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
- Oct 27, 2023
Smokin Donkey's Barbecue
Smokin Donkey's Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 7th of 49 at the Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB (2023). Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKIN DONKEYS BARBECUE”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 32 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Oct 27, 2023 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.42
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.56 · weakest Chicken (164.53)
Road miles
372
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 372 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)
Purse competed for
$164K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.33 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin Donkey's Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin Donkey's Barbecue has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 92 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,364 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#2,371 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#2,366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,355 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1525
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Smokin Donkey's Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1531
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
Level with Smokin Donkey's Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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.
By field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 2 | 164 | 0 | top 80% | Sep 27, 2023 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 220 | 0 | top 49% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
695
finished ahead 635 times, behind 860
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20236 milestones
- 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
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.8280 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB | Oct 27, 2023 |
| +5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| +2.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2023 | 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) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 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) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 220 / 487 (675.3484) | 352 (163.9540) | 343 (163.4172) | 47 (176) | 106 (171.9772) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | 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) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | 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) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.