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Sons of Smoke TN

Power ranking

#1438
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1509
peak 1517

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

2019-05-17
latest 2024-05-17

Best ToY finish

#439
Master 2014

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 50%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

667.76
last 5 vs career avg 667.76 (-0.00)

Walk rate

80%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0228

Consistency

±16.10
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 169.93 · weakest Pork (163.84)

Road miles

168
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

HOT COLE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 170.2628 165.0972 167.62 top 60%
Pork Ribs 5 1 0 0 173.1316 159.3600 166.37 top 54%
Pork 5 1 0 0 171.4172 152.5144 163.84 top 67%
Brisket 5 3 0 1 176.0228 156.5144 169.93 top 33%

“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 contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)40top 54%
Large (40+)10top 33%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2024100 635.7832 635.78
2022100 674.7432 674.74
2019300 679.3140 676.10

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2024-05-17 Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN 27 / 31 (635.7832) 19 (167.3944) 28 (159.3600) 29 (152.5144) 26 (156.5144)
2022-05-20 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN 16 / 30 (674.7432) 22 (165.0972) 7 (173.1316) 26 (163.3828) 9 (173.1316)
2019-07-12 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In Jamestown, TN 12 / 29 (679.3140) 18 (169.6684) 14 (169.6800) 26 (163.9428) 4 (176.0228)
2019-06-21 Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 9 / 27 (675.3028) 19 (165.6800) 12 (167.3944) 13 (167.9656) 2 (174.2628)
2019-05-17 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN 14 / 43 (673.6684) 14 (170.2628) 28 (162.2628) 7 (171.4172) 13 (169.7256)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2022 ↗ Master #1145 (100 pts) #1306 (70 pts) #989 (160 pts) #1654 (55 pts) #954 (140 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #799 (371 pts) #989 (286 pts) #1010 (286 pts) #918 (331 pts) #592 (576 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1221 (196 pts) #1099 (261 pts) #1170 (241 pts) #840 (406 pts) #1250 (211 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #874 (413 pts) #829 (473 pts) #770 (523 pts) #705 (588 pts) #1021 (343 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #632 (610 pts) #835 (455 pts) #457 (885 pts) #436 (940 pts) #796 (475 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #506 (746 pts) #334 (1091 pts) #634 (616 pts) #420 (896 pts) #456 (826 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #439 (886 pts) #496 (781 pts) #462 (861 pts) #568 (691 pts) #340 (1066 pts)

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