Smokin-N-Pokin

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5955

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1434

peak 1434 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-12

latest 2025-02-14

Best ToY finish

#610

Master 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

676.4684 / 720

Master · Ribs on the Ridge

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.94 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.43 (+2.51)

Walk rate

22%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Chicken · Ribs on the Ridge

Consistency

±13.77

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.32 · weakest Brisket (161.31)

Road miles

169

mi across 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$98K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.43 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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

676.4684 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.4684 at Ribs on the Ridge — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-02-14

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Accutech BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin-N-Pokin 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

K & E's Little Smokers ahead in 100% of their meetings

K & E's Little Smokers has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.01 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 161.31
Chicken avg 165.32
1 calls in 8 entries

The comeback

3.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at Fire it up Frostproof! (2019-04-12).

last seen 2016-01-29
back 2019-04-12

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

K & E's Little Smokers ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, K & E's Little Smokers has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Henry's Kitchen has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.91% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.91% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
9 contests

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.

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

Smokin A BBQ

#5966 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-07-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers

#5957 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-03-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Shelby Smokers

#5948 of the rated field

1434 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Smokin-N-Pokin's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-07-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Big BarQ BBQ

#5947 of the rated field

1435 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Smokin-N-Pokin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE DYNASTY

#5959 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

PJ's Magic Smoke

#5962 of the rated field

1434 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
K & E's Little Smokers	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Cool Guys BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Slapulator BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Dogpatch Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Mad Dog BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Ain't EZ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Poppa Pig	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Going Yard BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	174.2856	157.6572	165.32	top 80%
Pork Ribs	8	1	171.4172	141.6916	162.55	top 79%
Pork	8	0	167.3828	156.5256	163.25	top 82%
Brisket	8	1	171.9656	153.0972	161.31	top 73%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 69%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 88%
Large (40+)	1	top 77%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Grills Gone Wild	2	23	0	top 94%	2025-02-07

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.8 yrs 2019-04-12 → 2025-02-14

Busiest season 2024 4 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in FL 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.32 · weakest Brisket (161.31)

Walk rate 22% a top-10 call in 2 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 652.43 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 214 49–309 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 169 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1568 average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests

Purse competed for $97,875 listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 8 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.2 yrs 2016-01-29 → 2019-04-12

Power rating 1434 peak 1434 · #5955 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Jan 29 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
2019
Apr 12 Peak power rating (1491) Fire it up Frostproof!
2022
Jan 7 First call Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
2024
Jan 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.9940 Lakeland Pig Festival
2025
Feb 14 Career-best overall score676.4684 Ribs on the Ridge
Feb 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Ribs on the Ridge
Feb 14 Most recent contest Ribs on the Ridge

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest	2022-01-07
-10.4	Grills Gone Wild	2024-02-09
-10.1	Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ	2024-02-16
-9.3	Fire it up Frostproof!	2019-04-12
-7.9	Grills Gone Wild	2025-02-07

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	50%	top 80%	94%	92.1%
2024	4	0%	top 85%	92.9%	90.9%
2022	1	100%	top 97%	88.3%	88.3%
2019	1	0%	top 80%	88.9%	88.9%
2016	1	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-02-14	Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL	11 / 16 (676.4684)	8 (174.2856)	8 (171.4172)	12 (166.2284)	11 (164.5372)
2025-02-07	Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL	23 / 25 (649.5312)	17 (165.0968)	22 (166.2400)	23 (158.2172)	23 (159.9772)
2024-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	18 / 26 (661.0172)	21 (165.0856)	14 (167.3828)	19 (166.2972)	16 (162.2516)
2024-02-16	Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ 🏅 Haines City, FL	28 / 29 (644.9372)	29 (157.6572)	23 (168.5372)	24 (163.9428)	28 (154.8000)
2024-02-09	Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL	27 / 28 (642.7544)	23 (165.1200)	27 (160.5828)	27 (162.2744)	26 (154.7772)
2024-01-26	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	47 / 61 (668.9940)	47 (168.5256)	50 (163.9772)	47 (167.3828)	33 (169.1084)
2022-01-07	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL	28 / 29 (635.8628)	23 (165.6800)	29 (141.6916)	29 (156.5256)	10 (171.9656)
2019-04-12	Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL	20 / 25 (639.8628)	25 (161.1084)	21 (160.5372)	14 (165.1200)	21 (153.0972)
2016-01-29	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	—	—	—	—	—

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	#610 (257 pts)	#620 (297 pts)	#626 (307 pts)	#665 (247 pts)	#615 (267 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#793 (167 pts)	#824 (177 pts)	#860 (177 pts)	#823 (172 pts)	#825 (167 pts)