FIREHOUSE SMOKE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#410

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1694

peak 1721 · rated over 85 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-07-25

latest 2024-09-13

Best ToY finish

#137

Master 2017

Grand champs

4 reserve

Category wins

49 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 87 contests

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

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Rockin' BBQ Take 2

Consistency

±20.54

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.45)

Road miles

15,521

mi 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 🏅

GCs in 39 state-championship entries

Master avg

669.22 / 720

86 Master contests · 3 GCs

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Storylines (20 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

The heartbreaker

2.3432 points from the title

Came within 2.3432 points of the Grand Championship at Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (2023-08-25).

Among the elite

#410 of 6,413 rated teams

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

A power rating of 1694 puts them #410 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.

rating 1694
peak 1721
85 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

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 (2015-08-21) 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.

2018-10-12

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships 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 (2024-05-03).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

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
2023-08-25

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 2018-10-12 — 40 contests and 7.9 years ago.

last GC 2018-10-12
7.9 years ago

A strong matchup

26–11 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PapaDads BBQ in 26 of their 37 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 (2014-07-25).

2014-07-25
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

The long haul

15,521 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,521 miles across 87 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 610 miles to 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL).

87 mapped stops
furthest 610 mi

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

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

J & B'S BBQ

#407 of the rated field

1695 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 77
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1756

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to FIREHOUSE SMOKE)

2 contests 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 77 contests
last seen 2021-04-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Gold-N-Blue Barbecue

#406 of the rated field

1695 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 91
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 69%
Peak: 1805

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1805 at their best, 110 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 86 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

2 Swine Crew

#412 of the rated field

1694 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 69
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1715

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 69 contests to 87, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 64 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Porterhouse BBQ

#408 of the rated field

1694 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 115
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 49%
Peak: 1788

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 115 contests, alongside a 49% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 113 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ

#411 of the rated field

1694 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 184
GCs: 8
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1733

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 164 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

7-8-9 BBQ

#409 of the rated field

1694 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1694

No shared contest yet.

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

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win 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
BAD WOLF BBQ	31	19	12	61%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	31	11	20	35%	⚔ compare
B&R SMOKE	28	23	5	82%	⚔ 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

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	86	52	9	19	180.0000 🔥	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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MI	45	3	top 32%
IN	21	0	top 42%
WI	12	0	top 37%
IL	4	0	top 38%
OH	2	0	top 50%
KS	2	0	top 47%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 39%
Medium (20–39)	59	3	top 37%
Large (40+)	26	0	top 34%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
All American BBQ Throwdown	6	5	0	top 41%	2024-08-02
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	5	3	0	top 39%	2022-07-15
Blues.Brews & Barbecue	3	1	1	top 20%	2016-07-29
Rockin BBQ	3	10	0	top 43%	2020-05-29
*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	2	1	1	top 12%	2018-10-12
*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	1	1	top 14%	2018-09-14
Puckaway Pigfest	2	7	0	top 24%	2023-09-08
Best of the Midwest BBQ	2	7	0	top 34%	2022-10-14
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	4	0	top 48%	2020-09-25
*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	9	0	top 44%	2018-09-21
*CCS Fest	2	5	0	top 15%	2018-04-06
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2	21	0	top 78%	2017-09-15
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	12	0	top 45%	2017-07-14
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2	91	0	top 47%	2016-10-29
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	14	0	top 48%	2016-09-02
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	10	0	top 29%	2015-09-11

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 10.1 yrs 2014-07-25 → 2024-09-13

Busiest season 2016 14 contests

Contests a season 7.9 across 11 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 45 of 87 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 61 16 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 87 entries · 2 wins · 30 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.45)

Walk rate 86% a top-10 call in 75 of 87 contests

Overall top-10 rate 49% 43 of 87 contests

Wins it all 3% 3 Grand Championships · 4 reserve

First title 2015-08-21 Blues, Brews & Barbecue

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests

Master average 669.22 out of 720 · 86 contests · 3 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,319 2,342–1,349 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 15,521 87 mapped stops · furthest 610 mi

Schedule strength 1587 average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests

Purse competed for $231,360 listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 39 state-championship entries

