Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Panama BBQ Fest is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 2nd
- average top 14%
Los Smokies
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1536
peak 1536 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-01-28
latest 2025-04-26
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 15%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.34
last 3 Master vs avg 644.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±14.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.83 · weakest Pork (152.36)
Road miles
92
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
644.34 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
High-water mark
663.3596
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3596 at Panama BBQ Fest — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-01-28
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BBQ Fellas in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
2nd
at their very first contest
Finished 2 of 19 at their very first tracked contest, Panama BBQ Fest (2023-01-28).
- 2023-01-28
- 19-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Belen Grill and Chill has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Los Smokies has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 70 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Los Smokies's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2049 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Los Smokies's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Level with Los Smokies on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173.1084 | 161.1428 | 166.83 | top 17% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 167.4172 | 160.5944 | 164.59 | top 21% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 143.9656 | 152.36 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.2856 | 153.6916 | 160.57 | top 27% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 11% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 18% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama BBQ Fest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 14% | 2024-03-02 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2023-01-28 → 2025-04-26
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.83 · weakest Pork (152.36)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
644.34
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
47
54–7 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
92
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1504
average field rating faced — tougher than 3% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2024-03-02 → 2025-04-26
Power rating
1536
peak 1536 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
- First call Panama BBQ Fest
- First category win (Chicken) Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall podium Panama BBQ Fest
- First Reserve Championship Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3596 Panama BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score663.3596 Panama BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1084 Panama BBQ Fest
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1536) BBQ Fest Panama
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Panama
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | Panama BBQ Fest | 2023-01-28 |
| +10.9 | Panama BBQ Fest | 2024-03-02 |
| +10.7 | BBQ Fest Panama | 2025-04-26 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 11% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-26 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 4 / 23 (640.0228) | 6 (161.1428) | 8 (160.5944) | 12 (156.5600) | 5 (161.7256) |
| 2024-03-02 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City, | 4 / 22 (629.6456) | 4 (166.2284) | 3 (165.7600) | 15 (143.9656) | 11 (153.6916) |
| 2023-01-28 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City, | 2 / 19 (663.3596) | 1 (173.1084) | 3 (167.4172) | 10 (156.5484) | 2 (166.2856) |