Homestead Smoke Shack

Homestead Smoke Shack is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 27 at the Smokey Skies BBQ Competition (2025). They are ranked #1264 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,264

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1581

peak 1598 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 10, 2021

latest Jun 19, 2026 · 4.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#188

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

61% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

695.4400 / 720

Master · Smokey Skies BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.89 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.74 (+3.15)

Walk rate

90%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Small Town Smoke Down

Consistency

±17.12

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.39 · weakest Pork (165.75)

Road miles

9,493

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 827 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Purse competed for

$52K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.74 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 20% average finish here

Barbeque on the Bow Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 4th
average top 20%

They almost always walk

90% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 90% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.4400 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.4400 at Smokey Skies BBQ Competition — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 21, 2025

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Fire BBQ has finished one call ahead of Homestead Smoke Shack 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

18–3 behind in the head-to-head

SMELLAQUE ahead in 86% of their meetings

SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 18 of their 21 shared contests.

A strong matchup

17–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 81% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 17 of their 21 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

15 of 21 shared pork ribs entries lost

SMELLAQUE ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 15 of 21 shared pork ribs entries.

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Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke, Wind & Fire (Jul 10, 2021).

Jul 10, 2021
16-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

HOME COOKIN' BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

9,493 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,493 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 827 miles to ND BBQ Championship.

31 mapped stops
furthest 827 mi

The metronome

±2.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.6% of a perfect score
31 contests

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
2026 ↗	Master	#345 (553 pts)	#444 (458 pts)	#443 (508 pts)	#312 (653 pts)	#327 (618 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#395 (534 pts)	#500 (439 pts)	#400 (624 pts)	#482 (414 pts)	#402 (544 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#203 (1,040 pts)	#327 (720 pts)	#166 (1,190 pts)	#219 (990 pts)	#186 (1,080 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#188 (1,063 pts)	#179 (1,078 pts)	#194 (1,118 pts)	#273 (808 pts)	#164 (1,163 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#257 (878 pts)	#280 (843 pts)	#243 (983 pts)	#360 (658 pts)	#235 (968 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#320 (606 pts)	#373 (541 pts)	#392 (526 pts)	#301 (676 pts)	#381 (531 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to Homestead Smoke Shack, each with one reason worth a look.

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

JordyQ

#1,275 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1600

Careers of much the same size, 34 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 31 contests
last seen May 2, 2025

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BALONEY JOE'S BBQ

#1,258 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1586

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Homestead Smoke Shack's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

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SWEET DIXIE BBQ

#1,259 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1585

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2023

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Charcoal Loungers

#1,263 of the rated field

1582 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1635

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 37 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Aug 29, 2025

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QUE-N-BREW

#1,270 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 34%
Peak: 1612

They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Homestead Smoke Shack's first contest.

rated over 38 contests
last seen May 10, 2024

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What’cha Got BBQ

#1,266 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1596

Level with Homestead Smoke Shack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jun 14, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Kreiser Barbecue	26	12	14	46%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE	21	17	4	81%	⚔ compare
Fire BBQ	21	15	6	71%	⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
HOME COOKIN' BBQ	19	12	6	63%	⚔ compare
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
Brisket Butts	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
Mark's Meats and Treats	17	17	0	100%	⚔ compare
ROKER Q	17	14	3	82%	⚔ compare
Notorious P.I.G.	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Bad to the Brisket	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
YOU NEED A BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	16	0	1	177.7144	148.5596	166.53	top 50%
Pork Ribs	31	18	2	4	179.4400	153.7028	168.39	top 37%
Pork	31	12	0	3	177.1428	146.7884	165.75	top 48%
Brisket	31	20	1	4	178.8800	147.9772	166.07	top 38%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	22	top 39%
Large (40+)	3	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AB	19	top 35%
SK	6	top 41%
ND	2	top 54%
MT	1	top 56%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Barbeque on the Bow Festival	3	4	top 20%	Aug 30, 2025
Didsbury Lions BBQ	3	3	top 33%	Jul 27, 2024
Smokey Skies BBQ Competition	2	3	top 26%	Jun 19, 2026
ND BBQ Championship	2	17	top 54%	May 1, 2026
Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship	2	9	top 39%	May 24, 2025
Small Town Smoke Down	2	5	top 28%	Jun 8, 2024
Smoke, Wind & Fire	2	5	top 36%	Jul 23, 2022
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2	6	top 29%	May 28, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 8 contests

Contests a season 5.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AB 19 of 31 contests · 4 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 21 8 of them more than once

Opponents faced 314 finished ahead 551 times, behind 351

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

20261 milestone

Jun 19 Most recent contest Smokey Skies BBQ Competition

20252 milestones

Jun 21 Career-best overall score695.4400 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
Aug 30 Peak power rating (1598) Barbeque on the Bow Festival

20242 milestones

Jul 27 First overall podium Didsbury Lions BBQ
Sep 27 25th tracked contest ND BBQ Championship

20231 milestone

Jun 3 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Small Town Smoke Down

20221 milestone

Sep 10 10th tracked contest Smoke 'N the Valley

20215 milestones

Jul 10 First tracked contest Smoke, Wind & Fire
Jul 10 First call Smoke, Wind & Fire
Jul 10 First overall top-10 Smoke, Wind & Fire
Sep 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.3544 BBQ on the Bow
Nov 26 First category win (Pork Ribs) Agribition Supreme BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.8	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition	Jun 21, 2025
+11.1	Didsbury Lions BBQ	Jul 27, 2024
+11	Smoke 'N the Valley	Sep 10, 2022
+10.3	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Aug 14, 2021
+10	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 4, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	Smoke in the Valley	Sep 27, 2025
-9.7	Smoke 'N the Valley	Sep 21, 2024
-7.1	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship	May 24, 2025
-6.8	ND BBQ Championship	May 1, 2026
-4	Montana Pitmaster Classic	Aug 23, 2024

