Smokin Good Time BBQ

Smokin Good Time BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 32 at the Ribstock (2016). They are ranked #4344 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Good Time BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,344

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1476 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 19, 2013

latest Apr 18, 2025 · 11.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#584

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9312 / 720

Master · GLBBQA Spring Fling

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.96 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.55 (+13.41)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Pork · 2nd Annual Pork in the Park

Consistency

±24.98

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.83 · weakest Brisket (155.98)

Road miles

3,595

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 347 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Purse competed for

$44K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.55 / 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

679.9312 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9312 at GLBBQA Spring Fling — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 19, 2024

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG GUYS Q has finished one call ahead of Smokin Good Time BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 49%.

6 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

26–0 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 26 of their 26 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.85 points below their pork, and turns into a call 3% of the time against 24%.

Brisket avg 155.98
Pork avg 162.83
1 call in 29 entries

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of S & G BBQ in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at GLBBQA Spring Fling (Apr 19, 2024).

last seen Jul 15, 2022
back Apr 19, 2024

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Pork nemesis

20 of 26 shared pork entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 20 of 26 shared pork entries.

The long haul

3,595 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,595 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 347 miles to Balloons, Blues & BBQ.

31 mapped stops
furthest 347 mi

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Bordertown BBQ Brawl every year from 2018 to 2022 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 16th

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
2020 ↗	Master	#1093 (56 pts)	#1102 (56 pts)	#859 (81 pts)	#897 (61 pts)	#866 (66 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1290 (173 pts)	#1204 (208 pts)	#1314 (178 pts)	#1243 (198 pts)	#1354 (168 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1064 (249 pts)	#1079 (269 pts)	#1279 (204 pts)	#913 (354 pts)	#980 (309 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#837 (441 pts)	#834 (471 pts)	#476 (826 pts)	#759 (531 pts)	#904 (416 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#584 (670 pts)	#742 (540 pts)	#498 (825 pts)	#439 (935 pts)	#796 (475 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1266 (217 pts)	#1062 (307 pts)	#1064 (312 pts)	#1032 (327 pts)	#1365 (202 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Smokin Good Time BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKIN' WET BBQ

#4,343 of the rated field

1476 power rating

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

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Smokin Good Time BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin Good Time BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 23 contests
last seen May 6, 2022

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Moes BBq

#4,355 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1476

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Smokin Good Time BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smokin Good Time BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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RIVERSIDE SMOKE

#4,356 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1528

They've been 1528 at their best, 52 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2024

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YOU GONNA LIKE IT

#4,377 of the rated field

1476 power rating

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

Careers of much the same size, 33 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 33 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2017

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SMOKEY JOKERS

#4,346 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1505

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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DIRTY POSSUM BBQ

#4,366 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Level with Smokin Good Time BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
iBQ'n	26	0	26	0%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	24	3	21	13%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ	19	4	15	21%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
BIG BROTHERS BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKERS MI	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
BAVARIAN SMOKE BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	5	0	174.2972	150.2744	162.74	top 59%
Pork Ribs	31	10	4	173.1200	137.0744	162.70	top 51%
Pork	29	7	3	175.4400	143.3944	162.83	top 54%
Brisket	29	1	0	171.4400	128.5372	155.98	top 68%

“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)	22	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MI	25	top 67%
IL	2	top 30%
IN	2	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	5	16	top 72%	Jul 15, 2022
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	3	21	top 60%	Sep 11, 2015
GLBBQA Spring Fling	2	29	top 61%	Apr 18, 2025
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	18	top 61%	Sep 14, 2018
CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2	12	top 30%	Oct 13, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 27 of 31 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 20 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 31 entries · 0 wins · 10 calls

Opponents faced 384 finished ahead 373 times, behind 615

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs Jul 15, 2022 → Apr 19, 2024

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

20251 milestone

Apr 18 Most recent contest GLBBQA Spring Fling

20241 milestone

Apr 19 Career-best overall score679.9312 GLBBQA Spring Fling

20201 milestone

Jul 17 25th tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl

20181 milestone

Jun 22 Peak power rating (1493) 10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off

20163 milestones

May 20 First overall top-10 2nd Annual Pork in the Park
May 20 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 2nd Annual Pork in the Park
Jun 10 10th tracked contest ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival

20151 milestone

Aug 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2400 Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle

20141 milestone

Sep 12 First call Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

20131 milestone

Jul 19 First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	Ribstock	Aug 26, 2016
+10.6	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	Oct 13, 2017
+10.4	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	Oct 14, 2016
+8.8	2nd Annual Pork in the Park	May 20, 2016
+5.5	GLBBQA Spring Fling	Apr 19, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Taste of Grand Rapids	Jul 19, 2013
-12.5	Dam Good BBQ Championship	Aug 9, 2013
-7.9	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival	Jun 10, 2016
-7.8	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing	Aug 28, 2015
-7.3	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship	Aug 8, 2014

