FLO TOWN SMOKERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3728

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1489

peak 1489 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-04-23

latest 2025-08-01

Best ToY finish

#285

Backyard 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

511.9428 / 360

Backyard · Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Current form

365.89 ▼

last 5 Backyard vs avg 376.27 (-10.39)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±78.49

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.60 · weakest Chicken (162.01)

Road miles

117

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$26K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

376.27 / 360

7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines (5 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.

High-water mark

511.9428 career-best overall

142.2% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 511.9428 at Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 142.2% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
2023-04-28

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

NATTY QUE has finished one call ahead of FLO TOWN SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.6 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.59 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Chicken avg 162.01
Pork avg 171.60
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Terry Equipment Smoke in 4 of their 4 shared 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.

147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Crazy Thunder BBQ Team

#3740 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1504

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to FLO TOWN SMOKERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FLO TOWN SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-03-21

⚔ Head-to-head

MONEY SHOT BBQ

#3718 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1489

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before FLO TOWN SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Y-We-Q

#3716 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG AWESOME BBQ

#3722 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before FLO TOWN SMOKERS's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-07-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Fire N' Smoke

#3738 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Level with FLO TOWN SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-02-03

⚔ Head-to-head

DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica

#3705 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LEE LA Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
NORALA BBQ TEAM	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Scuttlebutts	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
REDBONES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
2 Swine Crew	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
NATTY QUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Bentley Que	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Mad Rocket Barbecue	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
RIBLIFE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	0	0	166.2284	151.4172	162.01	top 73%
Pork Ribs	7	0	0	0	169.6800	154.8116	164.95	top 60%
Pork	3	1	1	1	178.2972	166.8228	171.60	top 36%
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.

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 61%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	12	0	top 48%	2024-04-26

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2021-04-23 → 2025-08-01

Busiest season 2024 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AL 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 171.60 · weakest Chicken (162.01)

Walk rate 14% a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Backyard average 376.27 out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 147 97–154 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 117 7 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi

Schedule strength 1558 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

Purse competed for $25,950 listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs 2024-04-26 → 2025-08-01

Power rating 1489 peak 1489 · #3728 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2021
Apr 23 First tracked contest Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY)
2022
Apr 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score487.3260 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)
2023
Apr 28 First call Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 28 First category win (Pork) Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 28 Career-best overall score511.9428 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 28 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 28 Peak power rating (1499) Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
2025
Aug 1 Most recent contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.8	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	2023-04-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.1	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	2025-08-01
-5.1	Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY)	2021-04-23
-4.8	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)	2022-04-22
-1	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	2024-04-26
-0.8	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)	2024-03-22

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 87%	89.2%	89.2%
2024	2	0	0%	top 63%	92.4%	92.1%
2023	2	1	50%	top 46%	142.2%	117.4%
2022	1	0	0%	top 74%	135.4%	135.4%
2021	1	0	0%	top 72%	88.1%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-08-01	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL	20 / 23 (321.0972)	21 (151.4172)	12 (169.6800)	12 (169.6800)	—
2024-04-26	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL	25 / 40 (330.8000)	25 (164.5372)	24 (166.2628)	—	—
2024-03-22	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL	24 / 38 (332.5144)	29 (165.0972)	20 (167.4172)	—	—
2023-08-04	Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL	34 / 58 (333.0740)	45 (163.9540)	32 (169.1200)	—	—
2023-04-28	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL	12 / 36 (511.9428)	23 (166.2284)	17 (167.4172)	1 (178.2972)	—
2022-04-22	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) Florence, AL	25 / 34 (487.3260)	19 (165.6916)	31 (154.8116)	18 (166.8228)	—
2021-04-23	Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL	21 / 29 (317.1428)	24 (157.1772)	18 (159.9656)	—	—

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
2025 ↗	Backyard	#356 (73 pts)	#365 (68 pts)	#323 (113 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#285 (125 pts)	#302 (120 pts)	#273 (150 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#252 (130 pts)	#231 (160 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#299 (89 pts)	#349 (59 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#273 (59 pts)	#239 (89 pts)	—	—