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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	1	0	50%	top 57%	93.4%	92.1%
2025	4	2	0	100%	top 44%	96.6%	92.8%
2024	8	4	0	88%	top 38%	95.9%	93.6%
2023	7	5	2	86%	top 37%	95.8%	94.1%
2022	5	3	0	100%	top 33%	94%	92.5%
2021	5	4	1	100%	top 35%	91.4%	89%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 19, 2026	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK	10 / 24 (672.5828)	19 (163.9772)	17 (162.8800)	5 (173.1428)	4 (172.5828)
May 1, 2026	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	51 / 71 (654.1828)	65 (156.5144)	43 (166.2628)	30 (169.7028)	50 (161.7028)
Sep 27, 2025	Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB	20 / 23 (647.3140)	19 (163.4056)	15 (165.1084)	22 (146.7884)	5 (172.0116)
Aug 30, 2025	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	9 / 38 (679.9316)	21 (168.5372)	5 (173.1316)	17 (169.6800)	10 (168.5828)
Jun 21, 2025	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK	3 / 27 (695.4400)	4 (174.2972)	6 (173.1428)	7 (174.2744)	5 (173.7256)
May 24, 2025	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	19 / 34 (650.7316)	21 (161.0972)	6 (169.1316)	18 (164.5372)	26 (155.9656)
Sep 27, 2024	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	17 / 47 (672.5376)	17 (168.5716)	3 (173.1432)	27 (163.9656)	24 (166.8572)
Sep 21, 2024	Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK	16 / 21 (649.0744)	10 (168)	12 (169.1200)	14 (163.9772)	19 (147.9772)
Aug 31, 2024	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	9 / 35 (682.7888)	28 (166.2628)	10 (172.5600)	17 (167.4060)	3 (176.5600)
Aug 31, 2024	Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB	11 / 24 (675.9768)	19 (165.7484)	4 (175.4172)	13 (167.9656)	8 (166.8456)
Aug 23, 2024	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	22 / 39 (670.2628)	27 (163.4056)	12 (175.4172)	32 (163.4400)	19 (168)
Jul 27, 2024	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	3 / 28 (690.1940)	10 (170.2628)	5 (172.5600)	5 (173.1084)	5 (174.2628)
Jun 8, 2024	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	9 / 27 (668.5372)	18 (164)	26 (154.8116)	3 (177.1428)	5 (172.5828)
May 25, 2024	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	9 / 39 (684.6632)	20 (168.5828)	8 (173.7028)	8 (174.3316)	14 (168.0460)
Sep 23, 2023	Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK	13 / 26 (675.3600)	18 (166.2400)	18 (165.1428)	14 (168.5600)	2 (175.4172)
Sep 16, 2023	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB	13 / 29 (674.7772)	13 (169.6800)	11 (171.4172)	14 (166.2400)	12 (167.4400)
Sep 2, 2023	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	4 / 40 (686.8116)	6 (174.2628)	11 (171.4288)	30 (162.2400)	1 (178.8800)
Aug 5, 2023	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	6 / 17 (673.6684)	7 (170.8228)	13 (161.7144)	5 (170.2856)	5 (170.8456)
Jul 20, 2023	Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB	6 / 12 (666.8000)	4 (174.8456)	4 (172)	11 (158.2516)	9 (161.7028)
Jun 16, 2023	Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Regina, SK	7 / 16 (674.3088)	7 (170.2972)	3 (172.5944)	8 (171.4172)	10 (160)
Jun 3, 2023	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	5 / 23 (689.6684)	3 (177.7144)	1 (179.4400)	10 (168.5256)	14 (163.9884)
Sep 10, 2022	Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK	4 / 18 (669.1200)	8 (165.0856)	11 (163.4172)	5 (169.7144)	3 (170.9028)
Sep 3, 2022	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	6 / 36 (676.5372)	4 (172.5484)	5 (170.2628)	18 (164.5716)	5 (169.1544)
Jul 23, 2022	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge	8 / 20 (665.0744)	5 (171.4400)	6 (170.8228)	17 (155.9316)	7 (166.8800)
Jun 3, 2022	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB	17 / 31 (659.3600)	10 (168.5600)	15 (167.9884)	23 (161.1316)	16 (161.6800)
May 28, 2022	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB	13 / 39 (659.3492)	31 (155.3944)	8 (167.4060)	11 (166.8344)	4 (169.7144)
Nov 26, 2021	Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina	6 / 14 (639.8740)	8 (159.3828)	1 (169.6800)	10 (157.1084)	12 (153.7028)
Sep 4, 2021	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	6 / 29 (658.3544)	7 (167.4400)	5 (170.8800)	16 (158.2972)	10 (161.7372)
Sep 3, 2021	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	14 / 26 (616.5140)	25 (148.5596)	16 (153.7028)	13 (154.8460)	6 (159.4056)
Aug 14, 2021	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB	6 / 25 (645.6572)	5 (162.8344)	9 (161.6800)	3 (166.8800)	13 (154.2628)
Jul 10, 2021	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge	5 / 16 (643.4628)	6 (164.5828)	10 (154.2744)	2 (168)	9 (156.6056)

Homestead Smoke Shack

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (11 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

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)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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)