The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
DAT'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Dude, Smoke This! BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Dude, Smoke This! BBQ
Dude, Smoke This! BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 40th of 40 at the All American BBQ Throwdown (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1471
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 5, 2022
latest Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.76
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.12 · weakest Brisket (147.94)
Road miles
0
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.54 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Dude, Smoke This! BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Dude, Smoke This! BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 136 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Level with Dude, Smoke This! BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,584 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Dude, Smoke This! BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Dude, Smoke This! BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Dude, Smoke This! BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 154.2628 | 161.12 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 137.7144 | 157.61 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 149.0744 | 155.01 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 140.4800 | 147.94 | 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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All American BBQ Throwdown | 3 | 40 | 0 | top 93% | Aug 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 10 times, behind 121
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score624.9944 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8344 All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs
- Peak power rating (1492) All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 2, 2024 |
| -9.9 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 4, 2023 |
| -8.1 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 5, 2022 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2024 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 40 / 40 (618.6744) | 40 (154.2628) | 38 (155.3828) | 39 (149.0744) | 33 (159.9544) |
| Aug 2, 2024 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 24 (161.6800) | — | — |
| Aug 4, 2023 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 41 / 44 (624.9944) | 31 (165.7028) | 39 (158.8572) | 34 (159.9544) | 43 (140.4800) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 12 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Aug 5, 2022 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 43 / 50 (623.9428) | 37 (163.3828) | 37 (161.1772) | 47 (156) | 49 (143.3828) |
| Aug 5, 2022 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | 42 (137.7144) | — | — |