OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1448

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1568

peak 1597 · rated over 20 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-05

latest 2026-05-15

Best ToY finish

#241

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

696.0344 / 720

Master · GLBBQA Spring Fling

Perfect 180s

Current form

671.17 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 674.94 (-3.77)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7028

Brisket · Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana

Consistency

±11.41

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.74)

Road miles

3,193

mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 378 mi

Schedule strength

82%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)

Purse competed for

$119K

listed at 24 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.94 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (12 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 27 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 27 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.0344 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.0344 at GLBBQA Spring Fling — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-04-19

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TIRE SMOKE BBQ has finished one call ahead of OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

11–4 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 73% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 11 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 38 at their very first tracked contest, Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) ().

38-team field

They cook the hard rooms

1608 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 82% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1608 power rating — a tougher draw than 82% of every rated contest in the data.

20 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BBQ Maestros has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 30% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 30% across 4 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

4 April contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,193 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,193 miles across 26 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 378 miles to Smoke on the Mountain.

26 mapped stops
furthest 378 mi

The metronome

±1.59% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.59% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
27 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ

#1446 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1579

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Bearded Boar BBQ

#1454 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1580

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-07-03

⚔ Head-to-head

CAMMO'S BBQ

#1447 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2017-11-10

⚔ Head-to-head

KUDZU Q

#1456 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 23 contests, alongside a 22% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2017-08-04

⚔ Head-to-head

The Art of Que

#1443 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

⚔ Head-to-head

BIKER BBQ

#1455 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

Level with OUTLAW BBQ SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2018-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE BBQ BUS	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOOSIERS	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
TIRE SMOKE BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
QUE U	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Bleacher Bums BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	8	0	2	177.7028	157.1200	169.79	top 46%
Pork Ribs	25	6	0	0	176.5600	155.9316	166.74	top 53%
Pork	20	5	1	2	176.0000	159.9544	170.15	top 39%
Brisket	20	4	0	3	177.7028	162.2516	168.67	top 47%

“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
IN	16	top 46%
MI	2	top 25%
VA	2	top 71%
IL	1	top 8%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 37%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Mountain	2	24	top 71%	2025-07-25
CCSFEST	2	11	top 34%	2022-04-08
Rockin BBQ	2	14	top 43%	2020-05-29

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.1 yrs 2019-04-05 → 2026-05-15

Busiest season 2020 6 contests

Contests a season 3 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IN 22 of 27 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 18 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 25 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 170.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.74)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 18 of 27 contests

Overall top-10 rate 19% 5 of 27 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 674.94 out of 720 · 20 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 375 495–397 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,193 26 mapped stops · furthest 378 mi

Schedule strength 1608 average field rating faced — tougher than 82% of rated contests

Purse competed for $118,820 listed at 24 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 21 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs 2022-04-08 → 2023-08-25

Power rating 1568 peak 1597 · #1448 of 6,413 rated

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

First tracked contest Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First call Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First overall top-10 Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES)
First overall podium Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES)
2019
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1940 CCSFest
2020
Sep 12 First category win (Pork) Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2
Oct 23 10th tracked contest Smokin For Garrett
2024
Apr 19 Career-best overall score696.0344 GLBBQA Spring Fling
May 17 Peak power rating (1597) Rockin' BBQ Warsaw
2026
May 15 25th tracked contest Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS)
May 15 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana
May 15 Most recent contest Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.1	GLBBQA Spring Fling	2024-04-19
+14.3	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2	2020-09-12
+12.1	CCSFEST	2022-04-08
+12	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw	2024-05-17
+10.2	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	2019-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.5	Smoke on the Mountain	2024-07-26
-9.5	11th Annual Rockin' BBQ	2025-05-16
-6.5	Smoke on the Mountain	2025-07-25
-6.2	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2	2021-06-19
-4.4	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana	2026-05-15

