Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team KS
Rating
1552
peak 1574
Contests
36
in the data
First seen
2021-05-14
latest 2025-07-26
Best ToY finish
#177
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
3
9 podiums
Overall top-10s
15
of 36 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
680.82 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 679.95 (+0.86)
Walk rate
78%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.08
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.45 · weakest Brisket (167.54)
Road miles
7184
mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 377 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Texas Smoke Whisperer has finished one call ahead of Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BUTCHER BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 21 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE in 11 of their 12 shared contests.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 34% across 7 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 4 of 33 at their very first tracked contest, Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) (2021-05-14).
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 35 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.2512 | 171.45 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 39 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.9544 | 170.08 | top 44% |
| Pork | 36 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 179.4400 | 155.9312 | 169.91 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 35 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 176.5716 | 150.2172 | 167.54 | top 51% |
“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 | 17 | 0 | top 53% |
| TX | 7 | 0 | top 35% |
| CO | 6 | 0 | top 45% |
| OK | 5 | 0 | top 47% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 52% |
| Medium (20–39) | 25 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 39% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (18 of 36 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (39 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 679.95
- 2 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 694.7768 | 679.90 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 695.9540 | 686.76 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 696.5028 | 680.56 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 694.7772 | 676.72 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 695.9312 | 677.12 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 14 / 19 (687.9200) | 12 (170.8228) | 13 (171.4172) | 3 (177.1428) | 14 (168.5372) |
| 2025-07-25 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 7 / 18 (694.7768) | 1 (180.0000) | 11 (171.4056) | 4 (177.7028) | 15 (165.6684) |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 26 / 36 (672.4796) | 29 (165.7028) | 28 (164.5256) | 11 (173.1428) | 23 (169.1084) |
| 2025-04-25 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 24 / 30 (664.4228) | 20 (169.1200) | 23 (162.8228) | 14 (168.5372) | 19 (163.9428) |
| 2024-09-20 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 7 / 26 (684.4800) | 12 (168.5372) | 1 (177.1544) | 10 (172.5600) | 15 (166.2284) |
| 2024-08-16 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships Lubbock, TX | 9 / 41 (687.3368) | 12 (170.8456) | 39 (155.9544) | 18 (167.9772) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2024-07-27 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 10 / 20 (693.6340) | 7 (176.5600) | 10 (172.5600) | 10 (171.9656) | 11 (172.5484) |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 12 / 20 (686.7544) | 11 (174.2628) | 11 (171.9772) | 16 (169.6800) | 9 (170.8344) |
| 2024-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 27 / 43 (676.9940) | 28 (169.6684) | 27 (167.3944) | 27 (170.2628) | 17 (169.6684) |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 9 / 29 (682.1828) | 10 (170.8456) | 5 (174.2744) | 7 (173.1200) | 20 (163.9428) |
| 2024-05-03 | 3rd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest Alva, OK | 5 / 20 (695.9540) | 4 (177.7372) | 14 (172.5600) | 9 (175.4056) | 11 (170.2512) |
| 2023-08-18 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships Lubbock, TX | 9 / 48 (693.6456) | 10 (173.1200) | 7 (176.5600) | 17 (170.8456) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2023-07-29 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 18 / 27 (685.0744) | 13 (174.8572) | 18 (169.7144) | 14 (171.9656) | 22 (168.5372) |
