Smokin' Addiction

Smokin' Addiction is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 29 at the Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival (2019). They are ranked #4803 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,803

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1467

peak 1519 · rated over 26 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 7, 2017

latest May 2, 2025 · 8.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#559

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

4% of 26 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

667.8860 / 720

Master · Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.21 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 644.07 (+5.14)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Chicken · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Consistency

±14.92

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.26 · weakest Brisket (158.24)

Road miles

1,925

across 26 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Purse competed for

$67K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 12 state-championship entries

Master avg

644.07 / 720

26 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

667.8860 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.8860 at Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 4, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin' Addiction 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 47%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 47%

A tough matchup

19–0 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 19 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.02 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 23%.

Brisket avg 158.24
Chicken avg 166.26
5 calls in 26 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RIBS WITHIN in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship (Oct 8, 2021).

last seen Oct 4, 2019
back Oct 8, 2021

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BLUE EYED BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 46% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 46% across 4 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.07% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.5% of a perfect score
26 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#1549 (59 pts)	#1074 (119 pts)	#1675 (59 pts)	#1554 (59 pts)	#1135 (104 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#794 (187 pts)	#604 (337 pts)	#862 (202 pts)	#835 (187 pts)	#629 (312 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#685 (213 pts)	#792 (188 pts)	#731 (223 pts)	#821 (168 pts)	#476 (403 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#745 (404 pts)	#704 (484 pts)	#876 (354 pts)	#786 (409 pts)	#728 (459 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#559 (635 pts)	#381 (920 pts)	#420 (865 pts)	#617 (605 pts)	#640 (575 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#784 (481 pts)	#582 (696 pts)	#800 (501 pts)	#709 (586 pts)	#854 (451 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Smokin' Addiction, each with one reason worth a look.

137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BETTER THAN BACON

#4,811 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin' Addiction)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin' Addiction has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

DD'S BBQ

#4,792 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1516

They've been 1516 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2021

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BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK

#4,819 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1528

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 41 contests to 26.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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503BACKYARDBBQ

#4,794 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1510

22 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 27% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 19, 2023

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Kentucky Kookers

#4,795 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1540

Level with Smokin' Addiction on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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DETROIT SIBLING RIVALRY

#4,800 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1507

They've been 1507 at their best, 40 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2024

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
POPPA Q-BBQ	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Hot Rod's BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
DEAD ON Q	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
DIG'N N PIG'N	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BRISKET BURNERS	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	6	2	173.7028	153.6228	166.26	top 43%
Pork Ribs	26	3	0	169.6916	144.5144	159.65	top 58%
Pork	26	3	1	173.7028	145.1200	159.92	top 63%
Brisket	26	5	1	171.4172	137.6116	158.24	top 58%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	12	0	top 64%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NJ	12	top 61%
PA	8	top 73%
NY	3	top 54%
CT	2	top 30%
DE	1	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	4	18	top 69%	May 2, 2025
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	3	27	top 83%	May 13, 2022
Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	3	12	top 59%	Oct 8, 2021
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2	6	top 30%	May 4, 2019
Que by the Sea	2	16	top 43%	Sep 22, 2018
Que for the Troops	2	47	top 79%	Jun 1, 2018
NYC BBQ Cookoff	2	23	top 68%	Apr 6, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 8 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 12 of 26 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 15 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 443 finished ahead 403 times, behind 762

Longest layoff 2 yrs Oct 4, 2019 → Oct 8, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

May 2 Most recent contest New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)

20241 milestone

Apr 19 25th tracked contest New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)

20221 milestone

May 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

20211 milestone

Oct 8 Peak power rating (1519) Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

20192 milestones

May 4 First overall top-10 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
May 4 Career-best overall score667.8860 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival

20181 milestone

May 18 10th tracked contest Twin Valley Fire And Smoke

20173 milestones

Apr 7 First tracked contest NYC BBQ Cookoff
Apr 7 First call NYC BBQ Cookoff
Sep 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.9944 Que by the Sea

