Smokin N The Bandits MS

Power ranking

#993

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1537

peak 1549

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-22

latest 2025-05-02

Best ToY finish

#480

Master 2019

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6684

Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

677.77 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 629.52 (+48.24)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition

Consistency

±131.41

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.00 · weakest Brisket (165.34)

Road miles

3230

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 333 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of 2nd Hand Smoke in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 3.4168 points of the Grand Championship at Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival (2022-04-29).

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 38% across 5 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MS first)

Sloppy Hog BBQ #996 · 1537 · MS HEATH RILES BBQ #943 · 1540 · MS Vallee AC Cold Smoke #920 · 1542 · MS THE BLUE BLOODS #885 · 1545 · MS Grills of Mississippi #1145 · 1525 · MS BEER-B-QUE BOYS #839 · 1549 · MS

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	7	0	0	177.7028	152.5372	169.00	top 45%
Pork Ribs	20	6	1	1	178.8572	147.9428	167.55	top 47%
Pork	19	7	0	2	174.2628	156.5488	168.01	top 48%
Brisket	19	5	0	0	175.4172	143.3372	165.34	top 53%

“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
MS	13	top 48%
LA	2	top 45%
TN	2	top 49%
AL	1	top 42%
FL	1	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 47%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 52%
Large (40+)	5	top 38%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (8 contests)
Cooks mostly in MS (13 of 19 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (20 entries)
All-time average overall score: 629.52

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
2025	1	0	678.1944	678.19
2024	2	0	677.0628	671.67
2023	2	0	689.6684	683.65
2022	2	0	687.4060	683.66
2021	3	0	684.5028	680.86
2020	1	0	653.0740	653.07
2019	8	1	688.4916	556.75

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-05-02	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Fest Brookhaven, MS	20 / 27 (678.1944)	21 (170.8112)	6 (175.4288)	11 (174.2628)	25 (157.6916)
2024-10-25	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition Vidalia, LA	18 / 31 (677.0628)	20 (166.2400)	6 (178.8572)	11 (171.9656)	23 (160.0000)
2024-05-03	Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest Brookhaven, MS	18 / 25 (666.2856)	14 (170.8456)	17 (169.7372)	19 (165.1200)	21 (160.5828)
2023-10-05	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	31 / 73 (677.6228)	6 (177.7028)	40 (167.9656)	65 (162.8344)	38 (169.1200)
2023-04-28	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff Brandon, MS	9 / 28 (689.6684)	13 (174.8456)	4 (177.1544)	19 (167.9656)	16 (169.7028)
2022-06-03	Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival Covington, TN	12 / 28 (679.9200)	10 (173.1316)	5 (175.4056)	14 (169.1084)	18 (162.2744)
2022-04-29	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	2 / 25 (687.4060)	4 (174.8572)	9 (165.7144)	3 (174.2628)	4 (172.5716)
2021-09-03	Smithfield Classic in Nashville Nashville, TN	28 / 50 (681.0512)	45 (163.3828)	13 (173.7144)	22 (172.5484)	23 (171.4056)
2021-06-25	Back the Blue Brookhaven, MS	6 / 16 (677.0400)	4 (173.1200)	12 (164.5372)	3 (173.1200)	11 (166.2628)
2021-06-18	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Nesbit, MS	17 / 48 (684.5028)	13 (173.1200)	24 (168.5600)	22 (167.9772)	8 (174.8456)
2020-06-26	Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival Byram, MS	15 / 31 (653.0740)	10 (167.9540)	31 (147.9428)	10 (168.0000)	9 (169.1772)
2019-08-24	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) Brandon, MS	19 / 28 (657.0172)	20 (161.0972)	12 (166.2628)	24 (162.2400)	15 (167.4172)
2019-08-23	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) Brandon, MS	24 / 29 (647.8056)	10 (169.6800)	21 (161.6456)	19 (160.5372)	23 (155.9428)
2019-07-19	Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	17 / 28 (662.1600)	18 (165.6800)	16 (163.9428)	8 (169.7372)	22 (162.8000)
2019-06-14	Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Hernado, MS	12 / 49 (688.4916)	23 (170.8344)	23 (170.8228)	9 (174.2628)	9 (172.5716)
2019-05-24	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	8 / 26 (155.4172)	12 (166.2400)	16 (160.5256)	15 (162.8684)	13 (161.7144)
2019-03-22	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	15 / 48 (681.0284)	16 (171.9656)	41 (161.0856)	8 (172.5600)	5 (175.4172)
2019-03-15	Smokin In the Square Pensacola, FL	15 / 35 (311.3600)	18 (152.5372)	15 (158.8228)	30 (156.5488)	12 (168.5828)
2019-02-22	D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival Diberville, MS	9 / 16 (650.6972)	6 (165.7028)	1 (175.4172)	6 (166.2400)	14 (143.3372)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#480 (687 pts)	#463 (742 pts)	#443 (782 pts)	#401 (847 pts)	#438 (772 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#978 (292 pts)	#930 (347 pts)	#1048 (292 pts)	#796 (437 pts)	#950 (332 pts)