SMOKE RINGERS KS
Rating
1671
peak 1675
Contests
33
in the data
First seen
2019-04-05
latest 2024-09-13
Best ToY finish
#125
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
3 reserve
Category wins
7
23 podiums
Overall top-10s
19
of 33 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
681.97 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 685.29 (-3.31)
Walk rate
85%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.13
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.33 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.18)
Road miles
1460
mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Happy Grillmore - KS has finished one call ahead of SMOKE RINGERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
777 BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 18 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of MAD MUTT'S BBQ in 9 of their 12 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Smoke on the Trails is their spot: an average finish in the top 5% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5256 points of the Grand Championship at Bernard BBQ Battle (Formerly Brew,Blues & Bar-B-Q) (2022-05-13).
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 31 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 180.0000 🔥 | 168.5256 | 174.33 | top 23% |
| Pork Ribs | 33 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 179.4400 | 157.6800 | 169.18 | top 42% |
| Pork | 31 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.3600 | 171.46 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 31 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 151.9428 | 170.14 | top 31% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 19 | 0 | top 24% |
| MO | 12 | 0 | top 28% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 18 | 0 | top 27% |
| Large (40+) | 13 | 0 | top 24% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (20 of 33 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (33 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 685.29
- 3 perfect 180s 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 679.3028 | 677.32 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 693.0856 | 685.64 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 699.4288 | 686.24 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 706.8344 | 691.86 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 697.0628 | 684.96 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 701.6800 | 682.45 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-13 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Weston, MO | 17 / 38 (675.3372) | 12 (172.5600) | 6 (174.2744) | 1 (176.5600) | 37 (151.9428) |
| 2024-08-23 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship Paola, KS | 20 / 42 (679.3028) | 22 (168.5256) | 27 (166.2516) | 15 (173.7028) | 14 (170.8228) |
| 2023-04-21 | Smokin in the Creek BBQ Sugar Creek, MO | 5 / 51 (693.0856) | 20 (169.6684) | 15 (172.0000) | 7 (176.5600) | 7 (174.8572) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 55 / 103 (678.1948) | 4 (178.8572) | 80 (162.2400) | 50 (169.7032) | 58 (167.3944) |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Oak Grove, MO | — | — | 25 (167.9772) | — | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS | 13 / 29 (683.9428) | 11 (172.5600) | 27 (157.6800) | 2 (178.8572) | 5 (174.8456) |
| 2022-10-07 | Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS | — | — | 11 (165.1544) | — | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO | 9 / 36 (690.7772) | 11 (174.2628) | 24 (169.1200) | 7 (174.2628) | 9 (173.1316) |
| 2022-06-03 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual McLouth, KS | 6 / 30 (673.6568) | 7 (173.1428) | 15 (164.5600) | 15 (165.7028) | 5 (170.2512) |
| 2022-05-13 | Bernard BBQ Battle (Formerly Brew,Blues & Bar-B-Q) Lansing, KS | 2 / 28 (694.2860) | 17 (169.1200) | 3 (174.2972) | 1 (180.0000) | 4 (170.8688) |
| 2022-04-29 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition Topeka, KS | 6 / 77 (699.4288) | 1 (180.0000) | 46 (163.9772) | 1 (178.8572) | 6 (176.5944) |
| 2022-04-22 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) Sugar Creek, MO | 18 / 35 (675.3488) | 13 (172.5944) | 11 (171.9772) | 22 (166.2284) | 24 (164.5488) |
| 2021-10-15 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 2 / 25 (698.2744) | 7 (173.1428) | 2 (175.4172) | 7 (175.4516) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2021-09-10 | Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 2 / 53 (706.8344) | 11 (176.5600) | 2 (177.7144) | 1 (180.0000) | 12 (172.5600) |
