COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC

COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 11th of 16 at the Grill Cook Master (2015). They are ranked #5229 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,229

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1457

peak 1457 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 7, 2015

latest Jul 14, 2023 · 7.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#893

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

650.7432 / 720

Master · The Ironman

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.52 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 627.33 (+18.19)

Walk rate

22%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2972

Pork Ribs · The Ironman

Consistency

±22.56

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.86 · weakest Brisket (151.90)

Road miles

612

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 171 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$22K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

627.33 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.96 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 151.90
Chicken avg 159.86
0 calls in 9 entries

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at The Ironman (Apr 7, 2023).

last seen Apr 19, 2019
back Apr 7, 2023

Chicken nemesis

5 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared chicken entries.

An April team

Top 65% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 65% across 4 contests, versus top 77% the rest of the year.

4 April contests
top 77% the rest of the year

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#893 (135 pts)	#958 (140 pts)	#797 (235 pts)	#916 (140 pts)	#970 (125 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1400 (135 pts)	#1413 (155 pts)	#1324 (175 pts)	#1397 (160 pts)	#1536 (120 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2852 (55 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2862 (55 pts)	#2851 (55 pts)	#2840 (55 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1252 (223 pts)	#1171 (263 pts)	#1370 (208 pts)	#1162 (283 pts)	#1190 (248 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC, each with one reason worth a look.

121 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

One Love BBQ

#5,222 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 10, 2026

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Big Bear's BBQ

#5,244 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 27, 2021

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BACK NINE BBQ

#5,236 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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BIG D BBQ

#5,235 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1457

Level with COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 19, 2024

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HELL BENT 100% TEXAS COOKERS

#5,238 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

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 Nov 21, 2020

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Foundry BBQ

#5,216 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1458

They turned up 9 years after COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	165.6916	142.2856	159.86	top 69%
Pork Ribs	9	1	170.2972	137.6800	155.85	top 67%
Pork	9	1	165.6916	153.1088	159.72	top 68%
Brisket	9	0	161.1772	142.7888	151.90	top 80%

“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 69%
Medium (20–39)	5	top 87%
Large (40+)	3	top 63%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
VA	5	top 87%
PA	3	top 56%
MD	1	top 91%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Ironman	3	21	0	top 56%	Apr 7, 2023
Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	2	27	0	top 87%	Oct 13, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 5 of 9 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 247 finished ahead 83 times, behind 270

Longest layoff 4 yrs Apr 19, 2019 → Apr 7, 2023

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

20232 milestones

Apr 7 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 The Ironman
Jul 14 Most recent contest Chillin & Grillin in the Glades

20191 milestone

Apr 5 Career-best overall score650.7432 The Ironman

20181 milestone

Apr 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5376 The Ironman

20153 milestones

Aug 7 First tracked contest Black Dog Music and Que Festival
Aug 7 Peak power rating (1488) Black Dog Music and Que Festival
Sep 25 First call Grill Cook Master

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.5	The Ironman	Apr 6, 2018
+2.9	The Ironman	Apr 5, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	Black Dog Music and Que Festival	Aug 7, 2015
-10.3	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 19, 2019
-8	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	Oct 16, 2015
-7.9	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	Oct 13, 2017
-6.8	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades	Jul 14, 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)
2023	2	50%	top 82%	90.4%	90.2%
2019	2	0%	top 72%	90.4%	88.9%
2018	1	0%	top 47%	90.1%	90.1%
2017	1	0%	top 90%	83.1%	83.1%
2015	3	33%	top 83%	86.4%	84.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 14, 2023	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	34 / 36 (650.6976)	30 (165.6916)	24 (167.3944)	35 (158.2516)	34 (159.3600)
Apr 7, 2023	The Ironman 🏅 Greencastle, PA	21 / 30 (647.9772)	20 (162.3088)	6 (170.2972)	20 (162.2856)	23 (153.0856)
Apr 19, 2019	Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	49 / 54 (629.6232)	36 (162.8228)	35 (161.1316)	47 (153.1088)	47 (152.5600)
Apr 5, 2019	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	22 / 42 (650.7432)	18 (165.1200)	14 (166.8688)	17 (165.6916)	32 (153.0628)
Apr 6, 2018	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	28 / 60 (648.5376)	31 (164.5600)	29 (161.6916)	29 (161.1088)	34 (161.1772)
Oct 13, 2017	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA	27 / 30 (598.6636)	24 (155.4288)	29 (145.0744)	25 (155.3716)	30 (142.7888)
Oct 16, 2015	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA	31 / 37 (590.8456)	36 (142.2856)	31 (149.0972)	27 (155.4400)	32 (144.0228)
Sep 25, 2015	Grill Cook Master Harrisonburg, VA	11 / 16 (606.6976)	8 (159.9772)	14 (143.3944)	8 (160.5372)	12 (142.7888)
Aug 7, 2015	Black Dog Music and Que Festival Floyd, VA	26 / 27 (622.1488)	22 (160.5256)	27 (137.6800)	18 (165.6800)	19 (158.2632)

COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

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 (5 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

An April team

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

Overall rank by season

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)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 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)