A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoke Me Tender
Smoke Me Tender is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 81 at the SMOKIN on the Summit (2013). They are ranked #3647 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1504 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2013
latest Aug 8, 2025 · 12.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.96
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.46 · weakest Brisket (153.35)
Road miles
3,544
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,045 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.21 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
546.79 / 720
2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoke Me Tender, each with one reason worth a look.
164 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smoke Me Tender)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke Me Tender has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smoke Me Tender)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,659 of the rated field
- Contests
- 35
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1490
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smoke Me Tender)
35 contests to 8: their number has had years to settle where Smoke Me Tender's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1511
They turned up 12 years after Smoke Me Tender did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,663 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with Smoke Me Tender on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,633 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Smoke Me Tender's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.4286 | 158.7884 | 164.46 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 137.7140 | 160.40 | top 59% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8570 | 149.6344 | 163.09 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 133.0744 | 153.35 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 56% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 57% | Jan 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 8 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
409
finished ahead 192 times, behind 274
Longest layoff
4.8 yrs
Apr 7, 2017 → Jan 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score658.1376 Smoke on the Bricks
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bricks
20231 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5828 Lakeland Pig Festival
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1424 SMOKIN on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1504) SMOKIN on the Summit
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.3 | SMOKIN on the Summit | Jun 7, 2013 |
| +5.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
| -6.9 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2013 |
| -4.7 | Boda Getta BBQ | Mar 4, 2016 |
| -4.5 | Smoke on the Bricks | Aug 8, 2025 |
| -2.5 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | Jun 11, 2016 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 60.5% | 60.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 91% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 91.3% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2025 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 41 / 53 (658.1376) | 38 (169.1316) | 41 (164.5488) | 26 (170.8228) | 46 (153.6344) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 22 / 51 (657.7028) | 40 (159.9656) | 14 (172.5828) | 36 (160.0344) | 19 (165.1200) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 43 / 60 (435.8744) | — | 28 (153.1656) | 38 (149.6344) | 41 (133.0744) |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2016 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 21 / 29 (647.3940) | 19 (165.7144) | 20 (163.9772) | 23 (162.2856) | 25 (155.4168) |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL | 20 / 25 (655.2568) | 22 (158.7884) | 16 (165.6800) | 9 (169.1200) | 20 (161.6684) |
| Jun 7, 2013 | SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO | 14 / 81 (657.1424) | 3 (171.4286) | 25 (165.1428) | 48 (158.8568) | 28 (161.7142) |
| Mar 15, 2013 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 57 / 79 (613.1420) | 32 (161.7142) | 78 (137.7140) | 6 (170.8570) | 74 (142.8568) |