Music City Smokers TN
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2020-11-20
latest 2026-06-12
Best ToY finish
#320
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
412.05
last 4 Backyard vs avg 412.05 (+0.00)
Walk rate
30%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±75.24
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.72 · weakest Brisket (148.68)
Road miles
3295
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 583 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
650.50 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
412.05 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
⚔️ A tough matchup
Dogpatch Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
😤 Pork Ribs nemesis
Even in their strongest meat, Dogpatch Q has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared pork ribs entries.
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 161.6916 | 166.76 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 154.7884 | 167.72 | top 47% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.6344 | 163.57 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 138.1716 | 148.68 | top 93% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 4 | 0 | top 66% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (3 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TN (4 of 10 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (9 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 650.50 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 412.05 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 — First tracked contest · Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 📈 2022-04-22 — Peak power rating (1495) · Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- 📣 2025-02-14 — First call · Ribs on the Ridge
- ⭐ 2025-02-14 — Career-best overall score (671.3372) · Ribs on the Ridge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | 2025-03-21 |
| +9 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2026-06-12 |
| +4.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2025-03-21 |
| +1.9 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) | 2022-04-22 |
| +1.4 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-05-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2024-07-27 |
| -10 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2022-05-20 |
| -7.5 | Ribs on the Ridge | 2025-02-14 |
| -7.2 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | 2020-11-20 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | — | — |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | — | — |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 60% | 94.6% | 93.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 138.7% | 113.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 131.7% | 131.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) Springfield, TN | 9 / 32 (517.6456) | 16 (169.6684) | 7 (174.8572) | 12 (173.1200) | — |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 15 / 33 (340.5144) | 26 (163.9428) | 5 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 3 (174.8688) | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-02-14 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 12 / 16 (671.3372) | 7 (175.4056) | 9 (170.8572) | 10 (170.8344) | 13 (154.2400) |
| 2024-07-27 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 32 / 34 (639.2232) | 32 (161.6916) | 28 (165.0972) | 30 (158.8000) | 34 (153.6344) |
| 2023-05-19 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 20 / 34 (334.2284) | 27 (165.1084) | 14 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2022-05-20 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 26 / 30 (640.9372) | 20 (166.2628) | 13 (171.9772) | 25 (164.5256) | 29 (138.1716) |
| 2022-04-22 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) Florence, AL | 18 / 34 (499.3256) | 18 (166.8228) | 13 (167.9772) | 23 (164.5256) | — |
| 2020-11-20 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 25 / 40 (474.1488) | 16 (166.2628) | 21 (158.2516) | 25 (149.6344) | — |
| Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN | 32 / 36 (474.7196) | 21 (165.7028) | 27 (154.7884) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #320 (108 pts) | #406 (58 pts) | #246 (183 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #983 (106 pts) | #886 (146 pts) | #994 (126 pts) | #985 (116 pts) | #1038 (101 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1464 (59 pts) | #1499 (59 pts) | #1562 (59 pts) | #1478 (59 pts) | #1465 (59 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #289 (94 pts) | #261 (119 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1653 (55 pts) | #1260 (80 pts) | #1174 (115 pts) | #1654 (55 pts) | #1654 (55 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #226 (95 pts) | #259 (70 pts) | — | — |