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FIREHOUSE SMOKE

FIREHOUSE SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 87 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2024. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Smoke & Ale Fall Festival (2018), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #415 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#415
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1695
peak 1722 · rated over 85 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

87
in the data

First seen

Jul 25, 2014
latest Sep 13, 2024 · 10.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#137
Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

3
4 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

17
49 podiums

Overall top-10s

43
49% of 87 contests

Best top-10 run

6
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%
overall standings

Best overall

703.9428 / 720
Master · Rockin' BBQ Take 2

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

681.96 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 669.22 (+12.74)

Walk rate

86%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Chicken · Rockin' BBQ Take 2

Consistency

±20.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.45)

Road miles

15,521
across 87 mapped stops · furthest 610 mi

Schedule strength

69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)

Purse competed for

$231K
listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 39 state-championship entries

Master avg

669.22 / 720
86 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (20 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.3432 points from the title

Came within 2.3432 points of the Grand Championship at Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (Aug 25, 2023).

Among the elite

#415 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 6% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1695 puts them #415 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.

  • rating 1695
  • peak 1722
  • 85 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

  • Chicken ×1

Against the odds

22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Blues, Brews & Barbecue (Aug 21, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 22-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE REAL SMOKIN ACES.

Giant slayer

38 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at Smoke & Ale Fall Festival.

  • Oct 12, 2018

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Smoke & Ale Fall Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 12%

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 3 category wins at Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition (May 3, 2024).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st
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They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 75 of 87 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 87 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

703.9428 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.9428 at Rockin' BBQ Take 2 — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Aug 25, 2023

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

GREY STREET BBQ has finished one call ahead of FIREHOUSE SMOKE 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

50–19 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 72% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 50 of their 69 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.05 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 34% of the time against 60%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 165.45
  • Chicken avg 170.51
  • 30 calls in 87 entries

The drought

40 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Smoke & Ale Fall Festival on Oct 12, 2018 — 40 contests and 8 years ago.

  • last GC Oct 12, 2018
  • 8 years ago

A strong matchup

27–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 84% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of B&R SMOKE in 27 of their 32 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 55 at their very first tracked contest, Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 (Jul 25, 2014).

  • Jul 25, 2014
  • 55-team field

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 3 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

  • 3 Grand Championships
  • 87 contests

Looking over their shoulder

5× one call behind them

AWW HELL has landed one call behind them 5 times.

An April team

Top 26% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 26% across 9 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

  • 9 April contests
  • top 36% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked All American BBQ Throwdown every year from 2020 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.

  • 6 visits in all
  • best finish 5th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2024 ↗ Master #176 (1,118 pts) #208 (1,048 pts) #191 (1,133 pts) #193 (1,043 pts) #246 (888 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #250 (844 pts) #284 (799 pts) #360 (704 pts) #206 (994 pts) #228 (929 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #287 (801 pts) #351 (691 pts) #347 (741 pts) #240 (961 pts) #205 (1,061 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #303 (642 pts) #263 (772 pts) #317 (652 pts) #296 (687 pts) #278 (722 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #229 (519 pts) #183 (669 pts) #250 (492 pts) #192 (634 pts) #227 (514 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #532 (621 pts) #461 (741 pts) #477 (721 pts) #567 (611 pts) #450 (751 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #177 (1,502 pts) #191 (1,397 pts) #224 (1,262 pts) #162 (1,482 pts) #233 (1,277 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #137 (1,759 pts) #135 (1,629 pts) #186 (1,469 pts) #65 (1,967 pts) #185 (1,492 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #160 (1,659 pts) #49 (2,132 pts) #228 (1,367 pts) #174 (1,504 pts) #254 (1,302 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #294 (1,189 pts) #121 (1,674 pts) #500 (779 pts) #267 (1,189 pts) #324 (1,079 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #645 (574 pts) #490 (789 pts) #755 (489 pts) #873 (419 pts) #949 (354 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to FIREHOUSE SMOKE, each with one reason worth a look.

IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ
#413 of the rated field
1695 power rating
Contests
63
GCs
2
Top-10s
49%
Peak
1733
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FIREHOUSE SMOKE)

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

  • rated over 62 contests
  • last seen Aug 5, 2016
⚔ Head-to-head
BURNT TREES BBQ
#418 of the rated field
1694 power rating
Contests
57
GCs
4
Top-10s
39%
Peak
1725
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FIREHOUSE SMOKE)

They've been 1725 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 51 contests
  • last seen Oct 9, 2026
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Bohica BBQ
#416 of the rated field
1695 power rating
Contests
60
GCs
1
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1697

Fewer contests behind them than FIREHOUSE SMOKE has cooked, 60 to 87, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 59 contests
  • last seen Jun 5, 2026
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DRILLING & GRILLING
#414 of the rated field
1695 power rating
Contests
131
GCs
6
Top-10s
51%
Peak
1807

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 131 contests, alongside a 51% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 128 contests
  • last seen Oct 9, 2026
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7-8-9 BBQ
#417 of the rated field
1694 power rating
Contests
34
GCs
2
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1694

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before FIREHOUSE SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 33 contests
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SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ
#419 of the rated field
1694 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
55
GCs
1
Top-10s
49%
Peak
1714
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to FIREHOUSE SMOKE)

Level with FIREHOUSE SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 53 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2020
⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
iBQ'n 69 19 50 28% ⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 66 23 43 35% ⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ 60 33 27 55% ⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ 47 21 26 45% ⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ 40 20 20 50% ⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ 37 26 11 70% ⚔ compare
AWW HELL 35 16 19 46% ⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ 34 25 9 74% ⚔ compare
B&R SMOKE 32 27 5 84% ⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ 31 19 12 61% ⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ 31 11 20 35% ⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ 27 23 4 85% ⚔ compare
Q-JITSU 27 15 12 56% ⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ 27 14 13 52% ⚔ compare
S & G BBQ 26 24 2 92% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 86 52 9 19 180 🔥 159.3828 170.51 top 34%
Pork Ribs 87 30 2 7 177.7144 150.2284 165.45 top 47%
Pork 85 39 4 14 178.2972 154.2856 168.58 top 36%
Brisket 86 30 2 9 178.2972 149.1428 166.68 top 41%

“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
Small (<20 teams)10top 39%
Medium (20–39)593top 37%
Large (40+)260top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MI453top 32%
IN210top 42%
WI120top 37%
IL40top 38%
OH20top 50%
KS20top 47%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
All American BBQ Throwdown 6 5 0 top 41% Aug 2, 2024
Bordertown BBQ Brawl 5 3 0 top 39% Jul 15, 2022
Blues.Brews & Barbecue 3 1 1 top 20% Jul 29, 2016
Rockin BBQ 3 10 0 top 43% May 29, 2020
Smoke & Ale Fall Festival 2 1 1 top 12% Oct 12, 2018
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival 2 1 1 top 14% Sep 14, 2018
Puckaway Pigfest 2 7 0 top 24% Sep 8, 2023
Best of the Midwest BBQ 2 7 0 top 34% Oct 14, 2022
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 2 4 0 top 48% Sep 25, 2020
The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 2 9 0 top 44% Sep 21, 2018
CCS Fest 2 5 0 top 15% Apr 6, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 2 21 0 top 78% Sep 15, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 12 0 top 45% Jul 14, 2017
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 91 0 top 47% Oct 29, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 14 0 top 48% Sep 2, 2016
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival 2 10 0 top 29% Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 14 contests
Contests a season 7.9 across 11 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MI 45 of 87 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 61 16 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 87 entries · 2 wins · 30 calls
First title Aug 21, 2015 Blues, Brews & Barbecue
Opponents faced 1,311 finished ahead 2,341 times, behind 1,349

