RIVERSIDE SMOKE

RIVERSIDE SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 30 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 13th of 65 at the Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) (2015). They are ranked #4349 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,349

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1528 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Jul 11, 2024 · 11.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#911

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 30 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

679.8740 / 720

Master · Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.31 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.18 (+5.13)

Walk rate

37%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

Consistency

±13.24

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.29 · weakest Brisket (158.07)

Road miles

2,096

across 30 mapped stops · furthest 187 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$179K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 12 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.18 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

679.8740 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.8740 at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 13, 2022

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Cherrywood BBQ Smoke Team has finished one call ahead of RIVERSIDE SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

22–2 behind in the head-to-head

Bald Hawg BBQ ahead in 92% of their meetings

Bald Hawg BBQ has come out ahead in 22 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.22 points below their pork, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 158.07
Pork avg 165.29
2 calls in 29 entries

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SOME-R SWINE in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (May 14, 2021).

last seen May 24, 2019
back May 14, 2021

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Pork nemesis

15 of 24 shared pork entries lost

Bald Hawg BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Bald Hawg BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 24 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.84% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.84% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
30 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked SC Festival of Discovery every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 36th

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#2152 (70 pts)	#1441 (185 pts)	#1492 (185 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1104 (272 pts)	#686 (552 pts)	#1127 (287 pts)	#1167 (277 pts)	#1093 (292 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#911 (325 pts)	#974 (325 pts)	#892 (355 pts)	#948 (335 pts)	#753 (430 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RIVERSIDE SMOKE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Slapulator BBQ

#4,377 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1531

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RIVERSIDE SMOKE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RIVERSIDE SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Apr 17, 2026

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Blue Smoke

#4,359 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1476

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RIVERSIDE SMOKE)

Fewer contests behind them than RIVERSIDE SMOKE has cooked, 7 to 30, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

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POSSE BBQ

#4,352 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to RIVERSIDE SMOKE)

They turned up 9 years after RIVERSIDE SMOKE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2024

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Smokin Good Time BBQ

#4,340 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1476

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 29 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Apr 18, 2025

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YOU GONNA LIKE IT

#4,371 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1512

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before RIVERSIDE SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 33 contests

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SMOKIN' WET BBQ

#4,339 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1476

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen May 6, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bald Hawg BBQ	24	2	22	8%	⚔ compare
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
QMEISTERS	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Backwoods BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	3	0	1	175.4056	145.0856	164.46	top 58%
Pork Ribs	29	3	0	0	176.5716	154.2284	163.69	top 54%
Pork	29	5	1	2	177.7028	153.6228	165.29	top 48%
Brisket	29	2	0	0	170.8572	147.4282	158.07	top 69%

“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)	2	0	top 83%
Large (40+)	27	0	top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
GA	17	top 60%
SC	10	top 64%
NC	1	top 33%
FL	1	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery	7	36	top 57%	Jul 9, 2021
Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	6	14	top 55%	May 13, 2022
Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	4	34	top 76%	May 24, 2019
South Carolina Festival of Discovery	2	56	top 75%	Jul 11, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 18 of 30 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 14 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 30 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 616 finished ahead 706 times, behind 1,048

Longest layoff 2 yrs May 24, 2019 → May 14, 2021

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

20241 milestone

Jul 11 Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery

20224 milestones

May 13 First category win (Pork) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
May 13 25th tracked contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
May 13 Career-best overall score679.8740 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
May 13 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

20161 milestone

May 27 Peak power rating (1528) Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)

20151 milestone

Jun 12 10th tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

20133 milestones

May 10 First tracked contest Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 10 First call Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4286 Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)	May 22, 2015
+7.5	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	Jun 12, 2015
+7.4	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)	May 9, 2014
+5.8	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	May 23, 2014
+5.2	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	May 13, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 31, 2013
-10.1	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival	Oct 14, 2022
-8.1	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	May 24, 2019
-8.1	South Carolina Festival of Discovery	Jul 11, 2024
-7.8	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off	Aug 23, 2013

