BUGHOUSE SMOKERS MO
Rating
1537
peak 1580
Contests
24
in the data
First seen
2019-01-19
latest 2025-06-28
Best ToY finish
#155
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
9 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 24 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.58 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 653.30 (-28.73)
Walk rate
96%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±29.39
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.92)
Road miles
10874
mi across 24 mapped stops · furthest 4924 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q has finished one call ahead of BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Osdorp Grillers (NL) has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 16 of their 18 shared contests.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 18% across 3 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MO first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 176.5600 | 152.5144 | 166.77 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 173.1428 | 20.0000 | 155.92 | top 51% |
| Pork | 24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 178.8800 | 158.2744 | 166.50 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 176.5600 | 145.0512 | 164.12 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 17% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (14 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MO (1 of 24 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (24 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 653.30
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 632.3200 | 632.32 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 663.8972 | 663.90 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 657.1200 | 657.12 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 646.1832 | 602.60 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 663.2916 | 657.43 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 638.7428 | 638.74 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 675.9544 | 664.79 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-28 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 16 / 18 (632.3200) | 17 (159.3828) | 18 (149.6460) | 13 (165.0856) | 11 (158.2056) |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 13 / 23 (663.8972) | 12 (168.5600) | 18 (160.5144) | 13 (164.0000) | 5 (170.8228) |
| 2023-03-25 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel, 3920 | 10 / 18 (657.1200) | 15 (162.2856) | 11 (160.5716) | 8 (170.8228) | 9 (163.4400) |
| 2022-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 28 / 28 (523.3600) | 2 (175.4400) | 28 (20.0000) | 10 (170.2744) | 13 (157.6456) |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2134CG | 20 / 38 (646.1832) | 30 (161.0856) | 21 (157.7144) | 10 (168.5372) | 16 (158.8460) |
| 2022-03-26 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel, 3920 | 14 / 31 (638.2512) | 12 (168.5828) | 11 (159.4400) | 9 (164.5256) | 27 (145.7028) |
| 2021-10-23 | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | 18 / 30 (654.7772) | 16 (165.1428) | 27 (154.2744) | 7 (172.5600) | 17 (162.8000) |
| 2021-09-25 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen, 4538AP | 11 / 21 (654.2172) | 15 (163.3828) | 13 (160.0228) | 7 (167.3944) | 9 (163.4172) |
| 2021-09-11 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 8 / 29 (663.2916) | 6 (168.0116) | 4 (171.9772) | 7 (168.5256) | 20 (154.7772) |
| 2020-09-12 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen, 5106NC | 20 / 31 (638.7428) | 8 (168.0228) | 11 (166.2860) | 23 (159.3828) | 31 (145.0512) |
| 2019-11-30 | Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800 | 7 / 31 (660.0116) | 7 (168.0000) | 12 (160.0116) | 9 (167.9656) | 9 (164.0344) |
| 2019-09-07 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 12 / 38 (659.8972) | 11 (165.7028) | 33 (153.6688) | 9 (170.8228) | 7 (169.7028) |
| 2019-08-31 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 14 / 31 (649.6572) | 5 (171.9884) | 27 (147.3944) | 17 (158.2744) | 2 (172.0000) |
| 2019-08-17 | EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren, 52525 | 6 / 28 (658.7772) | 18 (159.9428) | 2 (168.5600) | 14 (162.8228) | 5 (167.4516) |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 8 / 22 (660.4912) | 7 (167.9656) | 5 (166.8572) | 7 (170.2628) | 17 (155.4056) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 5 / 55 (675.9544) | 16 (168.0000) | 2 (173.1428) | 38 (159.9544) | 5 (174.8572) |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY | 8 / 34 (666.7652) | 4 (174.8456) | 14 (165.1772) | 18 (162.7768) | 13 (163.9656) |
| 2019-05-24 | Brew N Q Invitational Leicestershire, LE672FY | 4 / 26 (671.3828) | 1 (176.5600) | 8 (164.5600) | 21 (159.9884) | 3 (170.2744) |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 7 / 49 (671.4284) | 12 (170.8112) | 24 (158.3544) | 2 (178.8800) | 17 (163.3828) |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ, Bikes and Blues Washington, MO | 20 / 39 (671.8968) | 22 (165.6912) | 6 (172.0000) | 30 (158.7884) | 5 (175.4172) |
| 2019-04-13 | Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK | 9 / 41 (674.1824) | 11 (169.6684) | 30 (155.9656) | 5 (171.9884) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2019-03-30 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, | 9 / 40 (659.9316) | 36 (152.5144) | 5 (169.1544) | 11 (168.0000) | 7 (170.2628) |
| 2019-02-16 | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762 | 7 / 12 (671.4400) | 3 (173.7600) | 11 (162.2856) | 7 (166.2744) | 5 (169.1200) |
| 2019-01-19 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 14 / 30 (655.2684) | 23 (157.0856) | 13 (164.5256) | 13 (167.9772) | 10 (165.6800) |
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 | #1048 (88 pts) | #1137 (83 pts) | #1243 (78 pts) | #1049 (103 pts) | #993 (113 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #984 (108 pts) | #1051 (113 pts) | #1221 (83 pts) | #1032 (108 pts) | #814 (173 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1017 (118 pts) | #1188 (93 pts) | #1213 (113 pts) | #927 (138 pts) | #964 (128 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #694 (249 pts) | #511 (434 pts) | #754 (259 pts) | #532 (404 pts) | #680 (274 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #700 (206 pts) | #772 (196 pts) | #887 (161 pts) | #569 (311 pts) | #709 (226 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #443 (242 pts) | #378 (312 pts) | #470 (247 pts) | #517 (207 pts) | #538 (197 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #155 (1532 pts) | #148 (1493 pts) | #132 (1567 pts) | #151 (1474 pts) | #72 (1852 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #158 (1585 pts) | #143 (1580 pts) | #132 (1571 pts) | #176 (1426 pts) | #202 (1405 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #445 (851 pts) | #526 (756 pts) | #391 (976 pts) | #395 (976 pts) | #331 (1126 pts) |