Smokin Good Time BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4345

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1476 · rated over 29 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-19

latest 2025-04-18

Best ToY finish

#584

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.83 · weakest Brisket (155.98)

Road miles

3,595

mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 347 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Purse competed for

$44K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.55 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

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
2024-04-19

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 calls 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 (2024-04-19).

last seen 2022-07-15
back 2024-04-19

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

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

Smoke Show BBQ

#4355 of the rated field

1475 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1475

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smokin Good Time BBQ)

One contest 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 36 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' WET BBQ

#4325 of the rated field

1476 ▲ 0 power rating

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

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

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2022-05-06

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Moes BBq

#4331 of the rated field

1476 ▲ 0 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

⚔ Head-to-head

RIVERSIDE SMOKE

#4321 of the rated field

1476 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2024-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

YOU GONNA LIKE IT

#4365 of the rated field

1475 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

33 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2017-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA

#4368 of the rated field

1475 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2017-10-06

⚔ Head-to-head

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
BAVARIAN SMOKE BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	12	0	12	0%	⚔ 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 state / province

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

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	22	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 51%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	5	16	top 72%	2022-07-15
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	3	21	top 60%	2015-09-11
GLBBQA Spring Fling	2	29	top 61%	2025-04-18
*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	18	top 61%	2018-09-14
CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2	12	top 30%	2017-10-13

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.7 yrs 2013-07-19 → 2025-04-18

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 27 of 31 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 20 5 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 162.83 · weakest Brisket (155.98)

Walk rate 55% a top-10 call in 17 of 31 contests

Overall top-10 rate 6% 2 of 31 contests

Master average 643.55 out of 720 · 29 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 390 373–615 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,595 31 mapped stops · furthest 347 mi

Schedule strength 1563 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

Purse competed for $44,100 listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs 2022-07-15 → 2024-04-19

Power rating 1476 peak 1476 · #4345 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 19 First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids
2014
Sep 12 First call Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
2015
Aug 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2400 Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle
2016
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
2018
Jun 22 Peak power rating (1493) 10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
2020
Jul 17 25th tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl
2024
Apr 19 Career-best overall score679.9312 GLBBQA Spring Fling
2025
Apr 18 Most recent contest GLBBQA Spring Fling

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	Ribstock	2016-08-26
+10.6	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2017-10-13
+10.4	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2016-10-14
+8.8	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park	2016-05-20
+5.5	GLBBQA Spring Fling	2024-04-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Taste of Grand Rapids	2013-07-19
-12.6	Dam Good BBQ Championship	2013-08-09
-7.9	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival	2016-06-10
-7.8	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing	2015-08-28
-7.3	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship	2014-08-08

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

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
2025-04-18	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	42 / 56 (669.6344)	43 (166.8344)	19 (170.8688)	42 (167.4056)	44 (164.5256)
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	29 / 62 (679.9312)	26 (171.4172)	43 (164.5256)	26 (172.5484)	18 (171.4400)
2022-07-15	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	25 / 30 (640.9828)	19 (167.4056)	28 (156.5028)	19 (166.8228)	28 (150.2516)
2022-07-15	Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	3 (172.5716)	—	—
2021-07-16	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	16 / 27 (662.8228)	13 (169.7028)	20 (156.5028)	5 (174.3200)	16 (162.2972)
2021-07-16	Bordertown BBQ Brawl - One Meat Rib Contest Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	2 (173.1200)	—	—
2020-07-17	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	27 / 31 (631.4064)	29 (150.2744)	20 (160.5488)	24 (159.4516)	23 (161.1316)
2019-09-13	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)
2019-07-19	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	18 / 28 (662.2628)	14 (165.1316)	19 (162.2856)	13 (168.5828)	14 (166.2628)
2018-09-14	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	28 / 48 (627.2576)	28 (152.4916)	24 (155.9772)	12 (169.7028)	29 (149.0860)
2018-08-17	*Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	16 / 24 (659.9316)	21 (161.7144)	19 (159.9544)	12 (169.7028)	10 (168.5600)
2018-06-22	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)
2017-10-13	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)
2017-09-22	*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)
2017-09-08	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	18 / 28 (651.9428)	25 (153.6228)	4 (171.4972)	3 (173.1428)	24 (153.6800)
2017-06-23	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)
2017-05-12	*Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	18 / 27 (656.9940)	21 (162.2512)	3 (170.8228)	14 (166.2628)	22 (157.6572)
2016-10-14	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)
2016-09-09	*Balloons, Blues & BBQ Bloomington, IN	12 / 20 (659.9084)	6 (171.4172)	13 (163.9428)	10 (163.9656)	11 (160.5828)
2016-08-26	Ribstock Marne, MI	5 / 32 (664.4796)	17 (163.9656)	2 (173.1200)	2 (174.8800)	25 (152.5140)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	23 / 39 (634.7776)	31 (155.3828)	18 (162.8344)	22 (160.0116)	23 (156.5488)
2016-06-10	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)
2016-05-20	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	10 / 28 (651.9544)	20 (151.9544)	8 (166.8456)	3 (175.4400)	19 (157.7144)
2015-09-11	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	21 / 34 (650.1720)	15 (165.1544)	19 (165.1088)	6 (173.7144)	30 (146.1944)
2015-08-28	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing Marne, MI	27 / 32 (598.7200)	22 (154.8456)	21 (151.9316)	30 (143.3944)	22 (148.5484)
2015-08-14	Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle Newaygo, MI	19 / 26 (650.2400)	10 (167.4172)	8 (166.8228)	16 (163.4744)	21 (152.5256)
2014-09-12	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	24 / 43 (643.9316)	4 (174.2972)	10 (169.7028)	41 (145.0972)	30 (154.8344)
2014-08-08	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	27 / 32 (626.8688)	17 (164.0000)	20 (163.4172)	31 (146.3200)	29 (153.1316)
2013-09-13	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	29 / 47 (622.7768)	17 (164.5600)	27 (156.5256)	30 (154.2856)	32 (147.4056)
2013-08-09	Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	29 / 31 (565.0060)	26 (151.3944)	28 (137.0744)	28 (148.0000)	31 (128.5372)
2013-07-19	Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI	36 / 39 (609.0284)	30 (158.2744)	36 (149.0856)	33 (155.4056)	34 (146.2628)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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)