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Smokey Boys IA

Power ranking

#2055
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1479
peak 1507

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

2020-07-17
latest 2023-08-25

Best ToY finish

#808
Master 2023

Grand champs

1
0 reserve

Category wins

1
3 podiums

Overall top-10s

3
of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 66%
overall standings

Best overall

666.1948

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

549.59 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 506.57 (+43.02)

Walk rate

38%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1428

Consistency

±201.02
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 167.34 · weakest Brisket (154.51)

Road miles

1020
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 383 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BS BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokey Boys 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

HOME FARM BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Heat's Neat in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 7 2 1 2 177.1428 154.8344 167.34 top 54%
Pork Ribs 7 1 0 1 173.1544 153.6340 163.81 top 65%
Pork 6 0 0 0 170.8344 154.8000 160.63 top 75%
Brisket 6 0 0 0 159.3712 144.4572 154.51 top 87%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA51top 76%
WI20top 93%
MO10top 21%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)50top 70%
Large (40+)20top 81%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2023300 666.1948 641.90
2022210 643.3828 411.12
2021201 658.1712 499.36
2020100 641.0628 641.06

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023-08-25 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) Washington Island, WI 25 / 28 (649.4968) 22 (167.3944) 24 (163.3596) 25 (162.2400) 26 (156.5028)
2023-08-24 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) Washington Island, WI 26 / 27 (610.0112) 26 (154.8344) 26 (153.6340) 26 (157.0856) 26 (144.4572)
2023-03-31 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 34 / 47 (666.1948) 19 (171.4056) 26 (166.8688) 15 (170.8344) 46 (157.0860)
2022-04-01 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 43 / 48 (643.3828) 37 (165.7028) 42 (158.8116) 39 (159.9884) 40 (158.8800)
2022-04-01 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) Altoona, IA 1 (178.8572)
2021-07-16 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff Cedar Rapids, IA 21 / 26 (658.1712) 2 (177.1428) 14 (166.8572) 24 (154.8000) 21 (159.3712)
2021-03-12 American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest Kansas City, MO 5 / 24 (340.5484) 1 (176.5828) 17 (163.9656)
2020-07-17 Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off MARION, IA 22 / 36 (641.0628) 27 (158.2856) 2 (173.1544) 22 (158.8456) 25 (150.7772)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023 ↗ Master #808 (165 pts) #768 (210 pts) #950 (170 pts) #730 (215 pts) #870 (165 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #1309 (60 pts) #1341 (60 pts) #1404 (60 pts) #1348 (60 pts) #1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1191 (71 pts) #656 (251 pts) #1138 (106 pts) #1531 (56 pts) #1207 (71 pts)

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