If You Got it Smoke It

If You Got it Smoke It is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 48 at the York County BBQ Festival (2019). They are ranked #1852 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “IF YOU GOT IT - SMOKE IT”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,852

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1545

peak 1545 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 8, 2019

latest Jun 30, 2023 · 4.3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

70% of 10 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 35%

overall standings

Best overall

645.0400 / 720

Master · The Ironman

Perfect 180s

Current form

290.71 ▼

last 5 Backyard vs avg 304.96 (-14.25)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8916

Pork Ribs · K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±54.92

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.34 · weakest Brisket (151.98)

Road miles

471

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$49K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

626.46 / 720

2 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

304.96 / 360

8 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 10% average finish here

York County BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 10%

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DRILLING & GRILLING has finished one call ahead of If You Got it Smoke It 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

Top Gun Barbecue ahead in 83% of their meetings

Top Gun Barbecue has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jun 30, 2023).

last seen May 14, 2021
back Jun 30, 2023

Pork Ribs nemesis

4 of 5 shared pork ribs entries lost

Top Gun Barbecue ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Top Gun Barbecue has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared pork ribs entries.

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Boom or bust

±13.72% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±13.72% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 85.2% of a perfect score
best 93.8%

A June team

Top 20% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 35% 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
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#197 (116 pts)	#124 (215 pts)	—	—

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to If You Got it Smoke It, each with one reason worth a look.

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

LATE NIGHT HOGGERS

#1,851 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1551

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

rated over 9 contests

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BIG RED'S BARBECUE

#1,846 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1546

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 28, 2018

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Texas Rebel SmokeHouse

#1,862 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1545

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 18, 2023

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TEAM BALLINGER

#1,861 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1545

Level with If You Got it Smoke It on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Mar 13, 2020

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Pull'n My Pork Bbq

#1,856 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1545

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before If You Got it Smoke It's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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BBQ BRETHREN

#1,844 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1546

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before If You Got it Smoke It's first contest.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2015

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rogue Hog BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
DIG'N N PIG'N	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	5	1	3	20%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	4	1	2	170.2628	149.1428	162.04	top 41%
Pork Ribs	9	5	0	0	170.8916	150.2628	162.34	top 32%
Pork	2	0	0	0	160.5028	146.8456	153.67	top 78%
Brisket	2	0	0	0	156.5828	147.3828	151.98	top 73%

“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)	2	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 35%
Large (40+)	7	top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	6	top 30%
NJ	3	top 52%
MD	1	top 15%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
York County BBQ Festival	2	3	0	top 10%	Jun 26, 2020

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 6 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 9 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Opponents faced 274 finished ahead 307 times, behind 170

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs May 14, 2021 → Jun 30, 2023

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

20234 milestones

Jun 30 10th tracked contest K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 30 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8916 K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 30 Peak power rating (1545) K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 30 Most recent contest K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)

20193 milestones

Apr 5 Career-best overall score645.0400 The Ironman
Jun 28 First overall podium York County BBQ Festival
Jun 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3944 York County BBQ Festival

—4 milestones

First tracked contest Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
First category win (Chicken) Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
First overall top-10 Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 28, 2019
+13.4	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 19, 2019
+12.1	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 26, 2020
+5.7	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 14, 2021
+4.2	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 30, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.4	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo	Mar 8, 2019
-1	The Ironman	Apr 5, 2019

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	2	2	1	100%	top 35%	89%	87.5%
2023	1	1	0	100%	top 42%	93.8%	93.8%
2021	2	1	0	100%	top 28%	90.1%	67.5%
2020	1	1	0	100%	top 13%	91.9%	91.9%
2019	4	2	0	25%	top 42%	92.1%	89%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 30, 2023	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA	5 / 12 (337.7260)	7 (166.8344)	4 (170.8916)	—	—
May 14, 2021	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	10 / 46 (324.5144)	10 (165.1200)	13 (159.3944)	—	—
Apr 23, 2021	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	14 / 40 (161.1432)	—	10 (161.1432)	—	—
Jun 26, 2020	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	7 / 53 (330.8232)	14 (162.8116)	4 (168.0116)	—	—
Jun 28, 2019	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	3 / 48 (331.3944)	2 (169.7144)	7 (161.6800)	—	—
Apr 19, 2019	Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	8 / 54 (323.9088)	—	—	—	—
Apr 5, 2019	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	26 / 42 (645.0400)	31 (161.0856)	15 (166.8688)	27 (160.5028)	27 (156.5828)
Mar 8, 2019	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	56 / 66 (607.8740)	52 (151.3712)	28 (162.2744)	61 (146.8456)	54 (147.3828)
—	Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY) Landenberg, PA	6 / 17 (320.5256)	1 (170.2628)	13 (150.2628)	—	—
—	Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) Broadway Westville, NJ	8 / 23 (309.6568)	13 (149.1428)	6 (160.5140)	—	—

If You Got it Smoke It

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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

Backyard avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Boom or bust

A June team

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

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)