White Wolf Smokers

White Wolf Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 20th of 24 at the Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition (2022). They are ranked #6218 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,218

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1420

peak 1420 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 29, 2013

latest Sep 13, 2024 · 11.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1077

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 89%

overall standings

Best overall

658.2856 / 720

Master · First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

609.53 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 617.51 (-7.99)

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4628

Chicken · First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)

Consistency

±21.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 157.92 · weakest Brisket (147.38)

Road miles

697

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Purse competed for

$59K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

617.51 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Kentucky Kookers ahead in 100% of their meetings

Kentucky Kookers has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.54 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 10%.

Brisket avg 147.38
Pork Ribs avg 157.92
0 calls in 10 entries

The comeback

3.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (May 13, 2016).

last seen Mar 29, 2013
back May 13, 2016

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BLUE CHIP BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

My Three Sons BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#1077 (108 pts)	#932 (148 pts)	#1213 (113 pts)	#1129 (103 pts)	#1120 (108 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1255 (74 pts)	#1254 (84 pts)	#1314 (84 pts)	#1176 (104 pts)	#1612 (59 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1457 (124 pts)	#1383 (164 pts)	#1206 (209 pts)	#1741 (109 pts)	#1704 (109 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#1677 (145 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2951 (54 pts)	#2947 (54 pts)	#2256 (79 pts)	#2287 (69 pts)	#2955 (54 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2498 (65 pts)	#2538 (65 pts)	#2533 (65 pts)	#2536 (65 pts)	#2535 (65 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to White Wolf Smokers, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Four Alarm Smokers

#6,216 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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Jonesy's Smoke Rangers

#6,212 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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IT'S BUTTA BABY! BBQ

#6,213 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

Level with White Wolf Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen May 16, 2025

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CAL-COOP BBQ

#6,221 of the rated field

1419 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1419

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

rated over 9 contests

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Smell My Smoke BBQ

#6,220 of the rated field

1419 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1419

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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Arno's Hausstil

#6,214 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

They turned up 6 years after White Wolf Smokers did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
Kentucky Kookers	8	8	0%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	171.4628	145.0856	157.29	top 78%
Pork Ribs	10	1	169.1200	138.8568	157.92	top 74%
Pork	10	0	163.9656	145.1426	154.92	top 88%
Brisket	10	0	160.5372	138.1944	147.38	top 93%

“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

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 89%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 88%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KY	7	0	top 89%
IN	3	0	top 89%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Ohio	3	22	0	top 89%	Sep 13, 2024
Reuniting After War BBQ Competition	2	20	0	top 88%	Sep 15, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KY 7 of 10 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 189 finished ahead 33 times, behind 258

Longest layoff 3.1 yrs Mar 29, 2013 → May 13, 2016

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

20242 milestones

Sep 13 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Ohio
Sep 13 Most recent contest Smoke on the Ohio

20174 milestones

Apr 7 First call First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)
Apr 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2856 First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)
Apr 7 Career-best overall score658.2856 First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)
Apr 7 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4628 First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)

20132 milestones

Mar 29 First tracked contest Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Mar 29 Peak power rating (1484) Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off	Mar 29, 2013
-10.9	Smoke on the Ohio	Sep 8, 2023
-9	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 18, 2019
-7.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 13, 2016
-7.8	Smoke on the Ohio	Sep 13, 2024

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

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0%	top 93%	84.9%	84.9%
2023	2	0%	top 94%	84.4%	83.7%
2022	1	0%	top 83%	85.6%	85.6%
2019	3	33%	top 87%	90.2%	87.2%
2017	1	100%	top 75%	91.4%	91.4%
2016	1	0%	top 90%	86.2%	86.2%
2013	1	0%	top 100%	80.4%	80.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 13, 2024	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	26 / 28 (611.2684)	27 (154.2628)	27 (147.3484)	24 (155.9428)	23 (153.7144)
Sep 15, 2023	Reuniting After War BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY	26 / 28 (597.4740)	27 (149.6572)	27 (150.2284)	25 (157.6456)	27 (139.9428)
Sep 8, 2023	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	24 / 25 (607.7372)	16 (166.8228)	23 (154.7772)	25 (147.9428)	24 (138.1944)
Sep 16, 2022	Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY	20 / 24 (616.4228)	18 (157.1200)	18 (157.1200)	14 (163.9656)	23 (138.2172)
Oct 18, 2019	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY	30 / 31 (614.7428)	30 (145.0856)	24 (162.2972)	31 (152.5028)	28 (154.8572)
Sep 13, 2019	Smoke On the Ohio 🏅 Mt.Vernon, IN	22 / 28 (619.8168)	14 (161.6912)	8 (166.8572)	27 (146.2056)	26 (145.0628)
Apr 5, 2019	Operation Stand Down KY II Annual Smoke off 🏅 Franklin, KY	24 / 28 (649.5656)	24 (162.8456)	11 (169.1200)	24 (161.6572)	27 (155.9428)
Apr 7, 2017	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL) Bowling Green, KY	30 / 40 (658.2856)	9 (171.4628)	28 (167.4400)	36 (158.8456)	31 (160.5372)
May 13, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	26 / 29 (620.9720)	26 (154.2628)	20 (165.1316)	22 (159.3944)	29 (142.1832)
Mar 29, 2013	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off Benton, KY	40 / 40 (578.8562)	40 (149.7140)	40 (138.8568)	40 (145.1426)	39 (145.1428)

White Wolf Smokers

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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