| 2023-07-28 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 20 / 25 (673.0516) | 23 (165.6916) | 11 (172.5600) | 12 (172.5600) | 21 (162.2400) |
| 2023-06-09 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 19 / 32 (671.3144) | 13 (172.0116) | 23 (162.2516) | 22 (167.3712) | 11 (169.6800) |
| 2023-05-27 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO | 17 / 37 (678.7424) | 12 (171.9884) | 19 (168.5484) | 30 (165.0856) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 13 / 30 (665.6228) | 14 (168.0000) | 13 (166.8572) | 10 (172.5484) | 24 (158.2172) |
| 2023-04-21 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition Derby, KS | 8 / 28 (696.5028) | 13 (171.9656) | 2 (180.0000) | 15 (169.6800) | 9 (174.8572) |
| 2022-10-21 | OKC BBQ Fest Oklahoma City, OK | 16 / 35 (685.0284) | 19 (168.5372) | 23 (167.3828) | 3 (179.4400) | 16 (169.6684) |
| 2022-08-19 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships Lubbock, TX | 15 / 59 (677.0972) | 22 (167.4400) | 22 (167.4056) | 19 (168.5256) | 6 (172.5600) |
| 2022-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2) Dodge City, KS | 14 / 25 (689.6344) | 14 (173.1200) | 9 (173.7028) | 21 (166.2400) | 4 (176.5716) |
| 2022-07-29 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 1) Dodge City, KS | 7 / 26 (694.7772) | 9 (173.1200) | 10 (173.1200) | 7 (175.4172) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2022-06-10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 8 / 29 (677.6456) | 4 (176.0228) | 9 (170.2744) | 10 (169.1084) | 20 (162.2400) |
| 2022-05-06 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 3 / 33 (686.2060) | 21 (167.3944) | 3 (176.0000) | 7 (171.9772) | 5 (170.8344) |
| 2022-04-22 | 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 20 / 26 (655.2456) | 10 (173.1200) | 23 (157.6456) | 16 (168.5256) | 22 (155.9544) |
| 2022-04-15 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 18 / 29 (674.1484) | 3 (178.8572) | 4 (174.2628) | 11 (170.8112) | 27 (150.2172) |
| 2022-03-19 | Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout Amarillo, TX | 10 / 17 (650.6968) | 6 (168.0000) | 2 (169.1200) | 15 (155.9312) | 15 (157.6456) |
| 2021-10-15 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 6 / 16 (694.2628) | 7 (172.5828) | 10 (170.8228) | 4 (176.5600) | 5 (174.2972) |
| 2021-08-20 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 18 / 43 (663.8852) | 28 (158.2512) | 23 (162.8228) | 13 (169.6684) | 21 (161.1200) |
| 2021-08-06 | SLV Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO | 26 / 42 (664.5372) | 28 (164.5828) | 9 (173.7372) | 28 (165.6684) | 28 (160.5488) |
| 2021-08-01 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 2 Dodge City, KS | 18 / 26 (673.5656) | 6 (175.4056) | 18 (167.9772) | 22 (163.9428) | 16 (166.2400) |
| 2021-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1 Dodge City, KS | 20 / 27 (675.2912) | 20 (169.6684) | 6 (174.2628) | 24 (165.6800) | 17 (165.6800) |
| 2021-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition - One Meat Rib Contest Dodge City, KS | — | — | 14 (162.8000) | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 5 / 28 (695.9312) | 6 (177.7028) | 7 (173.7028) | 10 (172.5600) | 11 (171.9656) |
| 2021-05-15 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) Plainview, TX | 15 / 22 (665.5656) | 7 (174.2972) | 12 (169.6800) | 5 (166.8456) | 13 (163.9428) |
| 2021-05-14 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) Plainview, TX | 4 / 33 (683.9084) | 12 (170.8344) | 5 (173.1428) | 20 (164.5256) | 1 (175.4056) |
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 | #1148 (60 pts) | #1147 (80 pts) | #1278 (65 pts) | #1020 (110 pts) | #1094 (85 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #242 (900 pts) | #262 (890 pts) | #245 (995 pts) | #285 (780 pts) | #278 (825 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #290 (757 pts) | #295 (772 pts) | #266 (897 pts) | #311 (687 pts) | #301 (742 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #177 (1140 pts) | #170 (1200 pts) | #148 (1300 pts) | #173 (1155 pts) | #189 (1110 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #203 (957 pts) | #198 (952 pts) | #135 (1275 pts) | #261 (767 pts) | #185 (1007 pts) |