Power rating 1694 peak 1721 · #410 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jul 25 First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 First call Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 First overall top-10 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 First overall podium Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.6460 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
2015
Aug 21 First Grand Championship Blues, Brews & Barbecue
Aug 21 10th tracked contest Blues, Brews & Barbecue
2016
Apr 22 First category win (Pork Ribs) CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition
May 20 First Reserve Championship *2nd Annual Pork in the Park
Oct 28 25th tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL)
2018
Oct 12 10th category win *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
Oct 12 Biggest field won (38 teams) *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
Oct 12 Peak power rating (1721) *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
2019
Jun 28 50th tracked contest BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland
2023
Aug 25 First multi-meat day Rockin' BBQ Take 2
Aug 25 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Rockin' BBQ Take 2
Aug 25 Career-best overall score703.9428 Rockin' BBQ Take 2
2024
Sep 13 Most recent contest September Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014	2014-07-25
+15.2	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	2015-08-21
+12.7	Blues.Brews & Barbecue	2016-07-29
+12.7	WBA Pork In The Park	2015-05-15
+12.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-07-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-17.5	Hoosier BBQ Classic #1	2023-06-09
-16.2	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival	2019-09-13
-13.8	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2019-07-19
-12.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2017-09-15
-12	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2019-09-20

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	7	0	5	3	100%	top 28%	96.6%	95.1%
2023	6	0	4	2	100%	top 39%	97.8%	91%
2022	7	0	4	1	86%	top 38%	95.5%	94%
2021	6	0	2	0	83%	top 44%	94.2%	93.2%
2020	7	0	1	1	71%	top 50%	94.8%	92.2%
2019	7	0	1	0	71%	top 57%	93.3%	91.8%
2018	10	1	5	3	80%	top 28%	95.2%	93.3%
2017	11	1	9	3	91%	top 27%	95.2%	93.2%
2016	14	0	7	4	86%	top 31%	94.5%	92.7%
2015	8	1	4	0	100%	top 36%	95.6%	92.9%
2014	4	0	1	0	75%	top 34%	93.6%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-09-13	September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI	7 / 18 (675.8856)	9 (170.8572)	4 (171.4172)	5 (173.1084)	13 (160.5028)
2024-09-06	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH	16 / 30 (669.0856)	4 (177.1428)	26 (160.5256)	27 (161.1316)	12 (170.2856)
2024-08-17	Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL	10 / 27 (685.0168)	26 (159.9312)	12 (170.8228)	6 (176.5600)	3 (177.7028)
2024-08-02	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	5 / 40 (693.6456)	18 (169.6800)	6 (173.1428)	9 (174.2628)	5 (176.5600)
2024-05-17	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN	12 / 32 (686.1828)	3 (177.1544)	10 (170.8228)	19 (167.3828)	14 (170.8228)
2024-05-03	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition 🏅 Westland, MI	2 / 26 (690.1828)	1 (178.8572)	1 (175.4172)	1 (176.5600)	21 (159.3484)
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	5 / 62 (695.4172)	27 (170.8456)	5 (176.5716)	9 (177.1428)	23 (170.8572)
2023-09-08	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	7 / 28 (675.2912)	10 (166.8112)	8 (166.2516)	11 (167.9656)	3 (174.2628)
2023-08-25	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	2 / 23 (703.9428)	1 (180.0000)	3 (177.7144)	1 (176.5600)	11 (169.6684)
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	20 / 44 (672.5260)	28 (167.4172)	16 (169.7144)	10 (171.4172)	27 (163.9772)
2023-06-10	Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 🏅 Franklin, IN	7 / 28 (686.2400)	8 (174.2628)	23 (165.7144)	4 (176.0000)	11 (170.2628)
2023-06-09	Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN	38 / 38 (513.6340)	27 (168.5256)	16 (169.7028)	—	3 (175.4056)
2023-05-19	Rocking BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN	10 / 35 (681.6684)	11 (173.1084)	33 (157.1200)	2 (177.7372)	7 (173.7028)
2022-10-14	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	7 / 36 (687.3488)	19 (168.5256)	12 (169.6916)	7 (172.5716)	4 (176.5600)