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

20241 milestone
  1. Most recent contest September Fest
20233 milestones
  1. First multi-meat day Rockin' BBQ Take 2
  2. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Rockin' BBQ Take 2
  3. Career-best overall score703.9428 Rockin' BBQ Take 2
20191 milestone
  1. 50th tracked contest BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland
20183 milestones
  1. 10th category win Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
  2. Biggest field won (38 teams) Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
  3. Peak power rating (1722) Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
20163 milestones
  1. First category win (Pork Ribs) CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition
  2. First Reserve Championship 2nd Annual Pork in the Park
  3. 25th tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
20152 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship Blues, Brews & Barbecue
  2. 10th tracked contest Blues, Brews & Barbecue
20145 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
  2. First call Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
  3. First overall top-10 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
  4. First overall podium Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.6460 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.7Taste of Grand Rapids 2014Jul 25, 2014
+15.3Blues, Brews & BarbecueAug 21, 2015
+12.7Blues.Brews & BarbecueJul 29, 2016
+12.7WBA Pork In The ParkMay 15, 2015
+12.5Sam's Club National BBQ TourJul 17, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-17.5Hoosier BBQ Classic #1Jun 9, 2023
-16.2Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ FestivalSep 13, 2019
-13.7Bordertown BBQ BrawlJul 19, 2019
-12.1Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Sep 15, 2017
-11.9Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.comSep 20, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
20247053 100% top 28% 96.6% 95.1%
20236042 100% top 39% 97.8% 91%
20227041 86% top 38% 95.5% 94%
20216020 83% top 44% 94.2% 93.2%
20207011 71% top 50% 94.8% 92.2%
20197010 71% top 57% 93.3% 91.8%
201810153 80% top 28% 95.2% 93.3%
201711193 91% top 27% 95.2% 93.2%
201614074 86% top 31% 94.5% 92.7%
20158140 100% top 36% 95.6% 92.9%
20144010 75% top 34% 93.6% 92.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 13, 2024 September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI 7 / 18 (675.8856) 9 (170.8572) 4 (171.4172) 5 (173.1084) 13 (160.5028)
Sep 6, 2024 Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH 16 / 30 (669.0856) 4 (177.1428) 26 (160.5256) 27 (161.1316) 12 (170.2856)
Aug 17, 2024 Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL 10 / 27 (685.0168) 26 (159.9312) 12 (170.8228) 6 (176.5600) 3 (177.7028)
Aug 2, 2024 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 5 / 40 (693.6456) 18 (169.6800) 6 (173.1428) 9 (174.2628) 5 (176.5600)
May 17, 2024 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN 12 / 32 (686.1828) 3 (177.1544) 10 (170.8228) 19 (167.3828) 14 (170.8228)
May 3, 2024 Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition 🏅 Westland, MI 2 / 26 (690.1828) 1 (178.8572) 1 (175.4172) 1 (176.5600) 21 (159.3484)
Apr 19, 2024 GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI 5 / 62 (695.4172) 27 (170.8456) 5 (176.5716) 9 (177.1428) 23 (170.8572)
Sep 8, 2023 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 7 / 28 (675.2912) 10 (166.8112) 8 (166.2516) 11 (167.9656) 3 (174.2628)
Aug 25, 2023 Rockin' BBQ Take 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN 2 / 23 (703.9428) 1 (180) 3 (177.7144) 1 (176.5600) 11 (169.6684)
