok-King on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Island Smokehouse BBQ/Smok-King's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Island Smokehouse BBQ/Smok-King's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Island Smokehouse BBQ/Smok-King's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4628 | 151.4628 | 151.46 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.8000 | 138.8000 | 138.80 | top 92% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6684 | 145.6684 | 145.67 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5372 | 152.5372 | 152.54 | top 51% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-05 | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ | 71 / 85 (588.4684) | 63 (151.4628) | 78 (138.8000) | 68 (145.6684) | 43 (152.5372) |