The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
CDS BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin The City BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Smokin The City BBQ
Smokin The City BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 75th of 76 at the South Carolina Festival of Discovery (2024). Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKIN' THE CITY BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1454
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 12, 2018
latest Jul 11, 2024 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±79.20
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (114.03)
Road miles
0
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$90K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
369.66 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin The City BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin The City BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 123 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to Smokin The City BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — SMALL TOWN BAR-B-QUE ahead 4–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Level with Smokin The City BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,413 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,416 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Smokin The City 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 33.7600 | 124.27 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119.7716 | 108.2972 | 114.03 | top 97% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 145.0972 | 155.21 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 128.4916 | 143.94 | top 82% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 3 | 79 | 0 | top 98% | Jul 9, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
195
finished ahead 7 times, behind 327
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jul 9, 2021 → Jul 11, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20211 milestone
- Career-best overall score458.7428 SC Festival of Discovery
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2972 SC Festival of Discovery
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest SC Festival Of Discovery
- Peak power rating (1487) SC Festival Of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | SC Festival Of Discovery | Jul 12, 2018 |
| -11.9 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 9, 2021 |
| -10.7 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 12, 2019 |
| -10.3 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | Jul 11, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 42.5% | 42.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 63.7% | 63.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 60.7% | 60.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 38.5% | 38.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 11, 2024 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 75 / 76 (306.2172) | 66 (161.1200) | — | 74 (145.0972) | — |
| Jul 9, 2021 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 79 / 81 (458.7428) | 76 (145.1200) | — | 72 (154.2400) | 55 (159.3828) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 79 / 83 (436.8460) | 80 (33.7600) | 80 (108.2972) | 34 (166.2972) | 80 (128.4916) |
| Jul 12, 2018 | SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 89 / 89 (276.8456) | 69 (157.0740) | 87 (119.7716) | — | — |