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0%	top 89%	88.8%	88.8%
2023	1	0	0%	top 68%	92.9%	92.9%
2022	4	1	25%	top 67%	94.4%	91.6%
2021	2	0	0%	top 69%	90.4%	90.3%
2019	1	0	0%	top 92%	89.3%	89.3%
2018	3	0	33%	top 71%	90.2%	89%
2017	4	0	50%	top 68%	91.2%	90.7%
2016	3	0	0%	top 55%	92.5%	90.4%
2015	3	0	100%	top 31%	93.9%	92.7%
2014	3	0	100%	top 39%	91.3%	91.3%
2013	5	0	20%	top 64%	92.9%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 11, 2024	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	68 / 76 (639.2456)	70 (158.2516)	67 (163.3828)	68 (158.2284)	67 (159.3828)
May 12, 2023	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	27 / 40 (668.9596)	26 (167.9656)	27 (167.3828)	25 (166.2400)	23 (167.3712)
Oct 14, 2022	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival 🏅 Grovetown, GA	50 / 51 (636.8796)	46 (162.8112)	41 (161.6456)	51 (153.6228)	46 (158.8000)
Oct 14, 2022	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA	—	37 (145.0856)	—	—	—
Jul 7, 2022	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	56 / 92 (661.5888)	58 (164.5372)	67 (158.8344)	33 (169.6800)	38 (168.5372)
May 13, 2022	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	18 / 42 (679.8740)	13 (173.7028)	24 (166.8228)	1 (177.7028)	31 (161.6456)
Jul 9, 2021	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	54 / 81 (650.7316)	67 (156.5372)	21 (171.9772)	27 (169.6800)	66 (152.5372)
May 14, 2021	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	30 / 42 (649.5772)	37 (159.4056)	23 (166.2400)	29 (164.5488)	33 (159.3828)
May 24, 2019	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA	66 / 72 (643.2460)	65 (160.5144)	35 (167.9772)	57 (161.6572)	66 (153.0972)
Jul 12, 2018	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	67 / 89 (625.4512)	67 (157.6456)	64 (154.8000)	62 (157.6456)	63 (155.3600)
May 25, 2018	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	56 / 72 (649.5888)	51 (165.6916)	35 (167.4172)	52 (162.8000)	66 (153.6800)
May 11, 2018	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	25 / 42 (648.3428)	27 (161.6456)	27 (157.0628)	3 (175.4172)	36 (154.2172)
Oct 13, 2017	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA	20 / 29 (656.4228)	14 (169.6800)	21 (162.8000)	15 (166.2400)	24 (157.7028)
Jul 6, 2017	SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC	48 / 89 (655.2684)	37 (167.3828)	70 (155.9200)	4 (174.2972)	54 (157.6684)
May 26, 2017	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	55 / 67 (651.8172)	59 (154.7772)	27 (170.8228)	11 (173.1200)	61 (153.0972)
May 12, 2017	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	28 / 42 (647.2224)	28 (161.6572)	38 (154.2284)	4 (173.7028)	33 (157.6340)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	47 / 82 (643.9088)	40 (165.6916)	61 (154.8000)	40 (162.8572)	42 (160.5600)
May 27, 2016	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	34 / 66 (666.1948)	23 (171.4172)	15 (171.9888)	38 (162.8116)	44 (159.9772)
May 13, 2016	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	23 / 41 (642.6860)	22 (162.2400)	18 (162.8000)	14 (163.3944)	29 (154.2516)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	37 / 90 (659.3488)	21 (171.4860)	4 (174.2628)	67 (157.6456)	62 (155.9544)
Jun 12, 2015	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	26 / 78 (666.7544)	10 (173.7144)	6 (176.5716)	26 (167.3828)	65 (149.0856)
May 22, 2015	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	13 / 65 (675.8972)	23 (170.8228)	5 (173.7144)	5 (174.2628)	53 (157.0972)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	36 / 86 (657.0976)	8 (174.8456)	57 (158.8344)	29 (164.5488)	47 (158.8688)
May 23, 2014	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	28 / 65 (656.3884)	3 (175.4056)	33 (162.2400)	13 (169.6800)	61 (149.0628)
May 9, 2014	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	14 / 42 (657.5656)	12 (170.8228)	11 (163.9772)	29 (158.8000)	10 (163.9656)
Aug 23, 2013	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	34 / 44 (631.2572)	28 (162.2400)	35 (155.9428)	35 (157.6572)	30 (155.4172)
Jul 11, 2013	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	47 / 78 (638.1260)	66 (151.9200)	52 (155.9656)	14 (167.4060)	26 (162.8344)
May 31, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	26 / 27 (629.7138)	14 (165.1430)	24 (159.4288)	22 (157.7138)	27 (147.4282)
May 24, 2013	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	19 / 47 (668.5710)	29 (165.7140)	11 (169.1428)	25 (165.1428)	15 (168.5714)
May 10, 2013	Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Waynesboro, GA	19 / 41 (655.4286)	24 (165.1430)	22 (160)	28 (159.4284)	6 (170.8572)

RIVERSIDE SMOKE

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 (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)