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Big Smoke BBQ

Big Smoke BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars (2018). They are ranked #2701 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,701
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1513
peak 1513 · rated over 5 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

7
in the data

First seen

Sep 18, 2015
latest Oct 11, 2024 · 9.1 years on the trail

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 14% of the time

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

1
14% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 52%
overall standings

Best overall

689.1088 / 720
Master · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

668.04 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 652.41 (+15.64)

Walk rate

29%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028
Pork Ribs · 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)

Consistency

±30.76
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 165.70 · weakest Brisket (158.91)

Road miles

38,060
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 9,942 mi

Schedule strength

35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)

Master avg

652.41 / 720
7 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Their season

2018 1 Grand Championship

2018 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 41%.

  • 3 contests
  • 1 overall top-10
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 41%

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.78 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

  • Brisket avg 158.91
  • Pork Ribs avg 165.70
  • 1 call in 7 entries

The long haul

38,060 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 38,060 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,942 miles to Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival.

  • 7 mapped stops
  • furthest 9,942 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Big Smoke BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

PIGTASTIC QUE
#2,688 of the rated field
1514 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1521
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Big Smoke BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Smoke BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 16, 2016
⚔ Head-to-head
Rockin W Smokers
#2,702 of the rated field
1513 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
23%
Peak
1529
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Big Smoke BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 13 contests to 7.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Mar 20, 2026
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My3Sons BBQ
#2,706 of the rated field
1513 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1513

They turned up 9 years after Big Smoke BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 19, 2026
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Truckin Sauced
#2,686 of the rated field
1514 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1514

Level with Big Smoke BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jun 20, 2025
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Twizted Smoke BBQ
#2,721 of the rated field
1513 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1513

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jul 26, 2024
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SMOKE & SPICE
#2,715 of the rated field
1513 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Big Smoke BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 7 1 0 1 173.1316 148.5144 163.41 top 55%
Pork Ribs 7 2 0 0 177.7028 149.7032 165.70 top 39%
Pork 7 1 0 0 170.8456 157.1084 164.39 top 54%
Brisket 7 1 0 0 173.7256 139.8856 158.91 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)11top 5%
Large (40+)60top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS20top 59%
NC20top 88%
TN10top 20%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 134 0 top 59% Sep 15, 2018
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic 2 55 0 top 88% Sep 16, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 3 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 2 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once
First title Nov 5, 2018 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
Opponents faced 681 finished ahead 480 times, behind 422
Longest layoff 5.9 yrs Nov 5, 2018 → Oct 11, 2024

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20242 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score689.1088 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
  2. Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20187 milestones
  1. First call 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.6628 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
  3. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
  4. First overall top-10 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
  5. First overall podium Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
  6. First Grand Championship Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
  7. Peak power rating (1513) Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
20151 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.9Heat Beads BBQ Turf WarsNov 5, 2018
+10.739th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Sep 15, 2018
+4.2Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue FestivalFeb 4, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.7Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ ClassicSep 18, 2015
-6.8Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ ClassicSep 16, 2016

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20241000 0% top 20% 95.7% 95.7%
20183110 67% top 41% 95.6% 93.4%
20171000 0% top 42% 88% 88%
20161000 0% top 81% 86.2% 86.2%
20151000 0% top 95% 84.2% 84.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 11, 2024 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 17 / 87 (689.1088) 21 (173.1316) 22 (174.2744) 43 (169.1200) 25 (172.5828)
Nov 5, 2018 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria 1 / 21 (687.9656) 2 (172.5600) 4 (170.8344) 5 (170.8456) 4 (173.7256)
Sep 15, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 134 / 467 (674.7424) 269 (164.5484) 56 (173.7144) 189 (167.3712) 130 (169.1084)
Sep 14, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 148 / 164 (654.6628) 116 (168.5372) 9 (177.7028) 109 (168.5372) 163 (139.8856)
Feb 4, 2017 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne 18 / 43 (633.7372) 15 (162.8800) 30 (151.4056) 24 (157.1772) 14 (162.2744)
Sep 16, 2016 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 55 / 68 (620.4232) 65 (148.5144) 35 (162.2516) 52 (157.1084) 56 (152.5488)
Sep 18, 2015 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 56 / 59 (606.2064) 55 (153.6688) 54 (149.7032) 40 (160.5600) 58 (142.2744)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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