A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DAWGS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DAWGS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Heavy Smoke Showing
Heavy Smoke Showing is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 16 at the Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (2025). They are ranked #4871 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 5, 2024
latest May 29, 2026 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.37
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.66 · weakest Pork (155.98)
Road miles
753
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 282 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.18 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.51 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #326 (60 pts) | #304 (90 pts) | #377 (55 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Heavy Smoke Showing, each with one reason worth a look.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,876 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Heavy Smoke Showing's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,884 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
They were already cooking in 2017, 7 years before Heavy Smoke Showing's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,870 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
Level with Heavy Smoke Showing on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,883 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,861 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Heavy Smoke Showing's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 145.6456 | 160.66 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 153.6572 | 160.42 | top 79% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9768 | 155.9768 | 155.98 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 158.8344 | 158.83 | top 88% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
88
finished ahead 22 times, behind 96
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20254 milestones
- First call Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.5488 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4172 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score646.1828 Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1488) Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 5, 2024 |
| -9.6 | Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 29, 2026 |
| -5.8 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 16, 2025 |
| -4 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash | Sep 26, 2025 |
| -2.7 | Smokin' in Steele | May 30, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 76% | 91.3% | 90.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Owatonna, MN | 23 / 25 (319.3372) | 17 (165.6800) | 24 (153.6572) | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash 🏅 Egg Harbor, WI | 13 / 16 (646.1828) | 12 (166.2516) | 12 (165.1200) | 15 (155.9768) | 14 (158.8344) |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 14 / 17 (328.5488) | 14 (161.1316) | 9 (167.4172) | — | — |
| May 30, 2025 | Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 18 / 28 (322.8344) | 15 (164.5944) | 21 (158.2400) | — | — |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 16 / 16 (303.3028) | 16 (145.6456) | 15 (157.6572) | — | — |