SCORE ONE SMOKIN' KS
Rating
1586
peak 1586
Contests
55
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2025-08-15
Best ToY finish
#161
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
4
13 podiums
Overall top-10s
11
of 55 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
5 🔥
Current form
686.78 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 667.46 (+19.32)
Walk rate
65%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±70.55
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.00 · weakest Brisket (167.20)
Road miles
14388
mi across 55 mapped stops · furthest 957 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Cities Edge BBQ has finished one call ahead of SCORE ONE SMOKIN' 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SMOKIN K has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ has come out ahead in 23 of their 32 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE in 17 of their 19 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.8224 points of the Grand Championship at SJV Winter Rub (2024-01-26).
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 26% across 5 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 53 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5028 | 171.00 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 54 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 179.4400 | 156.5260 | 169.11 | top 49% |
| Pork | 53 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.0744 | 169.60 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 53 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 152.5140 | 167.20 | top 52% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 25 | 0 | top 44% |
| NE | 9 | 0 | top 49% |
| CO | 6 | 0 | top 50% |
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 26% |
| IA | 4 | 0 | top 53% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| SD | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
| Medium (20–39) | 26 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 24 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (16 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (26 of 55 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (54 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 667.46
- 5 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
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 | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 702.8116 | 686.78 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 696.5372 | 684.95 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 696.5260 | 675.48 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 696.5260 | 643.39 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 689.6456 | 676.22 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 682.2056 | 665.62 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 670.7768 | 659.47 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 20 / 62 (691.9772) | 13 (176.5600) | 10 (174.3200) | 27 (171.9772) | 36 (169.1200) |
| 2025-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 3 / 19 (702.8116) | 8 (176.5600) | 7 (176.5600) | 5 (175.4172) | 6 (174.2744) |
| 2025-07-25 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 8 / 18 (694.2172) | 5 (176.5600) | 10 (171.4172) | 14 (173.1200) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2025-03-21 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 41 / 70 (678.1716) | 23 (174.2744) | 38 (169.6800) | 58 (165.0972) | 35 (169.1200) |
| 2025-01-24 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 18 / 32 (666.7200) | 26 (160.5372) | 24 (165.0972) | 13 (170.8228) | 10 (170.2628) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 68 / 444 (691.3716) | 316 (164.5256) | 53 (175.4288) | 25 (177.1544) | 56 (174.2628) |
| 2024-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 18 / 30 (668.9828) | 20 (167.3712) | 15 (168.5488) | 11 (171.4056) | 23 (161.6572) |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 12 / 65 (694.8000) | 18 (174.8572) | 6 (175.4172) | 3 (180.0000) | 42 (164.5256) |
| 2024-07-27 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 14 / 20 (686.7772) | 4 (178.2972) | 16 (162.8116) | 5 (177.7028) | 15 (167.9656) |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 10 / 20 (690.1944) | 1 (180.0000) | 13 (169.6800) | 17 (166.2516) | 7 (174.2628) |
| 2024-07-05 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Council Bluffs, IA | 16 / 26 (661.6000) | 15 (166.8228) | 19 (160.5372) | 5 (173.1428) | 21 (161.0972) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 70 / 81 (678.7316) | 38 (174.2628) | 68 (167.3944) | 16 (176.5716) | 81 (160.5028) |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | 84 / 118 (678.1600) | 22 (176.5600) | 73 (169.6684) | 41 (173.1200) | 109 (158.8116) |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 25 / 97 (690.7540) | 2 (180.0000) | 40 (171.9772) | 63 (167.3712) | 42 (171.4056) |
| 2024-03-15 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 7 / 58 (696.5260) | 5 (177.7144) | 13 (174.2744) | 24 (172.5600) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2024-01-26 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 2 / 26 (696.5372) | 6 (173.1428) | 3 (174.8688) | 7 (173.1084) | 3 (175.4172) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 319 / 487 (661.0052) | 254 (168.5256) | 203 (170.2856) | 206 (169.6800) | 438 (152.5140) |
| 2023-09-02 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge Omaha, NE | 20 / 34 (673.0056) | 30 (165.1084) | 23 (166.2516) | 10 (173.1200) | 16 (168.5256) |
| 2023-08-25 | Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show Liberal, KS | 16 / 19 (665.5768) | 14 (165.1200) | 8 (171.9772) | 17 (163.9656) | 15 (164.5140) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 8 / 57 (696.5260) | 14 (174.2744) | 22 (171.9772) | 3 (177.7144) | 13 (172.5600) |
| 2023-07-29 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 17 / 27 (685.5884) | 15 (174.2628) | 22 (168.5372) | 19 (169.6684) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2023-07-28 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 8 / 25 (692.4912) | 8 (176.0000) | 6 (175.4172) | 23 (169.1084) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2023-06-30 | Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO | 27 / 35 (663.2340) | 29 (160.5028) | 21 (167.3828) | 24 (166.8228) | 19 (168.5256) |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 36 / 47 (665.0400) | 17 (171.9772) | 36 (163.3944) | 26 (167.4284) | 39 (162.2400) |
| 2023-03-17 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 18 / 68 (688.5140) | 44 (166.2512) | 14 (174.2744) | 1 (179.4400) | 34 (168.5484) |
| 2023-01-27 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 12 / 31 (670.7884) | 11 (169.7028) | 3 (174.8800) | 28 (157.0856) | 10 (169.1200) |
| 2023-01-13 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 23 / 45 (668.4916) | 13 (172.0116) | 33 (163.4288) | 30 (166.8228) | 20 (166.2284) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 400 / 505 (642.6968) | 357 (162.8456) | 409 (159.9428) | 336 (163.3828) | 409 (156.5256) |
| 2022-09-09 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 24 / 28 (659.8168) | 19 (168.5256) | 19 (165.6800) | 23 (161.6684) | 22 (163.9428) |
| 2022-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 36 / 45 (659.2912) | 39 (162.8228) | 42 (162.2400) | 23 (170.2628) | 28 (163.9656) |
| 2022-08-19 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 22 / 54 (684.4684) | 6 (176.5600) | 39 (166.2400) | 22 (173.1200) | 27 (168.5484) |
| 2022-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 9 / 25 (696.4912) | 1 (180.0000) | 16 (170.8228) | 9 (174.2628) | 13 (171.4056) |
| 2022-07-29 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 11 / 26 (681.0628) | 13 (169.1200) | 11 (172.5600) | 10 (173.1084) | 15 (166.2744) |
| 2022-07-01 | The Art of BBQ Sterling, CO | 17 / 28 (666.0912) | 8 (171.9772) | 17 (163.9428) | 18 (166.2284) | 18 (163.9428) |
| 2022-06-17 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 13 / 29 (675.2796) | 13 (170.8456) | 21 (163.9428) | 4 (175.4056) | 20 (165.0856) |
| 2022-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) Greeley, CO | 11 / 34 (675.8740) | 21 (167.3828) | 6 (173.7028) | 9 (171.4172) | 24 (163.3712) |
| 2022-06-03 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) Greeley, CO | 14 / 33 (668.4572) | 28 (163.3944) | 15 (164.5716) | 6 (171.9656) | 13 (168.5256) |
| 2022-04-29 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition Topeka, KS | 8 / 77 (696.5260) | 6 (178.2972) | 6 (176.5716) | 12 (174.2744) | 33 (167.3828) |
| 2022-04-15 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 16 / 29 (676.4228) | 18 (170.8228) | 22 (163.9428) | 5 (175.4172) | 15 (166.2400) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 23 / 94 (684.5256) | 16 (174.8800) | 44 (168.5600) | 66 (166.2284) | 10 (174.8572) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) Osage City, KS | 13 (164.5600) | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 7 / 48 (687.9544) | 18 (171.9772) | 19 (170.8344) | 7 (174.3200) | 16 (170.8228) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 32 / 71 (674.7200) | 25 (170.8344) | 38 (165.0972) | 44 (167.9656) | 19 (170.8228) |
| 2021-08-13 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO | 12 / 42 (671.8624) | 13 (170.8228) | 7 (172.0000) | 25 (162.8112) | 15 (166.2284) |
| 2021-08-01 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 2 Dodge City, KS | 16 / 26 (674.6968) | 10 (173.1084) | 7 (174.2628) | 24 (161.0856) | 17 (166.2400) |
| 2021-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1 Dodge City, KS | 10 / 27 (689.6456) | 1 (180.0000) | 8 (173.7028) | 23 (165.6800) | 14 (170.2628) |
| 2021-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition - One Meat Rib Contest Dodge City, KS | — | — | 10 (166.8456) | — | — |
| 2021-06-19 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 Holdrege, NE | 29 / 36 (659.8516) | 3 (177.7144) | 30 (162.8228) | 35 (157.0744) | 28 (162.2400) |
| 2021-06-18 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 Holdrege, NE | 14 / 40 (685.0284) | 21 (171.9656) | 3 (176.5600) | 18 (166.8228) | 16 (169.6800) |
| 2020-08-21 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 36 / 43 (649.0396) | 37 (163.9884) | 30 (164.5256) | 30 (162.2740) | 33 (158.2516) |
| 2020-07-10 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 25 / 61 (682.2056) | 25 (170.2744) | 3 (179.4400) | 57 (158.2284) | 13 (174.2628) |
| 2019-10-19 | Rock-N-Q on the planes Great Bend, KS | 20 / 28 (646.1716) | 17 (163.9772) | 18 (161.7144) | 17 (165.1200) | 23 (155.3600) |
| 2019-09-20 | Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival Grand Lake, CO | 15 / 25 (650.6744) | 13 (166.2284) | 20 (156.5260) | 12 (166.8228) | 14 (161.0972) |
| 2019-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition Dodge City, KS | 17 / 39 (670.7768) | 28 (161.6912) | 22 (167.9772) | 18 (169.7028) | 14 (171.4056) |
| 2019-06-14 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 12 / 30 (670.2628) | 17 (161.1544) | 6 (171.4400) | 15 (168.5600) | 10 (169.1084) |
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 | #365 (594 pts) | #417 (554 pts) | #450 (524 pts) | #424 (504 pts) | #388 (559 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #172 (1127 pts) | #93 (1487 pts) | #206 (1082 pts) | #141 (1237 pts) | #218 (982 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #211 (971 pts) | #206 (987 pts) | #215 (1061 pts) | #172 (1125 pts) | #208 (991 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #161 (1204 pts) | #118 (1370 pts) | #212 (1082 pts) | #111 (1414 pts) | #227 (998 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #364 (523 pts) | #241 (838 pts) | #236 (881 pts) | #541 (333 pts) | #420 (473 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #655 (120 pts) | #696 (120 pts) | #408 (295 pts) | #706 (120 pts) | #565 (180 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #759 (398 pts) | #869 (358 pts) | #801 (408 pts) | #792 (408 pts) | #786 (413 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1296 (204 pts) | #1398 (209 pts) | #1388 (214 pts) | #1351 (219 pts) | #1516 (179 pts) |