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Cobia Smoke

Cobia Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 29th of 31 at the Smoke in the Park (2021). They are ranked #6429 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,429
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1378
peak 1378 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

13
in the data

First seen

Jun 26, 2020
latest Jul 29, 2023 · 3.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#649
Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 92%
overall standings

Best overall

652.4344 / 720
Master · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

620.29
last 5 Master vs avg 620.12 (+0.17)

Walk rate

8%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1428
Chicken · York County BBQ Festival

Consistency

±15.94
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 160.36 · weakest Brisket (147.54)

Road miles

407
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi

Schedule strength

48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$109K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

620.12 / 720
13 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Pappy's Q has finished one call ahead of Cobia Smoke 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

13–0 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.82 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Brisket avg 147.54
  • Pork avg 160.36
  • 0 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Pappy's Q in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

12 of 13 shared pork entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared pork entries.

Going the wrong way

-32 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 32 points across 5 contests since Jul 29, 2022 — from 1409 down to 1378.

  • 5 contests since Jul 29, 2022
  • now 1378

The metronome

±2.21% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.21% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 86.1% of a perfect score
  • 13 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023 ↗ Master #771 (180 pts) #834 (180 pts) #913 (180 pts) #676 (245 pts) #815 (180 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #711 (239 pts) #589 (354 pts) #787 (239 pts) #690 (269 pts) #669 (284 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #649 (236 pts) #696 (236 pts) #703 (236 pts) #592 (286 pts) #691 (236 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #655 (120 pts) #696 (120 pts) #701 (120 pts) #706 (120 pts) #681 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Cobia Smoke, each with one reason worth a look.

PARTY PIGS BBQ
#6,428 of the rated field
1378 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1378

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 2, 2017
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BLUES ROCK BBQ
#6,430 of the rated field
1377 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1377

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Cobia Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 13 contests
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SQUEELS ON WHEELS
#6,427 of the rated field
1379 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1379

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 20 contests to 13.

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Jul 23, 2022
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Brewski and Barbeque
#6,432 of the rated field
1375 ▼ 2 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1375

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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D'Vine Swine
#6,431 of the rated field
1375 ▼ 2 power rating
Contests
27
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1375

They were already cooking in 2015, 5 years before Cobia Smoke's first contest.

  • rated over 27 contests
  • last seen Aug 18, 2023
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
4 BOXERS Q 13 1 12 8% ⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 12 0 12 0% ⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING 11 1 10 9% ⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ 11 0 11 0% ⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 11 0 11 0% ⚔ compare
Weber's Backyard BBQ 11 0 11 0% ⚔ compare
HARCO LOCO BBQ 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
MRC_Barbecue 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
Zoni-Q 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
Kane's BBQ 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
BUBBA'S BARBECUE 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 13 1 0 0 173.1428 142.7772 157.85 top 81%
Pork Ribs 13 0 0 0 162.8228 143.9432 154.36 top 86%
Pork 13 0 0 0 170.8228 145.0856 160.36 top 71%
Brisket 13 0 0 0 166.2972 123.1884 147.54 top 89%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)40top 88%
Large (40+)90top 94%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) 4 40 0 top 93% Jul 30, 2022
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 3 31 0 top 87% May 19, 2023
York County BBQ Festival 3 30 0 top 93% Jun 17, 2022
Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) 2 40 0 top 97% Jul 29, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 4 contests
Contests a season 3.3 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in PA 13 of 13 contests
Contests visited 5 4 of them more than once
Opponents faced 267 finished ahead 43 times, behind 842

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

20231 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)
20225 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4344 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
  2. Career-best overall score652.4344 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
  3. First call York County BBQ Festival
  4. Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1428 York County BBQ Festival
  5. 10th tracked contest Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)
20202 milestones
  1. First tracked contest York County BBQ Festival
  2. Peak power rating (1488) York County BBQ Festival

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

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12York County BBQ FestivalJun 26, 2020
-11.9Smoke in the GroveJul 24, 2020
-11.8York County BBQ FestivalJun 18, 2021
-11.5Twin Valley Fire and SmokeMay 14, 2021
-10.3Smoke in the GroveJul 30, 2021

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20233000 0% top 95% 87% 85.3%
20224000 25% top 89% 90.6% 88.2%
20214000 0% top 93% 88.1% 85%
20202000 0% top 93% 86.2% 85.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 29, 2023 Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA 40 / 40 (612.4232) 40 (151.9772) 36 (159.4400) 25 (169.1200) 40 (131.8860)
Jul 28, 2023 Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA 48 / 51 (604.4232) 51 (144.5372) 49 (150.7772) 44 (158.8344) 49 (150.2744)
May 19, 2023 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA 34 / 37 (626.0916) 36 (150.8000) 33 (153.6456) 12 (167.4172) 31 (154.2288)
Jul 30, 2022 Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA 40 / 42 (643.3144) 32 (167.3828) 39 (159.9544) 38 (157.7028) 37 (158.2744)
Jul 29, 2022 Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA 51 / 54 (615.2000) 46 (160.5028) 52 (150.7888) 42 (158.8000) 54 (145.1084)
Jun 17, 2022 York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA 30 / 34 (630.1144) 6 (173.1428) 32 (146.8000) 22 (162.8344) 31 (147.3372)
May 13, 2022 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA 31 / 39 (652.4344) 35 (160.5144) 29 (159.9428) 22 (165.6800) 16 (166.2972)
Sep 24, 2021 Smoke in the Park 🏅 Lemoyne, PA 29 / 31 (616.4688) 26 (161.1316) 31 (145.6572) 30 (149.7028) 26 (159.9772)
Jul 30, 2021 Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA 49 / 54 (634.1832) 46 (158.2632) 48 (155.9772) 15 (170.8228) 51 (149.1200)
Jun 18, 2021 York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA 40 / 41 (599.1428) 41 (142.7772) 25 (162.7884) 38 (154.8000) 40 (138.7772)
May 14, 2021 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA 41 / 46 (597.9880) 33 (158.7884) 33 (154.1940) 43 (145.0856) 44 (139.9200)
Jul 24, 2020 Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA 54 / 59 (620.4692) 36 (162.3088) 57 (143.9432) 48 (160.5600) 47 (153.6572)
Jun 26, 2020 York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA 50 / 53 (609.3596) 42 (159.9656) 37 (162.8228) 35 (163.3828) 53 (123.1884)

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

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