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 75%	93%	93%
2024	1	0	0%	top 47%	94.4%	94.4%
2022	2	0	50%	top 83%	89%	89%
2021	2	0	100%	top 59%	92.1%	92.1%
2020	1	0	0%	top 87%	87.7%	87.7%
2019	2	0	0%	top 61%	92%	91.6%
2018	3	0	67%	top 61%	91.7%	89.6%
2017	5	0	80%	top 63%	92.7%	90.8%
2016	6	2	83%	top 49%	92.9%	90%
2015	3	0	67%	top 73%	90.3%	87.9%
2014	2	0	50%	top 70%	89.4%	88.3%
2013	3	0	0%	top 83%	86.5%	83.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 18, 2025	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	42 / 56 (669.6344)	43 (166.8344)	19 (170.8688)	42 (167.4056)	44 (164.5256)
Apr 19, 2024	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	29 / 62 (679.9312)	26 (171.4172)	43 (164.5256)	26 (172.5484)	18 (171.4400)
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	25 / 30 (640.9828)	19 (167.4056)	28 (156.5028)	19 (166.8228)	28 (150.2516)
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	3 (172.5716)	—	—
Jul 16, 2021	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	16 / 27 (662.8228)	13 (169.7028)	20 (156.5028)	5 (174.3200)	16 (162.2972)
Jul 16, 2021	Bordertown BBQ Brawl - One Meat Rib Contest Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	2 (173.1200)	—	—
Jul 17, 2020	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	27 / 31 (631.4064)	29 (150.2744)	20 (160.5488)	24 (159.4516)	23 (161.1316)
Sep 13, 2019	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI	20 / 35 (656.4460)	17 (169.1200)	18 (167.3828)	20 (163.4172)	28 (156.5260)
Jul 19, 2019	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	18 / 28 (662.2628)	14 (165.1316)	19 (162.2856)	13 (168.5828)	14 (166.2628)
Sep 14, 2018	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	28 / 48 (627.2576)	28 (152.4916)	24 (155.9772)	12 (169.7028)	29 (149.0860)
Aug 17, 2018	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	16 / 24 (659.9316)	21 (161.7144)	19 (159.9544)	12 (169.7028)	10 (168.5600)
Jun 22, 2018	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	17 / 30 (648.5028)	9 (168.5828)	24 (154.8000)	13 (161.7028)	11 (163.4172)
Oct 13, 2017	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL	12 / 41 (665.5884)	6 (171.4172)	17 (163.3828)	25 (161.6340)	11 (169.1544)
Sep 22, 2017	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	18 / 24 (667.4172)	12 (170.8228)	17 (166.2744)	19 (164.0228)	17 (166.2972)
Sep 8, 2017	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	18 / 28 (651.9428)	25 (153.6228)	4 (171.4972)	3 (173.1428)	24 (153.6800)
Jun 23, 2017	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	26 / 32 (627.3940)	26 (157.7028)	4 (166.8456)	29 (147.4400)	22 (155.4056)
May 12, 2017	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	18 / 27 (656.9940)	21 (162.2512)	3 (170.8228)	14 (166.2628)	22 (157.6572)
Oct 14, 2016	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL	17 / 55 (668.5368)	33 (163.9656)	9 (170.8800)	20 (166.8456)	22 (166.8456)
Sep 9, 2016	Balloons, Blues & BBQ Bloomington, IN	12 / 20 (659.9084)	6 (171.4172)	13 (163.9428)	10 (163.9656)	11 (160.5828)
Aug 26, 2016	Ribstock Marne, MI	5 / 32 (664.4796)	17 (163.9656)	2 (173.1200)	2 (174.8800)	25 (152.5140)
Jul 29, 2016	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	23 / 39 (634.7776)	31 (155.3828)	18 (162.8344)	22 (160.0116)	23 (156.5488)
Jun 10, 2016	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival Clio, MI	18 / 20 (607.9088)	17 (154.2744)	19 (152.5256)	5 (165.1200)	19 (135.9888)
May 20, 2016	2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	10 / 28 (651.9544)	20 (151.9544)	8 (166.8456)	3 (175.4400)	19 (157.7144)
Sep 11, 2015	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	21 / 34 (650.1720)	15 (165.1544)	19 (165.1088)	6 (173.7144)	30 (146.1944)
Aug 28, 2015	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing Marne, MI	27 / 32 (598.7200)	22 (154.8456)	21 (151.9316)	30 (143.3944)	22 (148.5484)
Aug 14, 2015	Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle Newaygo, MI	19 / 26 (650.2400)	10 (167.4172)	8 (166.8228)	16 (163.4744)	21 (152.5256)
Sep 12, 2014	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	24 / 43 (643.9316)	4 (174.2972)	10 (169.7028)	41 (145.0972)	30 (154.8344)
Aug 8, 2014	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	27 / 32 (626.8688)	17 (164)	20 (163.4172)	31 (146.3200)	29 (153.1316)
Sep 13, 2013	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	29 / 47 (622.7768)	17 (164.5600)	27 (156.5256)	30 (154.2856)	32 (147.4056)
Aug 9, 2013	Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	29 / 31 (565.0060)	26 (151.3944)	28 (137.0744)	28 (148)	31 (128.5372)
Jul 19, 2013	Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI	36 / 39 (609.0284)	30 (158.2744)	36 (149.0856)	33 (155.4056)	34 (146.2628)

Smokin Good Time BBQ

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 long haul

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)