LUNA SMOKE - Italy BZ

Power ranking

#289

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1650

peak 1650

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-01-19

latest 2026-06-20

Best ToY finish

#134

Master 2026

Grand champs

6 reserve

Category wins

34 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 30 contests

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

697.6456

Fo.G & Smoke 2025

Perfect 180s

5 🔥

Current form

689.07 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 680.98 (+8.09)

Walk rate

97%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · The War of Barbeque

Consistency

±12.02

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 173.83 · weakest Brisket (166.37)

Road miles

12537

mi across 30 mapped stops · furthest 4843 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

COOKLOUNGE BBQ has finished one call ahead of LUNA SMOKE - Italy 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BBQ+ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SOUTH BRIXIA in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.5600 points of the Grand Championship at 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival (2022-07-23).

📅 A September team

Something about September: average finish in the top 16% across 6 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	22	2	8	180.0000 🔥	158.2400	171.76	top 37%
Pork Ribs	30	21	3	12	180.0000 🔥	150.8344	169.62	top 37%
Pork	26	22	6	11	180.0000 🔥	165.6800	173.83	top 28%
Brisket	26	18	1	3	174.8456	158.2284	166.37	top 45%

“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
BZ	5	top 23%
GG	1	top 30%
TN	1	top 74%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	12	0	top 27%
Medium (20–39)	12	1	top 31%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 52%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2024 (7 contests)
Cooks mostly in BZ (5 of 30 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (30 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Fo.G & Smoke 2025 (2025-09-20)
Wins it all in 3% of contests
All-time average overall score: 680.98
5 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

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

Season	Contests	GCs	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	4	0	1	695.8968	686.93
2025	3	1	2	697.6456	687.55
2024	7	0	2	695.3712	684.79
2023	3	0	2	692.4800	683.59
2022	4	0	3	697.1200	686.23
2021	2	0	0	682.8228	676.23
2020	1	0	1	685.6456	685.65
2019	6	0	1	675.3372	667.63

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-20	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019	4 / 25 (694.8000)	2 (180.0000)	16 (167.9888)	14 (171.9656)	5 (174.8456)
2026-05-23	BBQ Knife Clash Romano Di Lombardia, GG	3 / 10 (675.3828)	4 (171.9884)	5 (167.9772)	4 (173.7028)	7 (161.7144)
2026-04-11	BBQ Expo Master's Challenge PARMA, 43126	13 / 42 (681.6340)	14 (174.2628)	18 (169.1200)	5 (174.2856)	23 (163.9656)
2026-03-07	W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ	2 / 10 (695.8968)	2 (175.4056)	2 (180.0000)	1 (177.7028)	8 (162.7884)
2025-09-20	Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto, I-41057	1 / 24 (697.6456)	1 (180.0000)	6 (171.9656)	1 (180.0000)	12 (165.6800)
2025-06-14	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019	6 / 20 (691.4516)	14 (168.5828)	5 (174.2972)	5 (175.4400)	6 (173.1316)
2025-03-29	BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia, 25125	14 / 30 (673.5540)	3 (174.2628)	22 (162.2284)	14 (170.8228)	15 (166.2400)
2024-10-11	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	64 / 87 (667.3256)	82 (158.2400)	49 (170.2744)	38 (169.7028)	39 (169.1084)
2024-09-21	Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO),	2 / 19 (695.3712)	2 (177.7028)	2 (174.2856)	5 (176.0000)	4 (167.3828)
2024-06-15	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019	4 / 17 (694.2172)	8 (171.9772)	2 (178.8572)	6 (174.8456)	7 (168.5372)
2024-06-15	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019	—	—	2 (177.1428)	—	—
2024-04-06	"Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia, 25125	—	—	1 (177.7144)	—	—
2024-04-06	"Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia, 25125	—	—	2 (174.8572)	—	—
2024-02-24	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ	5 / 26 (682.2284)	6 (173.7256)	1 (176.5600)	19 (165.6800)	9 (166.2628)
2023-09-16	FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It	2 / 15 (692.4800)	5 (170.8228)	2 (174.2744)	1 (178.8572)	4 (168.5256)
2023-07-01	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR), 300257	—	—	9 (164.5256)	—	—
2023-02-25	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	9 / 23 (674.7084)	10 (168.5256)	19 (159.3716)	1 (177.7028)	5 (169.1084)
2022-09-17	FO.G & SMOKE Spilamberto, Mo	3 / 12 (687.9428)	4 (172.5600)	2 (171.9772)	3 (175.4056)	6 (168.0000)
2022-07-23	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ,	2 / 20 (697.1200)	1 (180.0000)	8 (163.9656)	1 (179.4400)	2 (173.7144)
2022-06-18	The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR), 300257	2 / 15 (690.2284)	8 (169.7028)	1 (173.7028)	2 (174.8456)	2 (171.9772)
2022-03-12	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	3 / 15 (669.6340)	9 (166.2628)	5 (169.7256)	2 (174.8572)	7 (158.7884)
2021-10-30	Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2 Catigliano, Vicenza, 35038	7 / 11 (669.6340)	9 (166.2628)	6 (169.1772)	9 (167.9656)	5 (166.2284)
2021-09-25	FO.G & SMOKE Modena, 41013	4 / 16 (682.8228)	5 (173.7028)	2 (176.0000)	5 (170.8572)	11 (162.2628)
2020-01-18	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	4 / 28 (685.6456)	4 (173.7028)	16 (160.5256)	2 (177.7028)	1 (173.7144)
2019-09-14	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) Carugate MI, 20015	2 / 13 (673.0168)	2 (173.1428)	3 (168.5256)	1 (173.1200)	10 (158.2284)
2019-05-11	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, 33040	15 / 23 (651.9312)	3 (172.5600)	22 (150.8344)	8 (169.1312)	14 (159.4056)
2019-03-23	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia, Pa 30027	10 / 25 (673.0396)	5 (174.8456)	22 (159.9656)	4 (170.8228)	14 (167.4056)
2019-03-22	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 Torreglia, Pa 30027	13 / 20 (663.9312)	7 (168.5828)	15 (164.5600)	9 (171.4056)	16 (159.3828)
2019-02-16	Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762	8 / 12 (668.5028)	10 (169.1084)	8 (165.1544)	3 (173.1084)	10 (161.1316)
2019-01-19	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	6 / 30 (675.3372)	20 (159.9428)	4 (173.1428)	8 (174.2744)	7 (167.9772)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#134 (765 pts)	#138 (785 pts)	#229 (585 pts)	#136 (735 pts)	#225 (515 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#385 (544 pts)	#382 (604 pts)	#532 (404 pts)	#398 (554 pts)	#508 (379 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#356 (612 pts)	#408 (547 pts)	#90 (1545 pts)	#497 (407 pts)	#458 (477 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#504 (373 pts)	#636 (288 pts)	#515 (450 pts)	#393 (538 pts)	#525 (363 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#247 (912 pts)	#338 (717 pts)	#323 (807 pts)	#238 (962 pts)	#293 (782 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#513 (332 pts)	#593 (287 pts)	#510 (392 pts)	#591 (287 pts)	#625 (272 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#496 (203 pts)	#528 (203 pts)	#813 (98 pts)	#455 (253 pts)	#425 (278 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#377 (868 pts)	#316 (978 pts)	#449 (773 pts)	#264 (1098 pts)	#494 (683 pts)