A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Damn Fine Beef & Swine ahead in 100% of their meetings
Damn Fine Beef & Swine has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Float'n & Smokin
Float'n & Smokin is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 25 at the Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) (2022). They are ranked #5094 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 5, 2022
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 2.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.13
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.00 · weakest Chicken (153.78)
Road miles
161
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$100K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.04 / 720
5 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 | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #1011 (120 pts) | #1118 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #887 (160 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1124 (115 pts) | #1174 (115 pts) | #996 (135 pts) | #969 (135 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Float'n & Smokin, each with one reason worth a look.
126 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Float'n & Smokin)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Float'n & Smokin has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Float'n & Smokin)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,078 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Float'n & Smokin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Float'n & Smokin's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,092 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Level with Float'n & Smokin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damn Fine Beef & Swine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 147.3828 | 153.78 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 150.2168 | 165.00 | top 58% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 147.8740 | 154.59 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 147.3600 | 157.67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
733
finished ahead 113 times, behind 962
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 9, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score644.9940 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL)
- Peak power rating (1491) Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) | Aug 5, 2022 |
| -9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
| -7.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| -6.6 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 17, 2023 |
| -6.5 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails | Sep 9, 2023 |
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 89% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.6% | 88.5% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.4% | 87.1% |
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 | 396 / 444 (627.1884) | 397 (157.0972) | 161 (171.4172) | 428 (147.8740) | 398 (150.8000) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2023 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 33 / 38 (628.9604) | 36 (157.0628) | 30 (161.6916) | 33 (155.9888) | 30 (154.2172) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 58 / 68 (644.9940) | 62 (155.3828) | 50 (165.1200) | 66 (152.5028) | 17 (171.9884) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 457 / 505 (625.0056) | 496 (147.3828) | 36 (176.5600) | 457 (153.7028) | 466 (147.3600) |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Warsaw, MO | 23 / 25 (629.0396) | 24 (151.9656) | 24 (150.2168) | 20 (162.8572) | 20 (164) |