2022-09-09	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	9 / 38 (685.0516)	9 (173.1084)	10 (170.2860)	5 (175.4172)	22 (166.2400)
2022-08-26	10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque 🏅 Washington Island, WI	10 / 26 (668.9940)	8 (169.1084)	20 (158.2400)	7 (170.8228)	6 (170.8228)
2022-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	24 / 50 (671.8628)	32 (166.2284)	40 (159.3716)	3 (177.1428)	20 (169.1200)
2022-07-15	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	8 / 30 (686.7656)	10 (173.1200)	16 (166.8344)	17 (168.5140)	1 (178.2972)
2022-04-29	Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI	19 / 43 (665.6228)	31 (162.8456)	5 (173.1316)	29 (162.2400)	13 (167.4056)
2022-04-08	CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN	27 / 42 (671.2800)	27 (170.8228)	38 (157.6572)	24 (169.6916)	12 (173.1084)
2021-10-22	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	21 / 44 (667.8628)	8 (171.9772)	36 (157.0628)	21 (167.3944)	9 (171.4284)
2021-09-24	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)
2021-08-06	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	16 / 32 (664.4912)	13 (171.4172)	8 (167.4056)	16 (165.7028)	25 (159.9656)
2021-07-16	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	8 / 27 (675.8852)	19 (166.2284)	5 (171.4056)	13 (168.0000)	5 (170.2512)
2021-05-15	Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	18 / 39 (671.9084)	4 (176.5828)	10 (170.2628)	35 (159.3828)	21 (165.6800)
2021-05-14	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	28 / 41 (666.1256)	19 (169.1200)	39 (156.5144)	11 (173.1200)	28 (167.3712)
2020-09-25	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)
2020-09-12	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)
2020-09-11	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)
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	13 (169.1200)	—	—
2020-08-07	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	31 / 42 (646.1940)	9 (169.7028)	39 (151.9428)	18 (165.1428)	32 (159.4056)
2020-07-17	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	14 / 31 (661.6228)	4 (174.2628)	31 (151.9544)	11 (168.5600)	12 (166.8456)
2020-05-29	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	39 / 66 (651.2108)	30 (165.6684)	53 (157.0972)	22 (166.8112)	48 (161.6340)
2019-09-20	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)
2019-09-13	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)
2019-08-02	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)
2019-07-19	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	22 / 28 (653.0400)	8 (170.8112)	23 (159.3944)	21 (165.7028)	24 (157.1316)
2019-06-28	BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland 🏅 Joliet, IL	23 / 42 (664.9828)	9 (173.7028)	34 (158.8116)	33 (159.3484)	8 (173.1200)
2019-06-14	Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL	11 / 25 (658.2172)	8 (167.3828)	6 (170.2744)	6 (171.4172)	21 (149.1428)
2019-05-10	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	18 / 42 (662.6968)	33 (159.3828)	10 (171.9772)	21 (164.5140)	12 (166.8228)
2018-10-12	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	1 / 38 (684.5600)	18 (167.4056)	3 (170.8572)	2 (172.5828)	1 (173.7144)
2018-09-21	*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)
2018-09-14	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	12 / 48 (670.7656)	5 (174.2972)	19 (163.9544)	14 (167.9656)	18 (164.5484)
2018-08-17	*Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	3 / 24 (685.6572)	10 (167.3828)	3 (172.5600)	1 (177.1544)	9 (168.5600)
2018-08-03	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)
2018-07-14	*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)
2018-07-13	*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)
2018-06-22	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)
2018-05-11	*Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	10 / 37 (667.3144)	6 (169.7144)	17 (164.5488)	16 (165.0856)	11 (167.9656)
2018-04-06	*CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN	5 / 49 (682.2512)	1 (176.0000)	10 (170.2744)	8 (169.7256)	24 (166.2512)
2017-10-13	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	7 / 32 (670.2168)	1 (174.8456)	6 (171.9884)	17 (155.3828)	7 (168.0000)
2017-09-22	*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)
2017-09-15	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)
2017-09-08	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	1 / 28 (682.8344)	8 (169.1428)	6 (169.1200)	6 (170.8688)	3 (173.7028)
2017-09-01	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)
