SMOKIN TRIGGERS GA

Power ranking

#2948

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1392

peak 1514

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-12-28

latest 2023-08-11

Best ToY finish

#84

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 40 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0516

Hammond BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.84 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 659.02 (-11.18)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · National Western BBQ Throwdown

Consistency

±16.20

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.53 · weakest Brisket (161.77)

Road miles

20744

mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 1725 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

HONKY-TONK SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN TRIGGERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS has come out ahead in 14 of their 16 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of PIG IN A PIT in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 52% across 3 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	41	7	1	1	178.2972	144.4572	164.92	top 67%
Pork Ribs	39	7	0	0	174.8572	155.4288	166.53	top 59%
Pork	39	4	0	0	174.8572	143.9772	165.85	top 59%
Brisket	39	2	0	0	173.1428	143.9772	161.77	top 69%

“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	Avg finish
GA	11	top 77%
CO	7	top 63%
OK	6	top 77%
TX	4	top 50%
AZ	3	top 74%
WI	2	top 79%
NM	2	top 52%
TN	1	top 70%
KS	1	top 90%
LA	1	top 17%
MO	1	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 73%
Large (40+)	22	top 66%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (15 contests)
Cooks mostly in GA (12 of 40 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (41 entries)
All-time average overall score: 659.02

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

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2023	2	0	639.8288	637.22
2022	5	0	680.5028	661.32
2021	9	0	676.4684	657.50
2020	8	0	676.5032	665.26
2019	15	1	685.0516	659.11
2018	1	0	655.9084	655.91