Aug 4, 2023 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 20 / 44 (672.5260) 28 (167.4172) 16 (169.7144) 10 (171.4172) 27 (163.9772)
Jun 10, 2023 Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 🏅 Franklin, IN 7 / 28 (686.2400) 8 (174.2628) 23 (165.7144) 4 (176) 11 (170.2628)
Jun 9, 2023 Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN 38 / 38 (513.6340) 27 (168.5256) 16 (169.7028) — 3 (175.4056)
May 19, 2023 Rocking BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN 10 / 35 (681.6684) 11 (173.1084) 33 (157.1200) 2 (177.7372) 7 (173.7028)
Oct 14, 2022 Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI 7 / 36 (687.3488) 19 (168.5256) 12 (169.6916) 7 (172.5716) 4 (176.5600)
Sep 9, 2022 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 9 / 38 (685.0516) 9 (173.1084) 10 (170.2860) 5 (175.4172) 22 (166.2400)
Aug 26, 2022 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque 🏅 Washington Island, WI 10 / 26 (668.9940) 8 (169.1084) 20 (158.2400) 7 (170.8228) 6 (170.8228)
Aug 5, 2022 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 24 / 50 (671.8628) 32 (166.2284) 40 (159.3716) 3 (177.1428) 20 (169.1200)
Jul 15, 2022 Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI 8 / 30 (686.7656) 10 (173.1200) 16 (166.8344) 17 (168.5140) 1 (178.2972)
Apr 29, 2022 Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI 19 / 43 (665.6228) 31 (162.8456) 5 (173.1316) 29 (162.2400) 13 (167.4056)
Apr 8, 2022 CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN 27 / 42 (671.2800) 27 (170.8228) 38 (157.6572) 24 (169.6916) 12 (173.1084)
Oct 22, 2021 Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI 21 / 44 (667.8628) 8 (171.9772) 36 (157.0628) 21 (167.3944) 9 (171.4284)
Sep 24, 2021 Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI 7 / 28 (678.1596) 12 (170.8112) 22 (162.2400) 4 (173.1428) 4 (171.9656)
Aug 6, 2021 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 16 / 32 (664.4912) 13 (171.4172) 8 (167.4056) 16 (165.7028) 25 (159.9656)
Jul 16, 2021 Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI 8 / 27 (675.8852) 19 (166.2284) 5 (171.4056) 13 (168) 5 (170.2512)
May 15, 2021 Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN 18 / 39 (671.9084) 4 (176.5828) 10 (170.2628) 35 (159.3828) 21 (165.6800)
May 14, 2021 Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN 28 / 41 (666.1256) 19 (169.1200) 39 (156.5144) 11 (173.1200) 28 (167.3712)
Sep 25, 2020 Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI 4 / 28 (682.7540) 24 (165.6684) 18 (164.5372) 1 (177.7028) 3 (174.8456)
Sep 12, 2020 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN 16 / 26 (673.5996) 8 (173.1428) 19 (165.6800) 10 (170.8228) 20 (163.9540)
Sep 11, 2020 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN 17 / 36 (667.3028) 2 (176.5600) 20 (166.2516) 31 (158.7884) 19 (165.7028)
Sep 11, 2020 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN — — 13 (169.1200) — —
Aug 7, 2020 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 31 / 42 (646.1940) 9 (169.7028) 39 (151.9428) 18 (165.1428) 32 (159.4056)
Jul 17, 2020 Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI 14 / 31 (661.6228) 4 (174.2628) 31 (151.9544) 11 (168.5600) 12 (166.8456)
May 29, 2020 Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN 39 / 66 (651.2108) 30 (165.6684) 53 (157.0972) 22 (166.8112) 48 (161.6340)
Sep 20, 2019 Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI 23 / 28 (663.3256) 25 (163.9772) 20 (164.5600) 19 (165.1200) 14 (169.6684)
Sep 13, 2019 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI 25 / 35 (650.7428) 22 (165.6800) 16 (167.4400) 26 (159.4172) 25 (158.2056)
Aug 2, 2019 Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 9 / 40 (671.9656) 14 (166.8572) 14 (167.4400) 19 (165.1200) 6 (172.5484)
Jul 19, 2019 Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI 22 / 28 (653.0400) 8 (170.8112) 23 (159.3944) 21 (165.7028) 24 (157.1316)
Jun 28, 2019 BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland 🏅 Joliet, IL 23 / 42 (664.9828) 9 (173.7028) 34 (158.8116) 33 (159.3484) 8 (173.1200)
Jun 14, 2019 Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL 11 / 25 (658.2172) 8 (167.3828) 6 (170.2744) 6 (171.4172) 21 (149.1428)
May 10, 2019 Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN 18 / 42 (662.6968) 33 (159.3828) 10 (171.9772) 21 (164.5140) 12 (166.8228)
Oct 12, 2018 Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI 1 / 38 (684.5600) 18 (167.4056) 3 (170.8572) 2 (172.5828) 1 (173.7144)
Sep 21, 2018 The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI 14 / 28 (667.2680) 7 (171.9884) 17 (165.6800) 22 (160.4912) 8 (169.1084)
Sep 14, 2018 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI 12 / 48 (670.7656) 5 (174.2972) 19 (163.9544) 14 (167.9656) 18 (164.5484)
Aug 17, 2018 Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI 3 / 24 (685.6572) 10 (167.3828) 3 (172.5600) 1 (177.1544) 9 (168.5600)
Aug 3, 2018 Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 14 / 39 (665.6228) 8 (172.5600) 25 (161.7028) 4 (173.1544) 27 (158.2056)
Jul 14, 2018 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI 17 / 49 (671.3372) 28 (166.2400) 21 (166.8684) 21 (168.5372) 15 (169.6916)
Jul 13, 2018 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 Green Bay, WI 10 / 54 (673.0168) 33 (162.2400) 11 (170.2628) 14 (167.9656) 8 (172.5484)
Jun 22, 2018 10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI 18 / 30 (647.7940) 16 (163.3828) 13 (163.3828) 16 (161.6688) 17 (159.3596)
May 11, 2018 Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN 10 / 37 (667.3144) 6 (169.7144) 17 (164.5488) 16 (165.0856) 11 (167.9656)
Apr 6, 2018 CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN 5 / 49 (682.2512) 1 (176) 10 (170.2744) 8 (169.7256) 24 (166.2512)
Oct 13, 2017 Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI 7 / 32 (670.2168) 1 (174.8456) 6 (171.9884) 17 (155.3828) 7 (168)
Sep 22, 2017 The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI 9 / 24 (685.0972) 18 (167.3944) 9 (173.1428) 2 (177.7144) 15 (166.8456)
Sep 15, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI 26 / 30 (653.5772) 23 (163.9656) 30 (158.2516) 11 (168.5372) 22 (162.8228)
Sep 8, 2017 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI 1 / 28 (682.8344) 8 (169.1428) 6 (169.1200) 6 (170.8688) 3 (173.7028)
Sep 1, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI 3 / 27 (682.2172) 6 (170.2628) 8 (167.4056) 5 (172.5716) 4 (171.9772)
Aug 4, 2017 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 5 / 29 (674.8344) 1 (178.8572) 8 (166.8456) 4 (172) 19 (157.1316)
Jul 21, 2017 BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI 9 / 37 (660.5024) 14 (165.1312) 23 (158.2284) 6 (168.5600) 4 (168.5828)
Jul 14, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN 12 / 27 (660.4800) 23 (159.9772) 2 (172.0116) 2 (172.5600) 22 (155.9312)
Jun 23, 2017 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL 6 / 42 (673.0396) 28 (161.1084) 6 (169.6800) 3 (174.2972) 11 (167.9540)
May 19, 2017 BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI 4 / 22 (664.5600) 8 (161.6800) 8 (164) 4 (169.7600) 4 (169.1200)
Apr 7, 2017 CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN 9 / 45 (671.9544) 1 (174.8800) 28 (160.5488) 5 (170.8228) 15 (165.7028)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 243 / 557 (658.7880) 94 (171.4400) 252 (166.2284) 472 (154.2856) 180 (166.8340)
Oct 28, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 91 / 180 (677.0052) 96 (170.8112) 98 (167.9656) 93 (168.5600) 82 (169.6684)
Oct 7, 2016 Pig Mania Marion Marion, OH 12 / 26 (674.7084) 7 (175.4172) 8 (170.8228) 17 (163.3828) 16 (165.0856)
Sep 2, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI 15 / 30 (666.7544) 2 (178.8572) 13 (166.2516) 13 (165.1084) 24 (156.5372)
Aug 26, 2016 Ribstock Marne, MI 11 / 32 (654.0796) 8 (168.5256) 17 (158.7884) 10 (165.6684) 15 (161.0972)
Jul 29, 2016 Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI 2 / 39 (672.0232) 1 (174.8572) 14 (164.5600) 2 (176.5944) 25 (156.0116)
Jul 15, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN 13 / 28 (660.4572) 1 (174.2972) 12 (164.5372) 24 (158.2172) 14 (163.4056)
Jun 24, 2016 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff Auburn Hills, MI 13 / 30 (648.5488) 10 (168.5600) 20 (157.1316) 6 (166.8572) 18 (156)
Jun 10, 2016 ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival Clio, MI 9 / 20 (653.6796) 6 (168.5828) 16 (155.4056) 12 (161.1428) 3 (168.5484)
May 20, 2016 2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI 2 / 28 (675.3256) 1 (175.4172) 13 (161.0856) 2 (178.2972) 17 (160.5256)
May 13, 2016 Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN 4 / 28 (680.5256) 4 (172) 15 (166.8572) 8 (170.8228) 4 (170.8456)
Apr 30, 2016 Masters in May- The Classic Appleton, WI 9 / 58 (680.5260) 3 (178.2972) 5 (171.9888) 30 (162.8344) 19 (167.4056)
Apr 29, 2016 Masters in May Appleton, WI 9 / 59 (670.8232) 19 (167.4288) 28 (162.2400) 14 (168) 5 (173.1544)
Apr 22, 2016 CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN 7 / 49 (675.9544) 34 (163.4172) 1 (176.0116) 15 (169.1200) 15 (167.4056)
Sep 18, 2015 Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Plymouth, IN 18 / 27 (665.6112) 8 (172.5828) 15 (163.9544) 15 (166.8228) 21 (162.2512)
Sep 11, 2015 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI 10 / 34 (671.8856) 3 (177.7028) 25 (158.2400) 9 (171.9772) 12 (163.9656)
Aug 21, 2015 Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI 1 / 33 (688.0344) 2 (172.5828) 14 (165.1200) 2 (174.2744) 2 (176.0572)
Aug 7, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI 21 / 30 (664.4572) 4 (175.4400) 23 (164.5372) 27 (160.5372) 21 (163.9428)
Jul 17, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Auburn Hills, MI 5 / 28 (677.6000) 3 (173.1200) 20 (160.5372) 2 (174.2744) 7 (169.6684)
Jun 26, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI 14 / 30 (644.9824) 6 (170.2628) 27 (150.2284) 9 (163.9656) 19 (160.5256)
May 15, 2015 WBA Pork In The Park Wyandotte, MI 3 / 22 (671.9312) 4 (172.5828) 2 (176.0116) 12 (162.2284) 8 (161.1084)
Apr 10, 2015 CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN 17 / 39 (665.1316) 3 (175.4744) 33 (150.2400) 12 (167.4172) 7 (172)
Sep 12, 2014 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI 12 / 43 (666.2404) 6 (173.1428) 8 (169.7144) 16 (167.9772) 28 (155.4060)
Aug 22, 2014 Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI 20 / 39 (661.6920) 18 (165.1544) 17 (165.1544) 16 (167.3944) 17 (163.9888)
Aug 8, 2014 Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI 16 / 32 (659.8972) 3 (174.2972) 13 (165.6916) 23 (161.6800) 25 (158.2284)
Jul 25, 2014 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI 3 / 55 (673.6460) 2 (177.7028) 19 (162.2860) 14 (166.8228) 15 (166.8344)

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