Smokin Highwaymen WI

Power ranking

#539

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1586

peak 1593

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-26

latest 2025-08-22

Best ToY finish

#151

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 34 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

690.7772

Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2

Perfect 180s

Current form

673.02 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 669.71 (+3.30)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2

Consistency

±10.72

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.05 · weakest Brisket (165.29)

Road miles

5519

mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 1189 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

UGLY BABY BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin Highwaymen 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BIG "E" BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 21 of their 24 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Second Hand Smoke SLV in 18 of their 24 shared contests.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 21% across 3 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	13	0	2	177.7028	158.2400	169.05	top 40%
Pork Ribs	34	14	1	2	175.4288	157.6572	167.45	top 40%
Pork	34	14	1	6	177.7144	153.6228	167.92	top 40%
Brisket	34	11	0	2	175.4172	149.6572	165.29	top 48%

“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	25	top 38%
IL	6	top 42%
MN	1	top 36%
MI	1	top 35%
FL	1	top 19%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 21%
Medium (20–39)	18	top 43%
Large (40+)	14	top 34%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (12 contests)
Cooks mostly in WI (25 of 34 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (34 entries)
All-time average overall score: 669.71

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	2	0	677.0168	667.57
2024	1	0	663.8284	663.83
2023	1	0	683.3368	683.34
2022	5	1	682.7772	673.49
2021	9	0	679.8512	664.42
2020	4	1	681.5884	675.90
2019	12	0	690.7772	669.76

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-08-22	Brighton Barbeque Bash Oshkosh, WI	20 / 29 (658.1256)	22 (160.5600)	20 (163.9544)	16 (168.5372)	15 (165.0740)
2025-02-21	Fire on Ice BBQ Championship Onamia, MN	15 / 42 (677.0168)	26 (169.6800)	5 (174.2628)	28 (166.2512)	26 (166.8228)
2024-07-19	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash Oshkosh, WI	17 / 37 (663.8284)	24 (166.8228)	4 (173.7028)	18 (166.2516)	26 (157.0512)
2023-07-14	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash Oshkosh, WI	3 / 19 (683.3368)	4 (173.7028)	9 (166.8572)	2 (171.9656)	4 (170.8112)
2022-09-09	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	12 / 38 (682.7772)	13 (171.9656)	6 (171.9772)	16 (169.1316)	15 (169.7028)
2022-09-02	Smokin' in the Bogs Warrens, WI	11 / 23 (671.9200)	10 (167.9656)	1 (172.5716)	8 (169.6800)	17 (161.7028)
2022-06-25	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) Belvidere, IL	28 / 32 (658.6628)	15 (171.4172)	32 (159.3716)	27 (162.7884)	25 (165.0856)
2022-06-24	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) Belvidere, IL	15 / 36 (677.0172)	24 (167.3828)	4 (175.4288)	25 (165.6800)	21 (168.5256)
2022-04-29	Masters in May Bancroft, WI	6 / 43 (677.0512)	11 (171.4056)	2 (174.2856)	2 (177.7028)	34 (153.6572)
2021-10-22	Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI	33 / 44 (646.1028)	16 (170.2628)	29 (162.8228)	35 (160.5372)	37 (152.4800)
2021-09-10	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	12 / 30 (665.0060)	18 (166.8228)	6 (170.2744)	13 (163.9544)	13 (163.9544)
2021-09-03	Smokin' in the Bogs Warrens, WI	13 / 25 (663.2456)	11 (166.8228)	20 (158.2172)	13 (167.3828)	5 (170.8228)
2021-08-27	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) Washington Island, WI	9 / 25 (678.7316)	4 (174.2628)	10 (169.6800)	14 (165.1088)	10 (169.6800)
2021-08-26	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1) Washington Island, WI	10 / 25 (666.1140)	7 (171.9772)	9 (167.3828)	11 (164.5256)	18 (162.2284)
2021-06-26	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) Belvidere, IL	11 / 43 (679.8512)	4 (177.7028)	34 (165.0856)	3 (175.4172)	33 (161.6456)
2021-06-25	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) Belvidere, IL	21 / 49 (670.7316)	26 (166.2400)	21 (166.2744)	15 (170.8344)	25 (167.3828)
2021-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI	31 / 45 (655.2800)	20 (167.9772)	20 (165.6800)	3 (171.9656)	42 (149.6572)
2021-06-11	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI	32 / 52 (654.7316)	28 (165.6800)	26 (163.9772)	36 (164.5256)	32 (160.5488)
2020-10-17	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 West Salem, WI	14 / 33 (678.7544)	17 (171.9656)	26 (163.9544)	1 (177.7144)	22 (165.1200)
2020-10-16	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 West Salem, WI	9 / 40 (677.6344)	19 (166.8228)	16 (165.1200)	13 (170.2744)	2 (175.4172)
2020-07-17	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	11 / 31 (665.6344)	22 (159.9428)	8 (169.1316)	5 (172.0344)	14 (164.5256)
2020-01-24	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	10 / 53 (681.5884)	9 (173.7144)	25 (167.3828)	12 (171.9772)	18 (168.5140)
2019-10-18	Best of the Midwest Union Grove, WI	10 / 52 (666.2056)	6 (172.0000)	11 (166.8572)	32 (159.9772)	15 (167.3712)
2019-09-06	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	6 / 39 (663.2568)	5 (168.5256)	26 (157.6572)	7 (165.6684)	3 (171.4056)
2019-08-24	8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2) Washington Island, WI	13 / 29 (675.3144)	11 (171.4056)	11 (168.5488)	21 (163.3828)	8 (171.9772)
2019-08-23	8th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1) Washington Island, WI	17 / 30 (651.2804)	24 (158.2400)	14 (165.1088)	20 (162.2400)	16 (165.6916)
2019-07-13	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI	8 / 36 (678.2056)	25 (164.5256)	13 (167.4172)	4 (173.1200)	6 (173.1428)
2019-07-12	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 Green Bay, WI	13 / 37 (669.0860)	17 (164.5600)	5 (173.7144)	4 (174.8572)	29 (155.9544)
2019-06-22	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 Belvidere, IL	4 / 45 (690.7772)	3 (174.2744)	19 (168.5372)	3 (175.4056)	7 (172.5600)
2019-06-21	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL	23 / 50 (660.4572)	9 (172.0228)	22 (162.2516)	44 (153.6228)	7 (172.5600)
2019-05-31	Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest Rice Lake, WI	5 / 19 (669.0396)	10 (168.5484)	4 (169.7028)	9 (163.9312)	7 (166.8572)
2019-05-04	Masters in May Day 2 Bancroft, WI	9 / 40 (673.5656)	12 (169.1200)	15 (169.6800)	7 (170.8228)	24 (163.9428)
2019-05-03	Masters In May Day 1 Bancroft, WI	6 / 42 (685.6912)	6 (171.9884)	16 (168.5600)	6 (174.2628)	9 (170.8800)
2019-04-26	The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Contest Manawa, WI	8 / 26 (654.2168)	2 (171.4628)	6 (168.0000)	15 (157.6684)	15 (157.0856)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#229 (519 pts)	#307 (404 pts)	#338 (374 pts)	#161 (709 pts)	#217 (539 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#151 (1544 pts)	#120 (1634 pts)	#186 (1334 pts)	#137 (1544 pts)	#143 (1494 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#277 (1151 pts)	#198 (1366 pts)	#251 (1191 pts)	#287 (1111 pts)	#350 (976 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#839 (440 pts)	#821 (480 pts)	#819 (485 pts)	#656 (625 pts)	#757 (515 pts)