A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ACES HIGH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ACES HIGH BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team
Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 26 at the KTD Smokn' Gobbler (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 14, 2023
latest Jul 10, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.90
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.54 · weakest Brisket (159.22)
Road miles
1
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.81 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,423 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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- Contests
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- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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Level with Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Smoking Hamm's BBQ Team'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 160.5372 | 164.54 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 154.8228 | 160.84 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 154.2516 | 159.58 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 154.2516 | 159.22 | top 88% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTD Smokn' Gobbler | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 93% | Jul 10, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
61
finished ahead 7 times, behind 88
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jul 14, 2023 → Jul 11, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest KTD Smokn' Gobbler
20253 milestones
- First call KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3604 KTD Smokn' Gobbler
- Career-best overall score655.3604 KTD Smokn' Gobbler
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1491) KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler | Jul 10, 2026 |
| -8.7 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off | Jul 14, 2023 |
| -6.6 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler | Jul 11, 2025 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 97% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 88% | 91% | 91% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN | 32 / 33 (642.7428) | 32 (161.1084) | — | 31 (157.0972) | 32 (157.1428) |
| Jul 10, 2026 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN | — | — | 4 (168.5484) | — | — |
| Jul 11, 2025 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN | 23 / 26 (655.3604) | 24 (160.5372) | 23 (161.1544) | 19 (167.3944) | 19 (166.2744) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN | — | — | 10 (154.8228) | — | — |
| Jul 14, 2023 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN | 36 / 39 (639.3144) | 13 (171.9656) | 35 (158.8456) | 36 (154.2516) | 37 (154.2516) |