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	1	0	100%	top 8%	—	—
2026	4	0	0	75%	top 51%	94.7%	94.3%
2025	3	0	0	0%	top 75%	93.5%	93%
2024	4	2	0	75%	top 33%	96.7%	94.8%
2023	2	1	0	100%	top 26%	96.3%	96.3%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 26%	95.5%	95.5%
2021	3	0	0	33%	top 65%	93.2%	92.8%
2020	6	1	1	83%	top 44%	95.2%	93.1%
2019	3	0	0	100%	top 34%	94.2%	93.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-15	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana 🏅 Warsaw, IN	20 / 35 (675.9200)	35 (157.1200)	25 (167.9772)	13 (173.1200)	3 (177.7028)
2026-05-15	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN	—	16 (169.6684)	—	—	—
2026-05-15	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN	—	—	6 (174.8572)	—	—
2026-04-17	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Coldwater, MI	22 / 48 (682.1712)	3 (177.7028)	19 (171.9656)	34 (167.3828)	34 (165.1200)
2025-07-25	Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA	25 / 37 (672.9596)	30 (165.0856)	28 (165.0856)	24 (168.5256)	11 (174.2628)
2025-05-16	11th Annual Rockin' BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	28 / 34 (665.6000)	24 (169.6800)	29 (162.2628)	13 (170.8572)	25 (162.8000)
2025-05-16	11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	—	—	22 (164.5372)	—	—
2024-07-26	Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA	24 / 32 (659.1996)	26 (163.9428)	11 (170.8228)	28 (160.5028)	24 (163.9312)
2024-05-17	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN	6 / 32 (692.4916)	21 (170.8228)	4 (173.1316)	12 (173.1200)	3 (175.4172)
2024-05-17	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	—	—	4 (176.5600)	—	—
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	3 / 62 (696.0344)	9 (177.1428)	23 (170.8688)	11 (175.4400)	15 (172.5828)
2023-08-25	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	6 / 23 (693.1088)	12 (171.4172)	14 (170.8344)	4 (173.7144)	3 (177.1428)
2023-08-25	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN	—	7 (174.2856)	—	—	—
2022-04-08	CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN	11 / 42 (687.9432)	11 (174.2744)	16 (170.8460)	11 (173.7028)	18 (169.1200)
2021-06-19	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 🏅 Franklin, IN	30 / 37 (665.6112)	32 (165.6684)	22 (166.8456)	19 (169.6800)	27 (163.4172)
2021-06-18	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN	28 / 51 (671.3028)	20 (170.8228)	25 (167.3944)	32 (166.8228)	33 (166.2628)
2021-05-01	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Liberty, IN	16 / 27 (667.3480)	18 (166.2284)	21 (157.7256)	6 (171.4284)	10 (171.9656)
2020-10-23	Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	11 / 41 (678.2284)	7 (171.4056)	8 (171.4172)	11 (172.5600)	27 (162.8456)
2020-09-12	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	6 / 26 (685.1312)	13 (170.8456)	10 (170.8800)	1 (176.0000)	17 (167.4056)
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	23 / 36 (662.7660)	27 (165.0972)	32 (155.9316)	3 (173.7372)	12 (168.0000)
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	26 (160.5144)	—	—
2020-08-14	Big Blue Barbecue 🏅 Shelbyville, IN	27 / 50 (671.4060)	8 (172.5944)	47 (157.6688)	21 (170.2628)	24 (170.8800)
2020-05-29	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	35 / 66 (654.7428)	9 (170.8456)	52 (157.6800)	43 (159.9544)	31 (166.2628)
2019-08-16	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madsion, IN	13 / 47 (678.1484)	7 (173.1084)	17 (168.5372)	26 (166.2400)	12 (170.2628)
2019-05-10	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	14 / 42 (664.5028)	2 (173.7256)	29 (161.0972)	11 (167.4284)	26 (162.2516)
2019-04-05	CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN	17 / 40 (674.1940)	16 (169.6912)	21 (166.2628)	6 (172.5600)	26 (165.6800)
	Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL	3 / 38 (507.3944)	14 (163.9656)	7 (166.8688)	—	—

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

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
2026 ↗	Master	#662 (160 pts)	#450 (390 pts)	#529 (324 pts)	#652 (180 pts)	#510 (295 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#924 (119 pts)	#943 (124 pts)	#833 (188 pts)	#767 (184 pts)	#755 (189 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#434 (469 pts)	#648 (279 pts)	#394 (611 pts)	#595 (309 pts)	#512 (404 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#818 (163 pts)	#663 (264 pts)	#1264 (103 pts)	#766 (198 pts)	#741 (223 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#954 (130 pts)	#1017 (130 pts)	#1227 (105 pts)	#1014 (130 pts)	#1188 (95 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#679 (217 pts)	#706 (232 pts)	#771 (207 pts)	#559 (317 pts)	#664 (247 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#241 (486 pts)	#194 (636 pts)	#234 (519 pts)	#144 (781 pts)	#303 (401 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#853 (335 pts)	#643 (530 pts)	#1126 (240 pts)	#858 (365 pts)	#1100 (245 pts)