A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
All Smoked Up BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
All Smoked Up BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Barkin' Iron BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2025-08-16
latest 2026-08-15
Best ToY finish
#184
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
328.08
last 3 Backyard vs avg 328.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±0.70
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.91 · weakest Chicken (163.18)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
87%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1619)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
328.08 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of A&R Barbeque in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1619
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 87% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1619 power rating — a tougher draw than 87% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
Barkin' Iron BBQ has 3 rated contests — 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 114 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.
#3060 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Barkin' Iron BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Barkin' Iron BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Barkin' Iron BBQ)
10 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Barkin' Iron BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Barkin' Iron BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Barkin' Iron BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barkin' Iron BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Barkin' Iron BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 157.0628 | 163.18 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 159.9544 | 164.91 | top 42% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 51% | 2026-08-15 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2025-08-16 → 2026-08-15
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.91 · weakest Chicken (163.18)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
328.08
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
80
58–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1619
average field rating faced — tougher than 87% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1504
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Smoke N for the Kids
- First call Smoke N for the Kids
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.3372 Smoke N for the Kids
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score329.0284 Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1504) Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.4 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) | 2026-08-14 |
| +0.9 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | 2026-08-15 |
| +0.6 | Smoke N for the Kids | 2025-08-16 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 52% | 91.4% | 91.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) 🏅 Troy, IL | 16 / 32 (329.0284) | 15 (165.0856) | 16 (163.9428) | — | — |
| 2026-08-14 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) 🏅 Troy, IL | 14 / 26 (327.8856) | 18 (157.0628) | 6 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 16 / 32 (327.3372) | 10 (167.3828) | 17 (159.9544) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #184 (192 pts) | #196 (177 pts) | #163 (252 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #335 (88 pts) | #302 (118 pts) | #358 (83 pts) | — | — |