High-water mark
690.2860
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2860 at Curley Que Classic — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 25, 2025
Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO
Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 12 at the Curley Que Classic (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 27, 2023
latest Jul 24, 2026 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
50% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.91
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.53 · weakest Brisket (162.02)
Road miles
7,383
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 2,459 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
674.25 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO, each with one reason worth a look.
Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 110 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,211 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1505
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,212 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,215 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,196 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO'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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 159.4288 | 169.86 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 163.3828 | 171.53 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.8688 | 168.0228 | 171.29 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1316 | 147.3832 | 162.02 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 55% | May 24, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
HI
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
51
finished ahead 30 times, behind 40
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Nov 11, 2023 → May 24, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic
20254 milestones
- First overall top-10 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best overall score690.2860 Curley Que Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 Curley Que Classic
- Peak power rating (1506) Curley Que Classic
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2288 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 24, 2025 |
| +5.4 | Curley Que Classic | Jul 25, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 27, 2023 |
| -5.7 | 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic | Jul 24, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 95.9% | 95.3% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic 🏅 Honolulu, HI | 10 / 12 (674.8000) | 7 (173.7256) | 6 (173.7144) | 8 (168.5600) | 10 (158.8000) |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Curley Que Classic 🏅 Honolulu, HI | 6 / 12 (690.2860) | 6 (174.8572) | 2 (176.0116) | 4 (174.8688) | 8 (164.5484) |
| May 24, 2025 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 9 / 26 (681.6804) | 26 (159.4288) | 4 (175.4172) | 4 (173.7028) | 3 (173.1316) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Honolulu, HI | — | — | — | — | 8 (166.2284) |
| Nov 10, 2023 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 7 (169.1200) | — | — |
| May 27, 2023 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 19 / 25 (650.2288) | 8 (171.4400) | 18 (163.3828) | 15 (168.0228) | 24 (147.3832) |