All About Smokin Q AZ

Power ranking

#907

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1543

peak 1560

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-12-28

latest 2026-05-23

Best ToY finish

#273

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3600

Best Dam BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

684.58 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 673.64 (+10.94)

Walk rate

66%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Best Dam BBQ

Consistency

±12.22

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.67 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.68)

Road miles

4475

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 509 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

STEVO'S BBQ TEAM has finished one call ahead of All About Smokin Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SMOKERS PURGATORY in 12 of their 15 shared contests.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 37% across 7 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	5	0	3	178.8572	158.2400	169.67	top 48%
Pork Ribs	29	8	0	2	176.0000	156.4912	167.68	top 50%
Pork	28	7	0	1	177.1544	152.4912	168.07	top 51%
Brisket	28	10	1	4	180.0000 🔥	154.7656	168.48	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AZ	14	top 49%
NV	8	top 39%
UT	4	top 63%
NM	2	top 41%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 33%
Medium (20–39)	13	top 48%
Large (40+)	14	top 49%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (8 contests)
Cooks mostly in AZ (15 of 29 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (29 entries)
All-time average overall score: 673.64
1 perfect 180 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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	3	1	695.3600	683.32
2025	3	0	695.3600	677.40
2024	3	0	675.9200	667.10
2023	4	0	685.6340	675.12
2022	4	0	680.4800	664.87
2021	1	0	667.8624	667.86
2020	2	0	678.1600	661.02
2019	8	0	685.6684	677.48
2018	1	0	683.9312	683.93

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-23	Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV	7 / 33 (695.3600)	23 (167.9656)	14 (171.9772)	8 (175.4172)	1 (180.0000)
2026-02-27	BBQ & Brew Festival Yuma, AZ	10 / 25 (685.6116)	13 (170.8228)	16 (167.3944)	14 (171.9772)	3 (175.4172)
2026-01-16	11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	37 / 53 (668.9940)	43 (165.0856)	43 (165.0856)	29 (169.1200)	20 (169.7028)
2025-11-21	BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV	14 / 90 (695.3600)	39 (173.1084)	25 (172.5600)	40 (170.8344)	3 (178.8572)
2025-05-23	Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV	18 / 29 (677.5884)	20 (165.0972)	21 (166.8228)	9 (175.4056)	14 (170.2628)
2025-01-17	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	33 / 48 (659.2568)	30 (166.2628)	41 (160.5028)	29 (165.0856)	24 (167.4056)
2024-12-06	BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV	44 / 74 (675.9200)	42 (168.5484)	44 (167.9772)	44 (169.1200)	30 (170.2744)
2024-05-24	Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV	22 / 33 (665.5424)	29 (162.7884)	5 (176.0000)	32 (152.4912)	5 (174.2628)
2024-01-12	9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	45 / 58 (659.8516)	37 (169.6916)	46 (162.2744)	21 (171.9656)	47 (155.9200)
2023-11-03	Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic Mesa, AZ	10 / 26 (679.8740)	11 (171.4172)	3 (174.2628)	15 (167.9656)	15 (166.2284)
2023-11-03	Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Mesa, AZ	—	—	3 (174.8572)	—	—
2023-05-26	Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV	11 / 27 (685.6340)	11 (171.9656)	8 (171.4172)	18 (168.5256)	7 (173.7256)
2023-01-13	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	26 / 45 (659.8516)	39 (158.2400)	24 (166.2400)	8 (171.9888)	25 (163.3828)
2022-09-30	2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	18 / 21 (669.6228)	14 (169.6800)	15 (167.3828)	16 (167.4172)	14 (165.1428)
2022-09-09	Western Legends BBQ Contest Kanab, UT	25 / 31 (652.3652)	20 (165.6800)	29 (156.4912)	13 (170.8112)	26 (159.3828)
2022-05-27	Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV	8 / 26 (680.4800)	13 (167.9772)	15 (165.0856)	2 (177.1544)	5 (170.2628)
2022-01-14	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	41 / 59 (656.9940)	48 (159.9656)	26 (166.8572)	7 (175.4056)	48 (154.7656)
2021-08-20	Western Legends BBQ Contest Kanab, UT	13 / 26 (667.8624)	15 (170.2628)	12 (166.2628)	19 (162.8112)	12 (168.5256)
2020-08-14	Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival Kanab, UT	37 / 42 (643.8740)	26 (167.4172)	31 (161.6684)	39 (154.8000)	35 (159.9884)
2020-01-17	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	9 / 59 (678.1600)	17 (171.9656)	22 (166.8344)	11 (169.6916)	12 (169.6684)
2019-12-27	Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ	27 / 44 (669.0284)	10 (173.1084)	31 (166.8228)	36 (160.5600)	18 (168.5372)
2019-09-27	Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	12 / 33 (670.2172)	11 (168.5256)	11 (170.8572)	22 (163.9888)	13 (166.8456)
2019-08-16	Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off Kanab, UT	6 / 18 (683.9196)	2 (176.5600)	10 (168.0000)	10 (168.5484)	6 (170.8112)
2019-06-29	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) Artesia, NM	18 / 34 (674.7196)	3 (178.8572)	27 (162.8228)	23 (165.6684)	18 (167.3712)
2019-06-28	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) Artesia, NM	12 / 41 (681.6688)	11 (173.1200)	20 (166.8344)	5 (175.4516)	15 (166.2628)
2019-05-24	The Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV	4 / 29 (685.6684)	3 (176.5828)	8 (169.7028)	11 (169.7144)	6 (169.6684)
2019-05-03	7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down Show Low, AZ	12 / 45 (676.4684)	6 (174.2628)	4 (174.2628)	36 (161.1200)	11 (166.8228)
2019-01-18	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	12 / 63 (678.1828)	13 (172.5600)	9 (170.2744)	39 (162.8000)	8 (172.5484)
2018-12-28	Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ	10 / 47 (683.9312)	12 (173.1428)	29 (165.1316)	18 (170.2512)	2 (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
2024 ↗	Master	#633 (259 pts)	#713 (239 pts)	#358 (688 pts)	#693 (239 pts)	#559 (344 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#764 (182 pts)	#831 (182 pts)	#841 (212 pts)	#685 (242 pts)	#753 (217 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#639 (283 pts)	#659 (293 pts)	#761 (253 pts)	#490 (458 pts)	#604 (333 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1020 (111 pts)	#1123 (101 pts)	#1084 (116 pts)	#1193 (81 pts)	#1027 (116 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#413 (265 pts)	#396 (295 pts)	#553 (195 pts)	#458 (250 pts)	#421 (280 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#273 (1089 pts)	#169 (1384 pts)	#329 (954 pts)	#441 (784 pts)	#237 (1194 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#630 (540 pts)	#398 (895 pts)	#669 (550 pts)	#858 (390 pts)	#667 (550 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#326 (1122 pts)	#199 (1402 pts)	#361 (1037 pts)	#414 (927 pts)	#406 (947 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#907 (376 pts)	#526 (771 pts)	#718 (561 pts)	#1026 (356 pts)	#853 (436 pts)