High-water mark
694.8000
career-best overall
96.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.8000 at Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB — 96.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-10-27
Smokin Donkey's Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1525
peak 1525 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2022-09-29
latest 2023-10-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
675.33
last 5 Master vs avg 675.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.56 · weakest Chicken (164.53)
Road miles
372
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 372 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)
Purse competed for
$164K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.33 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.0
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.04 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Chicken avg 164.53
- Pork avg 172.56
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Dr. Squealgood BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1606
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Smokin Donkey's Barbecue has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 83 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Smokin Donkey's Barbecue)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin Donkey's Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2352 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 26%
- Peak
- 1550
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Smokin Donkey's Barbecue)
19 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where Smokin Donkey's Barbecue's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before Smokin Donkey's Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2338 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Donkey's Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Smokin Donkey's Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Kith n' Kin | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| WOOD HOOK BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Piggin' Whiskey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Sure Shot BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 162.8112 | 164.53 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 163.4172 | 169.24 | top 52% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 166.8228 | 172.56 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 164.5944 | 169.01 | top 47% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 220 | 0 | top 49% | 2023-09-27 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 2 | 164 | 0 | top 80% | 2023-09-27 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2022-09-29 → 2023-10-27
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 172.56 · weakest Chicken (164.53)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
675.33
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
695
635–860 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
372
5 mapped stops · furthest 372 mi
Schedule strength
1606
average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$163,905
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1525
peak 1525 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0856 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- 2023
- First call Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB
- Career-best overall score694.8000 Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB
- Peak power rating (1525) Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB | 2023-10-27 |
| +5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| +2.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2022-09-29 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 46% | 96.5% | 94.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 92.8% | 92.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-27 | Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR | 7 / 49 (694.8000) | 32 (167.4056) | 18 (173.1316) | 5 (177.7028) | 7 (176.5600) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 220 / 487 (675.3484) | 352 (163.9540) | 343 (163.4172) | 47 (176.0000) | 106 (171.9772) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 164 / 211 (673.6112) | 200 (162.8112) | 120 (170.2628) | 31 (175.4400) | 164 (165.0972) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 206 / 249 (667.8280) | 234 (163.3712) | 136 (170.8228) | 194 (166.8228) | 170 (166.8112) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 268 / 505 (665.0856) | 316 (165.0856) | 210 (168.5600) | 260 (166.8456) | 260 (164.5944) |