BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA

BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 17th of 26 at the Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 (2020). They are ranked #4780 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,780

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1467

peak 1467 · rated over 16 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2019

latest Aug 25, 2023 · 4.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#484

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

677.5772 / 720

Master · Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.74 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.93 (+11.81)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Rockin' BBQ Take 2

Consistency

±10.52

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.10 · weakest Brisket (161.28)

Road miles

1,513

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)

Purse competed for

$79K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 16 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.93 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

677.5772 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.5772 at Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 18, 2023

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Bleacher Bums BBQ has finished one call ahead of BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

12–1 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 92% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.82 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 12%.

Brisket avg 161.28
Chicken avg 168.10
0 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Extra Mile BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1604 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

16 rated contests

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An August team

Top 62% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 62% across 5 contests, versus top 73% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 73% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.46% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.46% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
21 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#691 (223 pts)	#407 (554 pts)	#676 (297 pts)	#578 (328 pts)	#802 (188 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#640 (280 pts)	#609 (330 pts)	#656 (330 pts)	#534 (395 pts)	#667 (285 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#752 (180 pts)	#805 (180 pts)	#698 (237 pts)	#448 (420 pts)	#782 (180 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#484 (211 pts)	#345 (356 pts)	#338 (374 pts)	#591 (171 pts)	#520 (211 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1226 (180 pts)	#1234 (200 pts)	#1188 (215 pts)	#1301 (180 pts)	#1143 (230 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA, each with one reason worth a look.

139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Grill on Grill Action

#4,775 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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SMOKEN SOULS BARBECUE

#4,768 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1508

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jun 4, 2021

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Crooked Que BBQ

#4,796 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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POP'S HOBO BBQ

#4,771 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1468

Level with BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jun 13, 2025

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WOBBLY HOGS BBQ

#4,755 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1468

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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Don't Tread on Meat

#4,786 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

They turned up 5 years after BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jul 31, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
iBQ'n	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
WE WILL ROCK QUE	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Bleacher Bums BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bones Barbecue	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOOSIERS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	2	2	178.8572	158.2400	168.10	top 59%
Pork Ribs	20	1	0	171.4172	156.5028	164.14	top 67%
Pork	16	4	0	177.1428	150.8116	165.25	top 61%
Brisket	16	0	0	166.8572	155.4172	161.28	top 74%

“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

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 77%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 69%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	3	22	top 58%	Aug 19, 2022
8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2)	2	18	top 79%	May 14, 2022
CCSFEST	2	35	top 87%	Apr 8, 2022
Rockin BBQ	2	33	top 74%	May 29, 2020

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 5 contests

Contests a season 4.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 21 of 21 contests

Contests visited 11 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 20 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 204 finished ahead 177 times, behind 434

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20233 milestones

Aug 18 Career-best overall score677.5772 Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues
Aug 25 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Rockin' BBQ Take 2
Aug 25 Most recent contest Rockin' BBQ Take 2

20211 milestone

May 15 10th tracked contest Rockin' BBQ - Day 2

20201 milestone

Sep 12 First call Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2

20193 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest CCSFest
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1488 CCSFest
Apr 5 Peak power rating (1492) CCSFest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	Aug 19, 2022
+4	Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues	Aug 18, 2023
+2.1	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2	Sep 12, 2020
+0.9	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	Aug 20, 2021
+0.5	Rocking BBQ Warsaw	May 19, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.8	CCSFest	Apr 5, 2019
-6.9	Rockin' BBQ Take 2	Aug 25, 2023
-6.5	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)	May 13, 2022
-4.9	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1	Sep 11, 2020
-4.7	Rockin BBQ	May 10, 2019

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	5	40%	top 68%	94.1%	93.1%
2022	5	20%	top 73%	93.6%	92%
2021	4	50%	top 72%	92.4%	91.1%
2020	4	25%	top 73%	93.1%	91.1%
2019	3	0%	top 77%	90.5%	90.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 25, 2023	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	20 / 23 (664.4800)	2 (178.8572)	22 (163.9772)	18 (163.9656)	21 (157.6800)
Aug 25, 2023	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN	—	18 (167.9540)	—	—	—
Aug 18, 2023	Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues 🏅 Madison, IN	21 / 41 (677.5772)	11 (175.4172)	17 (170.8344)	26 (166.2284)	27 (165.0972)
May 19, 2023	Rocking BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN	23 / 35 (669.0512)	18 (170.8228)	28 (164.5256)	5 (174.8572)	28 (158.8456)
May 19, 2023	Rocking BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN	—	—	21 (159.3600)	—	—
Aug 19, 2022	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN	22 / 45 (674.1256)	17 (171.9656)	22 (168.5372)	22 (168.5372)	28 (165.0856)
May 14, 2022	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	18 / 25 (668.4684)	16 (170.8456)	24 (156.5028)	4 (174.2628)	14 (166.8572)
May 13, 2022	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	31 / 36 (651.8284)	22 (168.5256)	22 (165.0972)	30 (162.7884)	31 (155.4172)
May 13, 2022	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs) Warsaw, IN	—	—	23 (162.8572)	—	—
Apr 8, 2022	CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN	36 / 42 (655.8056)	28 (170.2512)	31 (166.2400)	35 (163.3828)	40 (155.9316)
Aug 20, 2021	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN	26 / 43 (665.0056)	37 (161.6572)	26 (165.6800)	5 (177.1428)	32 (160.5256)
May 15, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	30 / 39 (644.9712)	35 (158.2400)	33 (161.0972)	30 (163.4056)	29 (162.2284)
May 14, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	32 / 41 (657.0052)	34 (161.6912)	34 (158.8112)	6 (174.2628)	34 (162.2400)
May 14, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	25 (164)	—	—
Sep 12, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	17 / 26 (670.1828)	3 (176.5600)	7 (171.4172)	25 (157.6456)	18 (164.5600)
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	30 / 36 (651.2456)	23 (166.8228)	25 (164.5256)	30 (158.8000)	24 (161.0972)
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	17 (167.9656)	—	—
May 29, 2020	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	46 / 66 (646.7084)	38 (162.8228)	28 (165.6916)	37 (162.2284)	58 (155.9656)
Aug 16, 2019	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madsion, IN	30 / 47 (651.7828)	32 (165.0856)	38 (158.8000)	31 (163.9544)	31 (163.9428)
May 10, 2019	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	33 / 42 (644.4228)	21 (168.5256)	30 (158.8228)	39 (150.8116)	15 (166.2628)
Apr 5, 2019	CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN	35 / 40 (650.1488)	33 (161.6800)	18 (167.9772)	34 (161.6800)	36 (158.8116)

BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

An August team

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)