2017-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	5 / 29 (674.8344)	1 (178.8572)	8 (166.8456)	4 (172.0000)	19 (157.1316)
2017-07-21	*BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	9 / 37 (660.5024)	14 (165.1312)	23 (158.2284)	6 (168.5600)	4 (168.5828)
2017-07-14	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)
2017-06-23	*Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL	6 / 42 (673.0396)	28 (161.1084)	6 (169.6800)	3 (174.2972)	11 (167.9540)
2017-05-19	*BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI	4 / 22 (664.5600)	8 (161.6800)	8 (164.0000)	4 (169.7600)	4 (169.1200)
2017-04-07	*CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN	9 / 45 (671.9544)	1 (174.8800)	28 (160.5488)	5 (170.8228)	15 (165.7028)
2016-10-29	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)
2016-10-28	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)
2016-10-07	Pig Mania Marion Marion, OH	12 / 26 (674.7084)	7 (175.4172)	8 (170.8228)	17 (163.3828)	16 (165.0856)
2016-09-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	15 / 30 (666.7544)	2 (178.8572)	13 (166.2516)	13 (165.1084)	24 (156.5372)
2016-08-26	Ribstock Marne, MI	11 / 32 (654.0796)	8 (168.5256)	17 (158.7884)	10 (165.6684)	15 (161.0972)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	2 / 39 (672.0232)	1 (174.8572)	14 (164.5600)	2 (176.5944)	25 (156.0116)
2016-07-15	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)
2016-06-24	8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff Auburn Hills, MI	13 / 30 (648.5488)	10 (168.5600)	20 (157.1316)	6 (166.8572)	18 (156.0000)
2016-06-10	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)
2016-05-20	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	2 / 28 (675.3256)	1 (175.4172)	13 (161.0856)	2 (178.2972)	17 (160.5256)
2016-05-13	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	4 / 28 (680.5256)	4 (172.0000)	15 (166.8572)	8 (170.8228)	4 (170.8456)
2016-04-30	Masters in May- The Classic Appleton, WI	9 / 58 (680.5260)	3 (178.2972)	5 (171.9888)	30 (162.8344)	19 (167.4056)
2016-04-29	Masters in May Appleton, WI	9 / 59 (670.8232)	19 (167.4288)	28 (162.2400)	14 (168.0000)	5 (173.1544)
2016-04-22	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)
2015-09-18	Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Plymouth, IN	18 / 27 (665.6112)	8 (172.5828)	15 (163.9544)	15 (166.8228)	21 (162.2512)
2015-09-11	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	10 / 34 (671.8856)	3 (177.7028)	25 (158.2400)	9 (171.9772)	12 (163.9656)
2015-08-21	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	1 / 33 (688.0344)	2 (172.5828)	14 (165.1200)	2 (174.2744)	2 (176.0572)
2015-08-07	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)
2015-07-17	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)
2015-06-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	14 / 30 (644.9824)	6 (170.2628)	27 (150.2284)	9 (163.9656)	19 (160.5256)
2015-05-15	WBA Pork In The Park Wyandotte, MI	3 / 22 (671.9312)	4 (172.5828)	2 (176.0116)	12 (162.2284)	8 (161.1084)
2015-04-10	CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN	17 / 39 (665.1316)	3 (175.4744)	33 (150.2400)	12 (167.4172)	7 (172.0000)
2014-09-12	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	12 / 43 (666.2404)	6 (173.1428)	8 (169.7144)	16 (167.9772)	28 (155.4060)
2014-08-22	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	20 / 39 (661.6920)	18 (165.1544)	17 (165.1544)	16 (167.3944)	17 (163.9888)
2014-08-08	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	16 / 32 (659.8972)	3 (174.2972)	13 (165.6916)	23 (161.6800)	25 (158.2284)
2014-07-25	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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Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#176 (1118 pts)	#208 (1048 pts)	#191 (1133 pts)	#193 (1043 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 (1061 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 (1502 pts)	#191 (1397 pts)	#224 (1262 pts)	#162 (1482 pts)	#233 (1277 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#137 (1759 pts)	#135 (1629 pts)	#186 (1469 pts)	#65 (1967 pts)	#185 (1492 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#160 (1659 pts)	#49 (2132 pts)	#228 (1367 pts)	#174 (1504 pts)	#254 (1302 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#294 (1189 pts)	#121 (1674 pts)	#500 (779 pts)	#267 (1189 pts)	#324 (1079 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#645 (574 pts)	#490 (789 pts)	#755 (489 pts)	#873 (419 pts)	#949 (354 pts)