High-water mark
509.7032
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 509.7032 at Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) — 94.4% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Sep 23, 2023
Twizted Smoke BBQ
Twizted Smoke BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 9th of 32 at the Smoke on the Mountain (2024). They are ranked #2721 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 22, 2023
latest Jul 26, 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.64
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.39 · weakest Pork (163.68)
Road miles
281
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
331.58 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
509.41 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Twizted Smoke BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with Twizted Smoke BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Twizted Smoke BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Twizted Smoke BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,732 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Twizted Smoke BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Hatter BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| POOR BOYS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 167.4056 | 170.39 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 157.6688 | 165.00 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 155.3600 | 163.68 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 169.6916 | 169.69 | top 24% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 58% | Apr 20, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
99
finished ahead 84 times, behind 94
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- First overall top-10 Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1513) Smoke on the Mountain
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Mountain
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score509.1088 Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score509.7032 Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0116 Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.6 | Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 26, 2024 |
| +6.3 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) | Apr 20, 2024 |
| +0.9 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 22, 2023 |
| +0.8 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 23, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.6 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) | Apr 19, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 94.3% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 94.4% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 9 / 32 (329.1088) | 6 (171.4400) | 11 (157.6688) | — | — |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 10 / 25 (339.3832) | 12 (169.6916) | 10 (169.6916) | 12 (162.8000) | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 19 / 25 (326.2400) | 14 (167.4056) | 20 (158.8344) | 25 (155.3600) | 6 (169.6916) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 12 / 20 (509.7032) | 9 (172.0116) | 9 (171.9772) | 15 (165.7144) | — |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 14 / 24 (509.1088) | 11 (171.4172) | 16 (166.8344) | 14 (170.8572) | — |