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SMOKE N BABES BBQ

SMOKE N BABES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 44 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 4 Grand Championships, most recently at the Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off (2015), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #403 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#403
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1698
peak 1699 · rated over 41 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

44
in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013
latest Sep 27, 2019 · 6.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#206
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

4
1 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time

Category wins

5
23 podiums

Overall top-10s

17
39% of 44 contests

Best top-10 run

4
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 29%
overall standings

Best overall

699.3944 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

668.48 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 671.12 (-2.64)

Walk rate

64%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±15.41
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.98 · weakest Brisket (166.46)

Road miles

6,922
across 44 mapped stops · furthest 573 mi

Schedule strength

46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Purse competed for

$87K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.12 / 720
44 Master contests · 4 GCs

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

Among the elite

#403 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 6% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1698 puts them #403 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.

  • rating 1698
  • peak 1699
  • 41 rated contests

Against the odds

17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Cookin on the Kaw (Oct 10, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TRUEBUD BBQ.

Giant slayer

46 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 46-team field at Cookin on the Kaw.

  • Oct 10, 2014

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

Cookin on the Kaw is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 2%

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 44 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 44 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.3944 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.3944 at Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 24, 2015

Their season

2014 2 Grand Championships

2014 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 33%.

  • 8 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 33%
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A tough matchup

17–1 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

The drought

22 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off on Jul 24, 2015 — 22 contests and 11.2 years ago.

  • last GC Jul 24, 2015
  • 11.2 years ago

A strong matchup

12–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

15 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CLARK CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 19 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 79 at their very first tracked contest, NKC MO State BBQ Championship (Mar 15, 2013).

  • Mar 15, 2013
  • 79-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smoke-A-Holics has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 16% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 16% across 7 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.

  • 7 June contests
  • top 29% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,922 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,922 miles across 44 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 573 miles to 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge.

  • 44 mapped stops
  • furthest 573 mi

The metronome

±2.12% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.12% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.2% of a perfect score
  • 44 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #1735 (95 pts) #1374 (165 pts) #2026 (60 pts) #1208 (210 pts) #2010 (60 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #818 (456 pts) #775 (511 pts) #943 (406 pts) #809 (496 pts) #924 (396 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #394 (989 pts) #393 (984 pts) #432 (934 pts) #399 (984 pts) #503 (814 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #206 (1,488 pts) #312 (1,138 pts) #233 (1,318 pts) #256 (1,218 pts) #250 (1,308 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #441 (877 pts) #538 (727 pts) #534 (737 pts) #483 (807 pts) #524 (707 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #280 (1,086 pts) #264 (1,066 pts) #586 (566 pts) #264 (1,086 pts) #326 (941 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

TEAM EATAPEDIA
#401 of the rated field
1699 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
49
GCs
5
Top-10s
55%
Peak
1702
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SMOKE N BABES BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKE N BABES BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 47 contests
  • last seen Oct 26, 2018
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QUE AND A HALF MEN
#399 of the rated field
1700 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
54
GCs
4
Top-10s
54%
Peak
1708
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to SMOKE N BABES BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before SMOKE N BABES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 52 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
Breaking Slabs BBQ
#402 of the rated field
1699 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
41
GCs
3
Top-10s
71%
Peak
1699

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 38 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 38 contests
  • last seen Oct 26, 2024
  • on a 4-contest top-10 run
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Pork Butt Paradise
#400 of the rated field
1700 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
2
Top-10s
68%
Peak
1711

Careers of much the same size, 37 contests to 44, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 37 contests
  • last seen Aug 17, 2024
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SWINE DINING GA
#404 of the rated field
1698 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
2
Top-10s
41%
Peak
1711

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 39 contests, alongside a 41% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 37 contests
  • last seen Mar 6, 2020
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MUSTANG SALLY BBQ
#406 of the rated field
1696 ▼ 2 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
3
Top-10s
57%
Peak
1699
3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to SMOKE N BABES BBQ)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 35 contests
  • last seen Sep 13, 2019
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Theslabs.com 20 11 9 55% ⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS 20 7 13 35% ⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ 19 5 14 26% ⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE 18 7 11 39% ⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN 18 6 12 33% ⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 18 1 17 6% ⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig 17 10 7 59% ⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY 17 4 13 24% ⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS 16 10 6 63% ⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE 16 8 8 50% ⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 15 8 7 53% ⚔ compare
Lazy Butt BBQ 15 8 7 53% ⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 44 16 1 6 178.8572 150.8570 168.98 top 34%
Pork Ribs 44 12 0 6 179.4400 151.3600 167.23 top 39%
Pork 44 16 2 8 179.4400 153.6228 168.44 top 36%
Brisket 44 13 2 3 179.4400 132 166.46 top 37%

“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)132top 35%
Large (40+)312top 27%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS294top 24%
MO110top 42%
CO20top 19%
OK10top 100%
TN10top 17%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) 4 2 0 top 29% Apr 7, 2017
Smoke on the Trails 3 13 0 top 30% Sep 27, 2019
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 3 7 0 top 39% May 5, 2017
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 3 7 0 top 15% Jun 26, 2015
Cookin on the Kaw 2 1 2 top 2% Oct 10, 2014
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 42 0 top 18% Oct 29, 2016
Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ 2 13 0 top 50% Aug 19, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 10 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 6.3 across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 29 of 44 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited 32 7 of them more than once
First title Oct 11, 2013 Cookin' on the Kaw
Opponents faced 2,220 finished ahead 4,102 times, behind 1,647

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

20192 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1699) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
  2. Most recent contest Smoke on the Trails
20161 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20153 milestones
  1. First Reserve Championship Smoke in the Spring
  2. Career-best overall score699.3944 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off
  3. 25th tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
20142 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off
  2. Biggest field won (46 teams) Cookin on the Kaw
20137 milestones
  1. First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  2. First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  3. First overall top-10 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  4. First overall podium NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.7142 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  6. First category win (Brisket) Cookin' on the Kaw
  7. First Grand Championship Cookin' on the Kaw

