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.
Smoke Addicts has 2 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 113 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke Addicts has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Smoke Addicts's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after Smoke Addicts did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smoke Addicts on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Smoke Addicts's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 147.4628 | 153.16 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0000 | 141.0972 | 144.55 | top 89% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.4172 | 133.7256 | 140.57 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5832 | 150.2628 | 153.42 | top 62% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 32 / 32 (597.6344) | 30 (158.8572) | 32 (141.0972) | 32 (147.4172) | 31 (150.2628) |
| 2014-04-04 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 29 / 40 (585.7716) | 24 (147.4628) | 31 (148.0000) | 37 (133.7256) | 11 (156.5832) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1565 (57 pts) | #1597 (57 pts) | #1693 (57 pts) | #1570 (57 pts) | #1577 (57 pts) |