A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Ain't That Rich ahead in 100% of their meetings
Ain't That Rich has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-07-13
latest 2026-07-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.47
last 3 Master vs avg 644.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.57 · weakest Brisket (159.02)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.47 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG BAD WOLVES in 3 of their 3 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.
Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 127 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3427 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1518
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Smoke or be Smoked Competition BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8572 | 142.2400 | 159.99 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 159.9772 | 163.03 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 158.2400 | 163.57 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 148.5828 | 159.02 | top 56% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 3 | 30 | 0 | top 59% | 2026-07-11 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-07-13 → 2026-07-11
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.57 · weakest Brisket (159.02)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
644.47
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
76–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$27,600
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1495
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3716 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Peak power rating (1502) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- 2025
- First call New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- 2026
- Career-best overall score651.8516 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.9 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2024-07-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.2 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2025-07-12 |
| -2.8 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2026-07-11 |
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)
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 39 / 62 (651.8516) | 15 (170.8572) | 46 (159.9772) | 41 (159.3600) | 39 (161.6572) |
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 42 / 63 (630.1828) | 3 (163.4400) | 24 (166.2400) | 5 (173.1200) | 47 (148.5828) |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 30 / 62 (651.3716) | 36 (163.4288) | 34 (162.8800) | 43 (158.2400) | 19 (166.8228) |