High-water mark
665.0284
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0284 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 30, 2024
THE SMOKIN CAJUN
THE SMOKIN CAJUN is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 25th of 43 at the Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship (2021). They finished #878 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “The Smokin' Cajun”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 7, 2020
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.26 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 627.34 (-3.08)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±52.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.74)
Road miles
858
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 551 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$230K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.34 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to THE SMOKIN CAJUN, each with one reason worth a look.
THE SMOKIN CAJUN has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 133 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE SMOKIN CAJUN)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE SMOKIN CAJUN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with THE SMOKIN CAJUN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,825 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before THE SMOKIN CAJUN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Fergolicious BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Chupacabra | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 153.7032 | 161.69 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 20 | 142.74 | top 60% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 157.0972 | 161.69 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 147.9656 | 163.13 | top 59% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
753
finished ahead 266 times, behind 1,090
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Sep 16, 2021 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score665.0284 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20213 milestones
- Peak power rating (1495) Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8800 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.6 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 20, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Aug 7, 2020 |
| -4.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| -4.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 92.4% | 91.6% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 91.4% | 83.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 333 / 444 (654.1828) | 297 (165.1428) | 321 (164.5372) | 388 (157.1084) | 216 (167.3944) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 161 / 169 (665.0284) | 145 (166.2628) | 111 (169.6800) | 131 (167.4172) | 158 (161.6684) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 263 / 467 (658.2172) | 298 (162.8228) | 205 (167.4172) | 370 (157.0972) | 93 (170.8800) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 185 / 185 (511.9312) | 164 (162.8228) | 185 (20) | 157 (164.5484) | 139 (164.5600) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 25 / 43 (631.9316) | 32 (153.7032) | 13 (168) | 22 (162.2628) | 33 (147.9656) |
| Aug 7, 2020 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK | 44 / 54 (642.7424) | 45 (159.4056) | 25 (166.8228) | — | 22 (166.2856) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.