The heartbreaker
1.0968
points from the title
Came within 1.0968 points of the Grand Championship at Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (Dec 1, 2023).
Deviant Smoke
Deviant Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 70 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 6 times. They are ranked #609 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1658
peak 1689 · rated over 49 contests7 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
70
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2022
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 3.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
2
6 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time
Category wins
8
24 podiums
Overall top-10s
26
37% of 70 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
339.02 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 343.29 (-4.27)
Walk rate
61%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.21
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.56 · weakest Brisket (164.54)
Road miles
4,243
across 70 mapped stops · furthest 259 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$308K
listed at 55 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.43 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
343.29 / 360
49 Backyard contests · 2 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
511.35 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #85 (559 pts) | #81 (639 pts) | #80 (654 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #741 (185 pts) | #1161 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #35 (1,056 pts) | #65 (814 pts) | #24 (1,164 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | #556 (362 pts) | #442 (538 pts) | #713 (217 pts) | #690 (219 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #17 (1,188 pts) | #6 (1,308 pts) | #19 (1,173 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #797 (186 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #55 (951 pts) | #11 (1,256 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1432 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #165 (219 pts) | #95 (524 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Deviant Smoke, each with one reason worth a look.
#603 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1658
4–1 in 5 shared contests (80% to Deviant Smoke)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — Deviant Smoke ahead 4–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 51
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1680
Careers of much the same size, 51 contests to 70, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 56
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1659
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 51 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 51
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1663
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Deviant Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#611 of the rated field
- Contests
- 54
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1672
54 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 37
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1662
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Deviant Smoke's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 44 | 16 | 28 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 38 | 19 | 19 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 34 | 15 | 19 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 31 | 8 | 23 | 26% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 30 | 21 | 9 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 29 | 10 | 19 | 34% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork Life | 28 | 20 | 8 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Say My Name BBQ | 28 | 15 | 13 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 26 | 9 | 17 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| Wee Daddy's BBQ | 23 | 11 | 12 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| Small Batch BBQ - TN | 21 | 7 | 14 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| Ghost Hill BBQ | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Swine Crew | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 58 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 179.4400 | 162.7884 | 171.56 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 59 | 29 | 4 | 16 | 179.4400 | 159.9544 | 171.22 | top 36% |
| Pork | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 161.0972 | 169.58 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 155.9544 | 164.54 | top 55% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 12 | 1 | top 43% |
| Medium (20–39) | 26 | 0 | top 33% |
| Large (40+) | 14 | 1 | top 31% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 5 | 9 | 0 | top 54% | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 4 | 16 | 0 | top 22% | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 28% | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 40% | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 29% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 30% | Sep 12, 2025 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 41% | May 3, 2025 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 31% | May 2, 2025 |
| Poosa Q | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 52% | Oct 4, 2024 |
| Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 39% | Sep 6, 2024 |
| The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 16% | May 17, 2024 |
| Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 23% | Apr 26, 2024 |
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 6% | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 63% | Oct 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
28 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
14
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
50 of 70 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
31
14 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
59 entries · 4 wins · 29 calls
First title
Oct 18, 2024
WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Opponents faced
832
finished ahead 1,654 times, behind 812
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20254 milestones
- First multi-meat day O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- First perfect 180 (Pork) O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- 50th tracked contest The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Peak power rating (1689) Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY)
20244 milestones
- Career-best overall score660.4340 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
- 25th tracked contest 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL
- First Grand Championship WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Biggest field won (50 teams) WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20233 milestones
- First overall podium Smoke on the Falls
- First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Falls
- 10th tracked contest Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First call Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First overall top-10 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score349.1200 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 7, 2023 |
| +14.9 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 19, 2023 |
| +13 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | Dec 1, 2023 |
| +13 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 26, 2023 |
| +12.7 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 28, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16.4 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | May 2, 2026 |
| -12.7 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) | Sep 20, 2025 |
| -9.7 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 27, 2026 |
| -7.7 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | May 1, 2026 |
| -5.8 | Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD) | Oct 25, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 52% | 96.2% | 94.3% |
| 2025 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 50% | top 35% | 97.9% | 95.8% |
| 2024 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 70% | top 34% | 99.5% | 95.2% |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 75% | top 26% | 97.8% | 95.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 37% | 97% | 95.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 7 / 31 (346.2284) | 15 (170.8112) | 4 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 13 / 26 (346.2628) | 15 (171.4056) | 8 (174.8572) | 8 (173.1200) | — |
| May 2, 2026 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Cleveland, AL | 14 / 15 (329.0400) | 15 (162.7884) | 14 (166.2516) | — | — |
| May 1, 2026 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Cleveland, AL | 11 / 17 (340.5028) | 10 (167.3712) | 7 (173.1316) | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 28 / 43 (333.0512) | 28 (167.3828) | 30 (165.6684) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 21 / 125 (341.6572) | 11 (176.5600) | 34 (165.0972) | 41 (162.8116) | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 5 (178.8572) | — | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 43 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD) Cleveland, AL | 10 / 16 (344.5256) | 11 (174.2628) | 8 (170.2628) | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cleveland, AL | — | 19 (169.6800) | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL | — | — | — | 16 (167.3712) | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL | — | — | 4 (177.7028) | — | — |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 7 / 30 (345.1084) | 6 (174.2628) | 8 (170.8456) | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 1 / 15 (352.5484) | 6 (174.8456) | 1 (177.7028) | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Friday Night Chicken Fight" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Clanton, AL | — | 7 (171.4172) | — | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) Glencoe, AL | 17 / 22 (335.9428) | 12 (168.5256) | 14 (167.4172) | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Don't Burn the Brisket" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Glencoe, AL | — | — | — | — | 3 (173.1200) |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 17 / 30 (339.3368) | 24 (168.5140) | 13 (170.8228) | 27 (161.0972) | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 6 / 28 (352.5600) | 14 (173.7028) | 4 (178.8572) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK) Guntersville, AL | — | — | — | 9 (169.6800) | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Guntersville, AL | — | — | 3 (177.7028) | — | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 13 / 29 (342.8000) | 19 (171.9772) | 11 (170.8228) | — | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 18 (164.5716) | — | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 11 / 35 (343.9656) | 25 (168.5256) | 6 (175.4400) | — | — |
| May 25, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | 13 / 70 (347.3944) | 14 (173.1200) | 14 (174.2744) | — | — |
| May 24, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | 29 (170.2744) | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | 31 (169.6800) | — | — |
| May 16, 2025 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 10 / 32 (345.1200) | 15 (170.8228) | 5 (174.2972) | 10 (171.9656) | — |
| May 3, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 11 / 23 (346.2516) | 15 (168.5372) | 5 (177.7144) | 11 (173.1084) | — |
| May 2, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 2 / 28 (349.6800) | 9 (170.8228) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (180) | — |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 17 / 31 (338.8000) | 16 (171.9772) | 21 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 4 / 43 (350.2628) | 4 (177.7144) | 11 (172.5484) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 28 / 100 (338.2172) | 28 (168.5256) | 23 (169.6916) | 12 (171.9656) | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 27 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 1 / 50 (358.2972) | 1 (179.4400) | 2 (178.8572) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL | 13 / 38 (342.2284) | 19 (169.1084) | 9 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 28 / 59 (338.7884) | 28 (169.1200) | 29 (169.6684) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 9 / 18 (340.5028) | 16 (168.5256) | 6 (171.9772) | 12 (165.0856) | — |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 13 / 33 (341.0972) | 4 (175.4172) | 20 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 14 / 27 (339.9544) | 14 (170.2744) | 16 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 9 (167.4172) | — | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2024 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) Shelbyville, TN | 6 / 17 (346.2516) | 11 (171.9772) | 6 (174.2744) | 9 (168.5372) | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 10 / 35 (340.5144) | 1 (175.4172) | 18 (165.0972) | — | — |
| May 25, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN | 5 / 47 (350.8344) | 4 (177.7144) | 14 (173.1200) | — | — |
| May 24, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN | 107 / 118 (660.4340) | 76 (171.4056) | 103 (164.5256) | 85 (168.5484) | 112 (155.9544) |
| May 17, 2024 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 9 / 39 (345.1088) | 6 (176.5716) | 19 (168.5372) | 2 (177.1428) | — |
| May 4, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 7 / 20 (346.8344) | 8 (170.8344) | 3 (176) | — | — |
| May 3, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 15 / 27 (337.0856) | 7 (173.1084) | 22 (163.9772) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 13 / 40 (343.9544) | 13 (171.9772) | 15 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 2 / 31 (349.6916) | 5 (173.1316) | 3 (176.5600) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 17 / 38 (338.8116) | 1 (178.8572) | 33 (159.9544) | — | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 16 / 93 (337.0628) | 23 (167.3828) | 13 (169.6800) | 21 (166.2400) | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 59 (160.5144) | — | — |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 3 / 28 (343.4056) | 7 (171.4400) | 2 (171.9656) | 9 (169.6800) | — |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 2 / 17 (346.2744) | 2 (171.9772) | 3 (174.2972) | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 🏅 Madison, AL | 12 / 14 (339.9428) | 8 (171.9656) | 13 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 2 / 50 (351.9656) | 4 (175.4056) | 3 (176.5600) | — | — |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 42 / 73 (326.7656) | 41 (166.2284) | 45 (160.5372) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 5 / 19 (338.8000) | 8 (169.6800) | 3 (169.1200) | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2023 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, AL | 2 / 17 (346.2400) | 5 (173.1200) | 1 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 12 / 35 (504.4572) | 27 (165.0972) | 3 (175.4172) | 21 (163.9428) | — |
| May 19, 2023 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 3 / 34 (350.8228) | 7 (175.4056) | 2 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 5 / 36 (518.2516) | 3 (179.4400) | 21 (166.2516) | 10 (172.5600) | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 2 / 39 (349.1432) | 6 (174.2744) | 2 (174.8688) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 22 / 80 (333.0856) | 21 (168.5256) | 24 (164.5600) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 46 (161.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 🏅 Madison, AL | 4 / 10 (339.3828) | 14 (163.3828) | 2 (176) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 6 / 18 (349.1200) | 12 (169.6800) | 1 (179.4400) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.