| 2021-08-20 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 8 / 46 (688.5032) | 2 (178.8572) | 18 (167.3944) | 11 (173.1200) | 13 (169.1316) |
| 2021-06-18 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life Kansas City, KS | 12 / 37 (686.7656) | 12 (173.7028) | 15 (173.1200) | 20 (169.6684) | 13 (170.2744) |
| 2021-06-04 | Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) Kansas City, MO | 10 / 55 (686.8572) | 3 (178.2972) | 22 (167.4056) | 11 (172.0000) | 14 (169.1544) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 32 / 105 (683.9316) | 5 (177.7144) | 53 (168.5600) | 77 (163.9428) | 19 (173.7144) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 45 / 93 (674.2284) | 6 (177.7028) | 58 (166.2628) | 29 (171.4172) | 75 (158.8456) |
| 2020-09-11 | Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 3 / 48 (697.0628) | 3 (176.5716) | 32 (165.0856) | 3 (177.7028) | 5 (177.7028) |
| 2020-08-28 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off Nevada, MO | 26 / 37 (678.2172) | 23 (170.2628) | 2 (177.7372) | 9 (174.2744) | 35 (155.9428) |
| 2020-07-17 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) Osceola, MO | 12 / 29 (684.5140) | 9 (176.5828) | 21 (166.8228) | 20 (166.2628) | 5 (174.8456) |
| 2020-06-26 | Grillin and Chillin Chillicothe, MO | 4 / 34 (690.7884) | 3 (177.7028) | 7 (172.5600) | 19 (169.1200) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2019-09-28 | West Bottoms BBQ Contest Kansas City, MO | 4 / 29 (701.6800) | 8 (174.2628) | 4 (176.0116) | 13 (173.7028) | 3 (177.7028) |
| 2019-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 6 / 31 (688.5256) | 7 (170.2628) | 11 (167.9656) | 1 (178.8800) | 8 (171.4172) |
| 2019-08-23 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 16 / 66 (679.9424) | 18 (170.2512) | 35 (164.5484) | 19 (170.2628) | 8 (174.8800) |
| 2019-07-05 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO | 5 / 37 (681.1084) | 3 (177.1544) | 1 (179.4400) | 23 (162.8228) | 22 (161.6912) |
| 2019-06-14 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life Kansas City, KS | 5 / 38 (683.3596) | 2 (177.7028) | 30 (161.6912) | 4 (174.2628) | 9 (169.7028) |
| 2019-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual McLouth, KS | 10 / 25 (667.9428) | 8 (169.7028) | 13 (163.9772) | 17 (165.6800) | 10 (168.5828) |
| 2019-05-03 | Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS | 4 / 37 (677.0972) | 8 (172.0000) | 9 (168.5600) | 30 (160.5372) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2019-04-26 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 4 / 38 (685.6572) | 2 (176.0344) | 2 (176.5600) | 22 (162.2400) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 6 / 54 (683.8856) | 4 (176.0000) | 19 (167.3828) | 9 (174.2628) | 23 (166.2400) |
| 2019-04-05 | VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits Overland Park, KS | 16 / 53 (675.3260) | 12 (172.5716) | 17 (169.1316) | 38 (159.3600) | 6 (174.2628) |
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 | #1080 (85 pts) | #1190 (75 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1021 (110 pts) | #990 (115 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #758 (185 pts) | #768 (210 pts) | #1225 (110 pts) | #851 (165 pts) | #870 (165 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #323 (712 pts) | #364 (662 pts) | #414 (615 pts) | #256 (922 pts) | #321 (737 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #189 (985 pts) | #168 (1090 pts) | #249 (850 pts) | #229 (845 pts) | #257 (770 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #168 (683 pts) | #130 (853 pts) | #187 (618 pts) | #203 (608 pts) | #184 (618 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #125 (1675 pts) | #84 (1795 pts) | #159 (1440 pts) | #233 (1195 pts) | #130 (1560 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #235 (1284 pts) | #258 (1209 pts) | #285 (1099 pts) | #247 (1209 pts) | #259 (1184 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #484 (773 pts) | #448 (863 pts) | #683 (588 pts) | #517 (758 pts) | #694 (573 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #402 (975 pts) | #225 (1335 pts) | #411 (965 pts) | #404 (980 pts) | #422 (950 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #487 (777 pts) | #493 (782 pts) | #479 (812 pts) | #535 (727 pts) | #446 (837 pts) |