The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
3D BBQ has finished one call ahead of Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1510 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2022-10-07
latest 2025-06-20
Best ToY finish
#230
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
330.78 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 355.44 (-24.66)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±60.73
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.93 · weakest Brisket (161.67)
Road miles
1,602
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 379 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$179K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.40 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
355.44 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
Their season
2023
their best year
2023 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 48%.
- 4 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 48%
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
BAD ROOSTER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAD ROOSTER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Kick Em In The Butt BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Boom or bust
±14.48%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±14.48% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 96.6% of a perfect score
- best 140.0%
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.
136 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3520 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3548 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3532 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3546 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Scott’s Smoke Shack BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Steak Princess BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Quenut BBQ | 6 | 4 | 1 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Kings BBQ Team | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 160.5144 | 165.16 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 157.0744 | 164.65 | top 52% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 159.3712 | 166.93 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 150.7884 | 161.67 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 5 | 0 | top 67% |
| GA | 4 | 0 | top 43% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 59% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poosa Q | 3 | 30 | 0 | top 72% | 2025-06-20 |
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 34% | 2024-11-15 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2022-10-07 → 2025-06-20
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
5 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.93 · weakest Brisket (161.67)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 4 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
10%
1 of 10 contests
Master average
660.40
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
355.44
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
389
266–449 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,602
10 mapped stops · furthest 379 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$178,850
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 8 state-championship entries
Power rating
1492
peak 1510 · #3544 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.2516 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
- 2023
- First call BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First overall top-10 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Peak power rating (1510) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- 2024
- Career-best overall score661.5200 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest Poosa Q
- Most recent contest Poosa Q
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.6 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2023-11-17 |
| +7.7 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | 2023-04-28 |
| +1.7 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | 2022-10-07 |
| +0.5 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2024-11-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | Poosa Q | 2023-10-05 |
| -7.6 | Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2024-05-31 |
| -5.8 | Smoke on the Mountain | 2024-07-26 |
| -4.3 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) | 2023-08-04 |
| -3.8 | Poosa Q | 2025-06-20 |
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 71% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 67% | 92.8% | 91.7% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 48% | 140% | 104.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 30 / 42 (327.9088) | 29 (163.9544) | 29 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 29 / 58 (325.6116) | 31 (161.6572) | 22 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 38 / 59 (334.2172) | 34 (167.3944) | 36 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 23 / 32 (659.2456) | 27 (162.2400) | 26 (162.8000) | 25 (165.6684) | 19 (168.5372) |
| 2024-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 20 / 25 (661.5200) | 17 (163.9544) | 22 (157.0744) | 15 (169.6684) | 10 (170.8228) |
| 2023-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 11 / 60 (337.6800) | 2 (178.2972) | 23 (159.3828) | 20 (159.3712) | — |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 58 / 73 (660.4232) | 70 (160.5144) | 8 (175.4288) | 40 (167.9656) | 69 (156.5144) |
| 2023-08-04 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL | 40 / 58 (328.4916) | 27 (167.9772) | 43 (160.5144) | — | — |
| 2023-04-28 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 8 / 32 (503.9200) | 11 (163.9544) | 6 (167.9656) | 4 (172.0000) | 8 (150.7884) |
| 2022-10-07 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 20 / 38 (330.2516) | 29 (161.6800) | 15 (168.5716) | — | — |
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 ↗ | Backyard | #368 (60 pts) | #371 (60 pts) | #367 (75 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #230 (187 pts) | #172 (317 pts) | #305 (127 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #831 (142 pts) | #900 (147 pts) | #1009 (122 pts) | #846 (157 pts) | #743 (212 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #227 (171 pts) | #198 (216 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #997 (155 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |