SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC NC

Power ranking

#2515

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1455

peak 1455

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-26

latest 2023-11-03

Best ToY finish

#262

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3600

Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.99 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 656.19 (+12.80)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition

Consistency

±34.90

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.84 · weakest Brisket (162.33)

Road miles

3445

mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 279 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of SmoKing Aces BBQ - NC 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 26 shared contests.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 42% across 4 contests, versus top 67% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	13	1	3	178.2972	161.0972	170.84	top 43%
Pork Ribs	27	9	0	2	176.5600	149.6344	166.54	top 53%
Pork	27	3	1	1	176.5600	143.3256	162.50	top 72%
Brisket	26	5	0	0	173.7028	147.8856	162.33	top 66%

“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
NC	14	top 61%
VA	8	top 78%
SC	3	top 66%
WV	2	top 67%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	18	top 65%
Large (40+)	4	top 55%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (7 contests)
Cooks mostly in NC (14 of 27 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (27 entries)
All-time average overall score: 656.19

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2023	6	1	695.3600	670.92
2022	5	0	681.5884	672.67
2021	4	0	666.7088	662.17
2020	5	1	670.2056	622.26
2019	7	0	678.2172	652.63

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-11-03	Currituck Bulls and BBQ Powells Point, NC	14 / 21 (675.2684)	11 (169.6800)	15 (166.2400)	13 (169.6684)	6 (169.6800)
2023-10-13	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	14 / 27 (674.1712)	9 (171.9656)	12 (169.7144)	22 (160.5256)	10 (171.9656)
2023-06-09	WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV	13 / 16 (649.4736)	10 (169.1084)	10 (165.0972)	14 (159.3368)	14 (155.9312)
2023-06-02	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	22 / 27 (650.6972)	8 (172.5600)	24 (153.0972)	20 (164.5372)	23 (160.5028)
2023-04-07	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition Stem, NC	4 / 28 (695.3600)	14 (172.5600)	2 (176.5600)	1 (176.5600)	14 (169.6800)
2023-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	24 / 46 (680.5604)	25 (173.1200)	17 (172.5716)	30 (168.5600)	30 (166.3088)
2022-11-04	Currituck Bulls & BBQ Powells Point, NC	20 / 22 (663.8168)	20 (165.6684)	10 (170.2744)	14 (168.5256)	19 (159.3484)
2022-07-22	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	21 / 35 (670.1372)	16 (170.8344)	16 (169.6800)	25 (163.3828)	19 (166.2400)
2022-05-20	Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Ayden, NC	9 / 32 (681.5884)	5 (175.4056)	4 (172.5600)	15 (168.5372)	18 (165.0856)
2022-04-22	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Ripley, WV	9 / 17 (673.0172)	11 (165.0972)	5 (172.0000)	6 (169.6800)	10 (166.2400)
2022-04-08	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition Stem, NC	15 / 36 (674.7888)	28 (162.8228)	5 (174.2860)	7 (174.2628)	21 (163.4172)
2021-08-27	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park Myrtle Beach, SC	14 / 22 (665.5544)	5 (173.1200)	13 (167.3944)	19 (159.9544)	13 (165.0856)
2021-07-23	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	21 / 30 (661.0744)	12 (170.8572)	12 (167.4172)	17 (165.0972)	27 (157.7028)
2021-06-04	GrillBillies BBQ Shootout Wendell, NC	16 / 18 (655.3600)	14 (168.5600)	11 (169.1544)	16 (159.4400)	15 (158.2056)
2021-03-12	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC	28 / 39 (666.7088)	27 (165.0972)	23 (166.8344)	30 (163.9544)	13 (170.8228)
2020-10-30	Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA	33 / 33 (494.1944)	27 (165.7028)	22 (165.0972)	28 (163.3944)	—
2020-10-29	The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA	30 / 33 (658.7316)	7 (173.1316)	18 (171.4172)	32 (161.1200)	32 (153.0628)
2020-08-08	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 2 WYTHE, VA	15 / 17 (646.6628)	1 (177.1544)	3 (172.5600)	17 (143.3256)	17 (153.6228)
2020-08-07	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 WYTHE, VA	19 / 19 (641.5084)	6 (172.5600)	14 (167.9772)	19 (153.0856)	19 (147.8856)
2020-03-13	Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off & Car Show Darlington, SC	18 / 29 (670.2056)	6 (173.7028)	25 (165.7028)	18 (164.5716)	15 (166.2284)
2019-11-08	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC	35 / 47 (655.8400)	13 (173.1084)	46 (149.6344)	43 (159.9772)	10 (173.1200)
2019-10-25	Zom-B-Q(BBQ Wythe US) Wytheville, VA	11 / 20 (663.8968)	4 (172.5600)	6 (170.8456)	14 (162.8228)	18 (157.6684)
2019-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	23 / 32 (642.0800)	8 (171.9656)	22 (158.2288)	23 (157.6800)	26 (154.2056)
2019-09-20	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	10 / 56 (678.2172)	2 (177.7144)	8 (173.1544)	52 (153.6456)	7 (173.7028)
2019-08-02	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	31 / 40 (639.8972)	14 (169.1200)	35 (153.6800)	35 (156.0000)	28 (161.0972)
2019-05-17	Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival Ayden, NC	34 / 36 (634.1256)	32 (161.0972)	31 (155.9888)	27 (161.6340)	29 (155.4056)
2019-04-26	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	19 / 32 (654.3204)	2 (178.2972)	20 (159.4288)	29 (158.2972)	22 (158.2972)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#1006 (101 pts)	#1032 (116 pts)	#1171 (96 pts)	#1037 (106 pts)	#837 (161 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#341 (615 pts)	#353 (640 pts)	#337 (765 pts)	#314 (680 pts)	#392 (530 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#464 (459 pts)	#485 (459 pts)	#385 (664 pts)	#455 (489 pts)	#551 (379 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#521 (325 pts)	#439 (450 pts)	#490 (410 pts)	#557 (320 pts)	#510 (375 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#262 (431 pts)	#107 (936 pts)	#200 (596 pts)	#291 (421 pts)	#263 (453 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#565 (584 pts)	#238 (1159 pts)	#535 (649 pts)	#719 (464 pts)	#540 (629 pts)