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 4, 2019
+12	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 17, 2018
+7.5	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 5, 2018
+7	Que by the Sea	Sep 22, 2017
+6	New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Apr 28, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.4	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	Apr 19, 2024
-10.9	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 19, 2017
-9	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	May 2, 2025
-8.9	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 22, 2022
-8.7	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	May 18, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 88%	90.6%	90.6%
2024	1	0	0%	top 93%	89.9%	89.9%
2023	1	0	0%	top 74%	90.9%	90.9%
2022	3	0	33%	top 72%	91.1%	90.2%
2021	2	0	100%	top 50%	90.9%	90.9%
2019	4	1	50%	top 47%	92.8%	90.6%
2018	8	0	75%	top 61%	92.6%	88.6%
2017	6	0	33%	top 59%	91.2%	88.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 2, 2025	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	29 / 33 (652.3772)	15 (169.6916)	28 (160.5372)	23 (167.3828)	30 (154.7656)
Apr 19, 2024	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	27 / 29 (647.2796)	23 (165.7028)	28 (151.3484)	12 (169.1084)	23 (161.1200)
Oct 20, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	25 / 34 (654.1484)	13 (170.2744)	29 (154.2628)	27 (163.3712)	16 (166.2400)
Oct 22, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	22 / 27 (636.4000)	15 (166.8112)	19 (163.3944)	22 (159.3484)	27 (146.8460)
May 13, 2022	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	27 / 39 (655.8284)	10 (173.7028)	39 (147.3372)	25 (163.9656)	10 (170.8228)
Apr 22, 2022	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	31 / 48 (655.3484)	17 (170.3200)	46 (151.3828)	37 (162.2284)	12 (171.4172)
Oct 22, 2021	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	17 / 31 (654.8344)	12 (168)	19 (160)	26 (159.4172)	8 (167.4172)
Oct 8, 2021	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	12 / 27 (653.5772)	22 (155.4172)	9 (165.0972)	13 (162.7884)	2 (170.2744)
Oct 4, 2019	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	19 / 36 (655.2912)	5 (171.9884)	30 (155.9200)	27 (157.6800)	5 (169.7028)
Jun 7, 2019	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition 🏅 New Castle, DE	24 / 36 (637.0056)	24 (159.9772)	22 (157.0972)	30 (156.5484)	20 (163.3828)
May 4, 2019	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT	6 / 29 (667.8860)	15 (166.2516)	13 (163.3944)	3 (173.7028)	11 (164.5372)
Apr 27, 2019	New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	21 / 43 (649.0628)	11 (169.6800)	16 (163.9772)	33 (153.7372)	24 (161.6684)
Oct 5, 2018	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	33 / 42 (629.4856)	30 (158.7884)	13 (163.9660)	40 (147.3944)	29 (159.3368)
Sep 22, 2018	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	21 / 43 (640.9828)	10 (167.3944)	11 (163.3944)	31 (157.6684)	29 (152.5256)
Aug 17, 2018	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	14 / 58 (666.7200)	14 (170.8228)	23 (165.6800)	28 (161.6800)	8 (168.5372)
Jun 1, 2018	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	51 / 61 (622.0460)	47 (157.0744)	42 (154.8116)	36 (157.0856)	50 (153.0744)
May 18, 2018	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA	41 / 47 (622.6748)	23 (166.2744)	9 (169.6916)	42 (149.0972)	47 (137.6116)
May 5, 2018	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	16 / 40 (655.9200)	22 (162.8228)	10 (166.2744)	5 (171.4172)	25 (155.4056)
Apr 28, 2018	New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	18 / 40 (649.5772)	2 (172)	11 (167.9772)	26 (158.2512)	33 (151.3488)
Apr 6, 2018	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	30 / 36 (615.7372)	9 (167.3828)	22 (155.9428)	28 (152.5144)	31 (139.8972)
Sep 30, 2017	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	14 / 31 (650.6508)	18 (164.5256)	14 (162.2168)	18 (162.2400)	16 (161.6684)
Sep 22, 2017	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	16 / 43 (656.9944)	18 (166.2400)	17 (163.3944)	5 (167.9772)	20 (159.3828)
Sep 15, 2017	Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	22 / 42 (646.0916)	33 (153.6228)	15 (166.2516)	11 (168)	26 (158.2172)
Jun 2, 2017	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	47 / 63 (617.5544)	12 (169.1084)	33 (159.9544)	61 (145.1200)	54 (143.3716)
May 19, 2017	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	49 / 53 (619.2228)	19 (168)	52 (144.5144)	31 (160.5256)	51 (146.1828)
Apr 7, 2017	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	23 / 43 (633.0512)	3 (170.8572)	32 (153.1428)	31 (149.6684)	20 (159.3828)

Smokin' Addiction

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)