Four Alarm Smokers

Four Alarm Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 15th of 16 at the TN River BBQ Battle (2022). They are ranked #6208 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,208

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1420

peak 1420 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 26, 2016

latest Oct 3, 2025 · 9.1 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 91%

overall standings

Best overall

646.2516 / 720

Master · Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club

Perfect 180s

Current form

613.75 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 617.67 (-3.93)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Pork · TN River BBQ Fest

Consistency

±20.92

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.89 · weakest Brisket (142.30)

Road miles

671

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 97 mi

Schedule strength

69%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)

Purse competed for

$68K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

617.67 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 100% of their meetings

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−19.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 19.59 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 142.30
Pork avg 161.89
0 calls in 10 entries

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) (Oct 3, 2025).

last seen Aug 25, 2023
back Oct 3, 2025

Pork nemesis

7 of 7 shared pork entries lost

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork entries.

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White Wolf Smokers

#6,210 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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Jonesy's Smoke Rangers

#6,204 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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IT'S BUTTA BABY! BBQ

#6,205 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

Level with Four Alarm Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen May 16, 2025

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CAL-COOP BBQ

#6,213 of the rated field

1419 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1419

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Four Alarm Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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Smell My Smoke BBQ

#6,212 of the rated field

1419 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1419

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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Arno's Hausstil

#6,206 of the rated field

1420 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1420

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
Poppa Pig	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
K & K KOOKERS	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	0	170.8572	138.2744	158.11	top 78%
Pork Ribs	10	0	166.8456	146.3092	156.09	top 88%
Pork	9	3	173.7144	144.5944	161.89	top 69%
Brisket	10	0	154.8228	131.3600	142.30	top 96%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 94%
Medium (20–39)	5	top 89%
Large (40+)	4	top 92%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TN	8	0	top 90%
MS	2	0	top 93%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin' For Down Syndrome	2	27	0	top 93%	Apr 1, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 8 of 10 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 215 finished ahead 33 times, behind 295

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Aug 25, 2023 → Oct 3, 2025

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

20252 milestones

Oct 3 10th tracked contest Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest)
Oct 3 Most recent contest Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest)

20231 milestone

Aug 25 Career-best single call (Pork)173.7144 TN River BBQ Fest

20164 milestones

Aug 26 First tracked contest Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Aug 26 First call Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Aug 26 Career-best overall score646.2516 Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club
Aug 26 Peak power rating (1497) Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 19, 2020
-10.3	Eighth Annual Bull Moose (JUDGE'S FULL)	Apr 6, 2018
-9.5	Smokin' For Down Syndrome	Apr 1, 2022
-8.5	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 18, 2021
-8.1	TN River BBQ Fest	Aug 25, 2023

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)
2025	1	0%	top 96%	81%	81%
2023	1	100%	top 100%	87%	87%
2022	2	50%	top 95%	89.4%	85.3%
2021	2	0%	top 89%	87.7%	86.2%
2020	1	0%	top 96%	87%	87%
2018	2	0%	top 91%	86.2%	85.1%
2016	1	100%	top 65%	89.8%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 3, 2025	Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) 🏅 Jackson, TN	24 / 25 (583.3372)	24 (151.9772)	24 (155.4056)	25 (144.5944)	25 (131.3600)
Aug 25, 2023	TN River BBQ Fest 🏅 Saltillo, TN	23 / 23 (626.1716)	23 (153.0972)	22 (157.6800)	9 (173.7144)	22 (141.6800)
Sep 23, 2022	TN River BBQ Battle 🏅 Saltillo, TN	15 / 16 (643.9776)	15 (160.0344)	13 (160.5488)	10 (171.4172)	16 (151.9772)
Apr 1, 2022	Smokin' For Down Syndrome 🏅 Collierville, TN	27 / 28 (583.9544)	28 (138.2744)	28 (151.3828)	23 (157.1772)	27 (137.1200)
Jun 18, 2021	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS	43 / 48 (631.2920)	22 (169.1432)	42 (157.6800)	45 (154.2056)	45 (150.2632)
Apr 9, 2021	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN	39 / 44 (609.5200)	29 (164.5828)	42 (147.3600)	28 (164.5256)	43 (133.0516)
Jun 19, 2020	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS	45 / 47 (626.1944)	45 (150.8344)	37 (165.6916)	—	38 (154.8228)
Aug 24, 2018	Great American BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN	32 / 36 (620.5380)	13 (170.8572)	36 (146.3092)	25 (162.8456)	36 (140.5260)
Apr 6, 2018	Eighth Annual Bull Moose (JUDGE'S FULL) Somerville, TN	37 / 40 (605.5092)	32 (159.9772)	37 (151.9888)	35 (158.8116)	39 (134.7316)
Aug 26, 2016	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN	20 / 31 (646.2516)	21 (162.2972)	15 (166.8456)	8 (169.6800)	30 (147.4288)

Four Alarm Smokers

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

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 (4 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Pork nemesis

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)

📉 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)