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.2NKC MO State BBQ ChampionshipMar 15, 2013
+15.1Cookin' on the KawOct 11, 2013
+14.5Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-OffMay 2, 2014
+14.4Cookin on the KawOct 10, 2014
+14.1Smoke in the SpringApr 10, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.8Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Sep 25, 2015
-8.7Smokin' On Big CreekApr 5, 2013
-7.938th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Sep 1, 2017
-6.339th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Sep 15, 2018
-4.4Sam's Club National BBQ TourMay 9, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
20193010 100% top 20% 94.2% 93.2%
20182000 0% top 45% 94% 92.5%
20175020 40% top 36% 94.2% 93.2%
20168041 75% top 20% 95.9% 94.7%
201510142 70% top 26% 97.1% 94.2%
20148231 63% top 33% 96.9% 92.9%
20138131 63% top 35% 93.7% 91.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 27, 2019 Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS 18 / 53 (665.0516) 7 (173.1428) 31 (160.5372) 4 (172.5600) 28 (158.8116)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 46 / 468 (501.6916) 325 (161.0856) 2 (178.8572) 288 (162.8112) 233 (163.9544)
May 31, 2019 Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS 8 / 49 (678.2284) 10 (170.8456) 2 (175.4400) 2 (176.5828) 37 (155.3600)
Sep 28, 2018 Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS 24 / 68 (676.4916) 13 (173.7144) 28 (169.1428) 32 (166.2516) 28 (167.3828)
Sep 15, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 260 / 467 (655.9084) 187 (168.5256) 210 (166.8800) 304 (161.1200) 318 (159.3828)
Sep 29, 2017 Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS 13 / 64 (678.1484) 14 (171.9772) 31 (165.6916) 11 (171.9656) 23 (168.5140)
Sep 1, 2017 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 243 / 407 (652.9024) 213 (166.2284) 276 (161.0972) 299 (160.4912) 192 (165.0856)
May 5, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO 8 / 29 (674.7544) 6 (172.5716) 3 (172.5484) 10 (167.9772) 19 (161.6572)
Apr 7, 2017 Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS 37 / 100 (670.7200) 31 (170.2628) 47 (165.6800) 61 (163.9544) 22 (170.8228)
Mar 24, 2017 Smoked & Sauced a BBQ for Badges Spring Hill, KS 10 / 27 (677.0056) 6 (172.5716) 24 (159.3600) 5 (171.9656) 6 (173.1084)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 72 / 557 (679.8624) 91 (171.9656) 210 (167.4056) 303 (163.9312) 17 (176.5600)
Oct 28, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 42 / 180 (688.4916) 5 (178.8572) 93 (168.5372) 98 (168.5256) 51 (172.5716)
Aug 19, 2016 Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS 13 / 33 (679.2912) 5 (173.1316) 14 (170.8228) 23 (165.6684) 14 (169.6684)
Jun 17, 2016 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO 8 / 58 (683.9312) 24 (167.3712) 4 (174.8572) 6 (174.2972) 10 (167.4056)
Jun 10, 2016 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS 6 / 31 (681.5884) 13 (166.8228) 6 (170.8344) 8 (170.8112) 6 (173.1200)
May 6, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO 7 / 30 (675.3828) 20 (167.4172) 16 (164.5600) 1 (179.4400) 17 (163.9656)
Apr 22, 2016 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS 6 / 60 (690.7884) 3 (178.2972) 13 (171.4172) 11 (173.7028) 21 (167.3712)
Apr 8, 2016 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 19 / 109 (673.5772) 42 (167.3828) 17 (171.9772) 37 (167.3944) 28 (166.8228)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 46 / 606 (682.7772) 84 (172.5600) 225 (166.8344) 102 (170.8228) 64 (172.5600)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 67 / 187 (679.9200) 84 (170.2628) 59 (171.4172) 124 (166.2628) 59 (171.9772)
Sep 25, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK 30 / 30 (650.0684) 24 (164.5140) 23 (165.0972) 25 (163.9428) 29 (156.5144)
Aug 21, 2015 Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS 22 / 36 (659.8404) 29 (163.3828) 17 (165.1088) 29 (160.5144) 6 (170.8344)
Jul 24, 2015 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS 1 / 35 (699.3944) 1 (178.2972) 7 (171.4172) 2 (178.8572) 6 (170.8228)
Jun 26, 2015 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 14 / 183 (671.3484) 70 (162.8228) 19 (169.6800) 71 (162.8228) 5 (176.0228)
Jun 19, 2015 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO 14 / 58 (665.5428) 20 (167.3828) 3 (176.5600) 5 (171.9772) 42 (149.6228)
May 8, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS 3 / 30 (690.2400) 10 (171.4172) 4 (173.7028) 18 (165.6800) 1 (179.4400)
May 1, 2015 Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS 3 / 33 (689.7144) 3 (173.1428) 16 (168) 2 (177.1544) 10 (171.4172)
Apr 10, 2015 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 2 / 97 (693.1200) 16 (170.2972) 3 (179.4400) 11 (172.5600) 12 (170.8228)
Oct 24, 2014 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 16 / 92 (680.4912) 51 (166.8228) 33 (170.8228) 47 (165.7028) 7 (177.1428)
Oct 10, 2014 Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS 1 / 46 (697.7028) 12 (173.1200) 2 (177.1772) 1 (179.4400) 12 (167.9656)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 219 / 552 (661.0508) 148 (169.6912) 335 (161.1084) 200 (166.8456) 249 (163.4056)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 116 / 165 (661.0168) 100 (166.2856) 135 (160.5256) 26 (173.1084) 134 (161.0972)
Jun 27, 2014 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 7 / 184 (670.7540) 7 (172.5600) 60 (162.8112) 11 (171.4172) 44 (163.9656)
May 9, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO 20 / 30 (656.9712) 9 (170.8228) 17 (165.6800) 26 (158.7884) 21 (161.6800)
May 2, 2014 Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Lansing, KS 1 / 26 (680.4800) 3 (171.9772) 8 (162.8344) 3 (173.7028) 3 (171.9656)
Apr 11, 2014 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO 32 / 54 (643.2456) 32 (162.2400) 49 (151.3600) 24 (163.9656) 16 (165.6800)
Oct 25, 2013 Border War Barbecue Osawatomie, KS 14 / 27 (659.2340) 15 (165.6800) 7 (170.8228) 25 (153.6228) 9 (169.1084)
Oct 11, 2013 Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS 1 / 42 (665.7144) 10 (165.1428) 30 (157.7372) 9 (167.4172) 1 (175.4172)
Jul 5, 2013 Crossroads BBQ Cook-off Cameron, MO 19 / 40 (656.5710) 21 (165.1428) 20 (165.1428) 24 (162.8570) 20 (163.4284)
Jun 21, 2013 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 59 / 183 (639.4286) 2 (174.8572) 80 (160) 9 (172.5714) 178 (132)
Jun 7, 2013 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS 4 / 49 (674.8568) 12 (167.4284) 18 (164.5714) 3 (171.4284) 5 (171.4286)
Apr 12, 2013 Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS 42 / 71 (646.2856) 58 (153.7140) 50 (158.2858) 14 (169.1428) 24 (165.1430)
Apr 5, 2013 Smokin' On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO 56 / 74 (630.8566) 68 (150.8570) 32 (164.0002) 58 (157.7140) 49 (158.2854)
Mar 15, 2013 NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO 3 / 79 (673.7142) 2 (172.5718) 30 (162.2856) 3 (173.7142) 14 (165.1426)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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