#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where VERTICAL SMOKE BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headVERTICAL SMOKE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2014-03-07
latest 2025-04-25
Best ToY finish
#1108
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.11 · weakest Brisket (147.91)
Road miles
758
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 758 mi
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
619.47 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
VERTICAL SMOKE BBQ has 2 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 150 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.
#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after VERTICAL SMOKE BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with VERTICAL SMOKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before VERTICAL SMOKE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before VERTICAL SMOKE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 149.1200 | 159.11 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3600 | 154.8000 | 155.08 | top 97% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5260 | 154.2056 | 157.37 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5144 | 143.3028 | 147.91 | top 99% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11.1 yrs
2014-03-07 → 2025-04-25
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.11 · weakest Brisket (147.91)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
619.47
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
2–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
758
2 mapped stops · furthest 758 mi
Purse competed for
$4,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
11.1 yrs
2014-03-07 → 2025-04-25
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin in the Square
- 2025
- Career-best overall score637.5088 Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1084 Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-25 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 20 / 20 (637.5088) | 15 (169.1084) | 20 (155.3600) | 20 (160.5260) | 20 (152.5144) |
| 2014-03-07 | Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL | 46 / 46 (601.4284) | 44 (149.1200) | 43 (154.8000) | 45 (154.2056) | 45 (143.3028) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 | #1108 (70 pts) | #1089 (95 pts) | #1264 (70 pts) | #1148 (70 pts) | #1147 (70 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2494 (71 pts) | #2537 (71 pts) | #2537 (71 pts) | #2549 (71 pts) | #2525 (71 pts) |