HOLY SMOKIN!!! AL
Rating
1576
peak 1576
Contests
37
in the data
First seen
2019-03-22
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#34
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
1
2 reserve
Category wins
4
11 podiums
Overall top-10s
15
of 37 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
344.76 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 358.81 (-14.05)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
and counting
Consistency
±55.77
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.20 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.20)
Road miles
3295
mi across 37 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
LEE LA Q has finished one call ahead of HOLY SMOKIN!!! 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
NORALA BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Wee Daddy's BBQ in 7 of their 10 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
📅 A October team
Something about October: average finish in the top 41% across 6 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-09-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, NORALA BBQ TEAM.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 36 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.0856 | 168.08 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 37 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 177.7372 | 156.5372 | 167.20 | top 53% |
| Pork | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 177.7028 | 163.9544 | 169.20 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 26 | 1 | top 56% |
| MS | 6 | 0 | top 47% |
| TN | 4 | 0 | top 39% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 12 | 1 | top 47% |
| Medium (20–39) | 18 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 41% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AL (26 of 37 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (37 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-09-27)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 358.81
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 348.5372 | 344.76 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 348.5372 | 339.28 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 355.4056 | 342.33 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 495.8856 | 411.62 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 514.2056 | 377.53 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 478.7656 | 478.77 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 335.9544 | 330.79 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 10 / 29 (343.3712) | 18 (169.1084) | 6 (174.2628) | 5 (173.1200) | — |
| 2026-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Cleveland, AL | 8 / 15 (348.5372) | 6 (175.4172) | 7 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Cleveland, AL | 7 / 17 (342.8000) | 12 (166.2284) | 3 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2026-04-03 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 7 / 36 (345.6912) | 9 (171.9884) | 5 (173.7028) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 17 / 43 (343.3944) | 23 (169.6800) | 9 (173.7144) | — | — |
| 2025-10-17 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 2 / 13 (347.9656) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (167.9656) | 4 (168.5372) | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 5 / 15 (348.5372) | 5 (175.4056) | 5 (173.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 27 / 28 (329.6228) | 25 (159.9428) | 15 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 22 / 29 (337.0744) | 10 (175.4056) | 26 (161.6688) | — | — |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN | 31 / 70 (341.6456) | 33 (170.8112) | 26 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 47 (162.8000) | — | — |
| 2025-05-16 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 21 / 32 (336.5256) | 18 (170.2628) | 20 (166.2628) | 20 (163.9656) | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 18 / 28 (333.6228) | 20 (167.3828) | 21 (166.2400) | 19 (165.0972) | — |
| 2024-10-18 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 2 / 15 (336.4912) | 3 (169.1200) | 4 (167.3712) | 2 (176.0000) | — |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 32 / 59 (337.0628) | 35 (167.3712) | 28 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2024-09-27 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 1 / 18 (355.4056) | 3 (177.7028) | 1 (177.7028) | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 11 / 33 (342.2628) | 14 (169.7028) | 9 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-05-17 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 5 / 39 (348.0000) | 2 (177.7372) | 13 (170.2628) | 7 (171.9656) | — |
| 2024-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 24 / 27 (327.3488) | 23 (162.8000) | 21 (164.5488) | — | — |
| 2024-04-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 5 / 40 (349.7144) | 12 (171.9772) | 1 (177.7372) | — | — |
| 2022-10-28 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 8 / 8 (495.8856) | 6 (166.8456) | 9 (161.6572) | 7 (167.3828) | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 14 / 23 (326.7772) | 17 (159.9428) | 7 (166.8344) | — | — |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 26 / 72 (331.9772) | 18 (168.5600) | 32 (163.4172) | — | — |
| 2022-04-02 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 16 / 20 (491.8516) | 13 (168.5256) | 19 (159.3716) | 15 (163.9544) | — |
| 2021-10-22 | Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Madison, AL | 8 / 30 (338.2172) | 18 (166.2400) | 6 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-08-27 | Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS | 4 / 19 (514.2056) | 8 (166.2400) | 6 (170.2628) | 1 (177.7028) | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 25 / 31 (325.6000) | 25 (163.9312) | 25 (161.6688) | — | — |
| 2021-06-04 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) Butler, AL | 12 / 14 (323.9316) | 13 (161.6800) | 13 (162.2516) | — | — |
| 2021-05-21 | Twin States Barbecue Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Meridian, MS | 20 / 22 (323.8856) | 16 (163.9428) | 21 (159.9428) | — | — |
| 2021-04-17 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 10 / 21 (497.5540) | 13 (167.3712) | 16 (160.5028) | 4 (169.6800) | — |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 37 / 38 (319.3484) | 36 (159.3940) | 32 (159.9544) | — | — |
| 2020-10-09 | Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS | 14 / 36 (478.7656) | 17 (153.0856) | 14 (161.7028) | 10 (163.9772) | — |
| 2019-11-01 | West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Northport, AL | 12 / 15 (329.0972) | 12 (164.5600) | 12 (164.5372) | — | — |
| 2019-04-26 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | 28 / 45 (323.9084) | 21 (167.3712) | 37 (156.5372) | 15 (167.3828) | — |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 21 / 30 (332.4800) | 27 (163.9428) | 18 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2019-04-05 | Fire at the Foothills(BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 11 / 18 (335.9544) | 10 (168.5600) | 10 (167.3944) | — | — |
| 2019-03-22 | Smoke On the Diamond(BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL | 9 / 17 (332.5144) | 3 (172.5716) | 12 (159.9428) | 3 (170.8228) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #47 (672 pts) | #57 (562 pts) | #31 (857 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #89 (636 pts) | #76 (726 pts) | #106 (585 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1293 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #34 (1003 pts) | #43 (928 pts) | #35 (1003 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #84 (440 pts) | #78 (435 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #86 (105 pts) | #87 (105 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Backyard | — | #21 (105 pts) | #22 (105 pts) | — | — |