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-08-11	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO	25 / 27 (639.8288)	18 (166.2284)	24 (155.9544)	25 (152.5144)	17 (165.1316)
2023-05-12	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA	38 / 40 (634.6056)	9 (173.1084)	37 (160.5144)	27 (165.1084)	38 (149.6228)
2022-10-14	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival Grovetown, GA	46 / 51 (656.9828)	51 (154.2172)	31 (169.1084)	28 (168.5372)	35 (165.1200)
2022-10-14	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA	—	33 (158.8116)	—	—	—
2022-08-05	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO	31 / 35 (638.1488)	33 (158.2172)	30 (162.2744)	28 (160.5256)	31 (157.1316)
2022-05-20	Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN	21 / 30 (669.6456)	21 (165.6800)	9 (172.0000)	23 (165.1200)	17 (166.8456)
2022-05-13	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA	16 / 42 (680.5028)	29 (167.3828)	12 (170.2972)	15 (170.8228)	13 (172.0000)
2021-09-04	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 Augusta, GA	33 / 43 (676.4684)	38 (165.1200)	18 (173.1200)	9 (174.2628)	40 (163.9656)
2021-09-03	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 Augusta, GA	32 / 37 (660.4000)	35 (163.9312)	29 (166.2516)	30 (167.9772)	30 (162.2400)
2021-08-06	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	35 / 42 (646.8460)	29 (164.5828)	27 (165.7260)	14 (172.5600)	42 (143.9772)
2021-07-09	Sand Creek Summer Daze Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition Newton, KS	19 / 21 (635.3260)	21 (155.4060)	7 (170.2744)	21 (154.2284)	17 (155.4172)
2021-05-22	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 Evans, GA	21 / 21 (662.1948)	6 (174.3088)	21 (160.5144)	16 (167.4172)	21 (159.9544)
2021-05-21	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Evans, GA	20 / 21 (640.4232)	21 (161.6800)	20 (162.8116)	18 (163.4400)	20 (152.4916)
2021-05-14	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF Waynesboro, GA	20 / 42 (675.9088)	22 (167.9888)	11 (173.1200)	35 (161.6572)	11 (173.1428)
2021-03-20	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	47 / 50 (657.6688)	48 (159.3944)	30 (168.0000)	43 (166.2628)	40 (164.0116)
2021-03-19	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	45 / 56 (662.2404)	47 (163.4400)	45 (163.4172)	42 (165.1088)	27 (170.2744)
2020-11-21	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2) Waco, TX	20 / 25 (672.4916)	20 (170.8456)	22 (166.8228)	12 (169.1432)	19 (165.6800)
2020-11-20	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) Waco, TX	19 / 26 (658.7656)	17 (165.1084)	11 (171.4400)	15 (168.5600)	23 (153.6572)
2020-10-24	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	55 / 58 (654.2060)	28 (173.1316)	46 (164.5600)	39 (168.5828)	57 (147.9316)
2020-10-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	52 / 64 (665.0400)	57 (164.5372)	37 (167.4172)	18 (174.8572)	55 (158.2284)
2020-09-19	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 Shawnee, OK	36 / 56 (673.6228)	43 (166.8456)	38 (167.3944)	14 (174.2628)	39 (165.1200)
2020-09-18	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 Shawnee, OK	26 / 56 (676.5032)	29 (169.6916)	24 (170.2972)	10 (174.2744)	45 (162.2400)
2020-09-05	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Augusta, GA	46 / 54 (672.4916)	33 (173.7028)	18 (174.2972)	49 (162.8116)	51 (161.6800)
2020-09-04	Practice for Cash Augusta, GA	39 / 46 (648.9372)	43 (158.2288)	35 (162.8344)	22 (168.5256)	41 (159.3484)
2019-12-27	Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ	39 / 44 (648.9944)	42 (158.2172)	33 (165.6916)	28 (165.7028)	38 (159.3828)
2019-11-15	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ Belton, TX	7 / 24 (670.8456)	8 (172.0000)	6 (169.1428)	9 (168.5944)	16 (161.1084)
2019-09-27	Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	20 / 33 (661.0744)	26 (157.7028)	16 (166.2744)	12 (170.2744)	15 (166.8228)
2019-09-20	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival Grand Lake, CO	13 / 25 (654.1028)	11 (166.8456)	12 (168.5140)	19 (157.0744)	13 (161.6688)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	26 / 54 (669.0972)	29 (167.9884)	4 (174.8572)	24 (167.3944)	39 (158.8572)
2019-07-13	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI	25 / 36 (651.9544)	9 (170.8572)	30 (157.6572)	24 (161.7028)	26 (161.7372)
2019-07-12	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 Green Bay, WI	33 / 37 (604.4348)	35 (144.4572)	34 (155.4288)	36 (152.0000)	31 (152.5488)
2019-06-29	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) Artesia, NM	21 / 34 (667.8856)	9 (174.2744)	21 (166.8228)	24 (163.9428)	22 (162.8456)
2019-06-28	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) Artesia, NM	17 / 41 (674.1828)	18 (166.8228)	4 (174.8572)	24 (166.8228)	17 (165.6800)
2019-06-14	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	29 / 55 (653.0060)	28 (167.4172)	22 (165.6916)	20 (167.3828)	42 (152.5144)
2019-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	33 / 72 (673.0632)	39 (166.2400)	59 (162.2516)	8 (174.8572)	30 (169.7144)
2019-03-22	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	8 / 48 (685.0516)	5 (175.4172)	10 (170.2860)	20 (168.5256)	23 (170.8228)
2019-03-14	Big 12 Big Q (NBBQL COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO	11 / 11 (634.2740)	11 (157.6912)	10 (161.7256)	11 (143.9772)	4 (170.8800)
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	22 / 126 (662.7424)	64 (157.1084)	18 (169.7028)	22 (169.6684)	29 (166.2628)
2019-01-11	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	10 / 38 (675.9084)	1 (178.2972)	25 (162.2400)	14 (167.4056)	10 (167.9656)
2018-12-28	Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ	34 / 47 (655.9084)	42 (159.4056)	30 (165.1200)	27 (166.2628)	24 (165.1200)

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1055 (112 pts)	#934 (147 pts)	#1191 (117 pts)	#1100 (112 pts)	#910 (152 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#615 (300 pts)	#626 (315 pts)	#590 (385 pts)	#654 (295 pts)	#601 (335 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#278 (694 pts)	#262 (774 pts)	#237 (879 pts)	#216 (894 pts)	#274 (734 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#210 (574 pts)	#217 (564 pts)	#183 (624 pts)	#156 (734 pts)	#227 (514 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#307 (1011 pts)	#196 (1298 pts)	#217 (1246 pts)	#323 (982 pts)	#377 (876 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#407 (849 pts)	#297 (1089 pts)	#287 (1094 pts)	#264 (1154 pts)	#487 (762 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#328 (1121 pts)	#238 (1281 pts)	#134 (1679 pts)	#420 (909 pts)	#235 (1364 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#306 (1150 pts)	#329 (1100 pts)	#257 (1315 pts)	#332 (1105 pts)	#251 (1305 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#136 (1863 pts)	#112 (1723 pts)	#90 (1874 pts)	#80 (1881 pts)	#145 (1713 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#84 (2106 pts)	#96 (1868 pts)	#35 (2212 pts)	#77 (1936 pts)	#121 (1818 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#106 (1895 pts)	#126 (1590 pts)	#129 (1613 pts)	#144 (1508 pts)	#47 (2170 pts)