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
- Feb 14, 2025
Smokin-N-Pokin
Smokin-N-Pokin is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 11th of 16 at the Ribs on the Ridge (2025). They are ranked #6004 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin N Pokin” and “Smokin' N Pokin"”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1434
peak 1434 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Apr 12, 2019
latest Feb 14, 2025 · 5.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.94 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 652.43 (+2.51)
Walk rate
22%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.77
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.32 · weakest Brisket (161.31)
Road miles
169
across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$98K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.43 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin-N-Pokin, each with one reason worth a look.
52 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6,013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,005 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Smokin-N-Pokin's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#6,011 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Smokin-N-Pokin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
Level with Smokin-N-Pokin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#6,003 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 157.6572 | 165.32 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 141.6916 | 162.55 | top 79% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 156.5256 | 163.25 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grills Gone Wild | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 94% | Feb 7, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
214
finished ahead 49 times, behind 309
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
Jan 29, 2016 → Apr 12, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score676.4684 Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Ribs on the Ridge
- Most recent contest Ribs on the Ridge
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.9940 Lakeland Pig Festival
20221 milestone
- First call Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1491) Fire it up Frostproof!
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | Jan 7, 2022 |
| -10.4 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 9, 2024 |
| -10.1 | Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ | Feb 16, 2024 |
| -9.3 | Fire it up Frostproof! | Apr 12, 2019 |
| -7.9 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 7, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 80% | 94% | 92.1% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 92.9% | 90.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 97% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2025 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 11 / 16 (676.4684) | 8 (174.2856) | 8 (171.4172) | 12 (166.2284) | 11 (164.5372) |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 23 / 25 (649.5312) | 17 (165.0968) | 22 (166.2400) | 23 (158.2172) | 23 (159.9772) |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 18 / 26 (661.0172) | 21 (165.0856) | 14 (167.3828) | 19 (166.2972) | 16 (162.2516) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 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) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 27 / 28 (642.7544) | 23 (165.1200) | 27 (160.5828) | 27 (162.2744) | 26 (154.7772) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 47 / 61 (668.9940) | 47 (168.5256) | 50 (163.9772) | 47 (167.3828) | 33 (169.1084) |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 28 / 29 (635.8628) | 23 (165.6800) | 29 (141.6916) | 29 (156.5256) | 10 (171.9656) |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL | 20 / 25 (639.8628) | 25 (161.1084) | 21 (160.5372) | 14 (165.1200) | 21 (153.0972) |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |