SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!

SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts! is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 18 at the Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival (2021). They are ranked #3541 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,541

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1492

peak 1492 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 4, 2018

latest May 3, 2024 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#667

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

679.3716 / 720

Master · Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.44 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.58 (+9.86)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2972

Brisket · Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest

Consistency

±17.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.41 · weakest Brisket (161.60)

Road miles

614

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi

Schedule strength

44%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$37K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.58 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.3716 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.3716 at Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 12, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ has finished one call ahead of SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts! 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.81 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 38% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 161.60
Chicken avg 167.41
3 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Jonesy Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared chicken entries.

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The metronome

±2.46% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.46% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.9% of a perfect score
8 contests

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
2024 ↗	Master	#1112 (75 pts)	#1554 (55 pts)	#1236 (80 pts)	#1189 (70 pts)	#768 (200 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#874 (141 pts)	#890 (161 pts)	#1010 (151 pts)	#866 (161 pts)	#936 (141 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#667 (263 pts)	#661 (288 pts)	#651 (333 pts)	#767 (223 pts)	#737 (238 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#726 (116 pts)	#676 (126 pts)	#1116 (56 pts)	#451 (256 pts)	#771 (106 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1809 (81 pts)	#1585 (121 pts)	#2587 (51 pts)	#1899 (81 pts)	#1533 (121 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Make BBQ Great Again

#3,516 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

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BLACK FLAG BBQ

#3,563 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1492

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

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Backdraft Smokers

#3,528 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ

#3,513 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1493

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!'s first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 21, 2017

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BROTHA K'S BOARBECUE

#3,552 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1516

Level with SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts! on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2023

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RJ'S BOW TIE BARBECUE

#3,554 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1512

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin N The Bandits	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Rankin County BBQ Company	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	0	173.7028	161.0972	167.41	top 52%
Pork Ribs	8	3	1	174.2628	147.4172	162.40	top 61%
Pork	8	3	1	174.2628	153.6228	163.17	top 63%
Brisket	8	3	0	174.2972	144.4916	161.60	top 55%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	3	0	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival	2	6	0	top 48%	Nov 4, 2022
Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	2	19	0	top 65%	May 1, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MS 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 121 finished ahead 73 times, behind 119

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs Nov 4, 2022 → May 3, 2024

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

20242 milestones

May 3 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2972 Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest
May 3 Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest

20221 milestone

Apr 29 Peak power rating (1498) Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival

20212 milestones

Nov 12 First overall top-10 Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival
Nov 12 Career-best overall score679.3716 Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival

20202 milestones

Jun 26 First call Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival
Jun 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3144 Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival

20181 milestone

May 4 First tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.6	Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival	Nov 12, 2021
+7.5	Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival	Jun 26, 2020
+1.4	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival	Apr 29, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	May 4, 2018
-8.4	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	May 24, 2019
-4.8	Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest	May 3, 2024
-0.8	Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival	Nov 4, 2022
-0.3	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	May 1, 2021

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	100%	top 80%	91.8%	91.8%
2022	2	1	50%	top 60%	92.4%	91.9%
2021	2	1	100%	top 46%	94.4%	92.9%
2020	1	0	100%	top 42%	91.6%	91.6%
2019	1	0	0%	top 73%	88.6%	88.6%
2018	1	0	0%	top 89%	85.7%	85.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 3, 2024	Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	20 / 25 (661.0056)	24 (161.0972)	19 (166.2628)	21 (159.3484)	4 (174.2972)
Nov 4, 2022	Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Biloxi, MS	7 / 11 (665.6000)	5 (173.7028)	6 (166.8228)	5 (169.6800)	7 (155.3944)
Apr 29, 2022	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	14 / 25 (658.1600)	16 (164.5372)	17 (162.8572)	16 (164.5256)	13 (166.2400)
Nov 12, 2021	Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Biloxi, MS	6 / 18 (679.3716)	4 (171.4516)	2 (172.5600)	9 (169.6800)	9 (165.6800)
May 1, 2021	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	22 / 38 (658.0796)	9 (172)	5 (174.2628)	33 (153.6228)	29 (158.1940)
Jun 26, 2020	Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival 🏅 Byram, MS	13 / 31 (659.3144)	11 (167.4172)	28 (153.1088)	2 (174.2628)	15 (164.5256)
May 24, 2019	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	19 / 26 (638.2284)	11 (167.9884)	25 (147.4172)	19 (158.8572)	11 (163.9656)
May 4, 2018	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	17 / 19 (616.9028)	16 (161.0972)	15 (155.9084)	18 (155.4056)	18 (144.4916)

SHELTERED SMOKE- Insuring the best Butts!

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 (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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

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 — 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)