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CECIL'S SMOK'N BBQ

CECIL'S SMOK'N BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Wine Country Big Q (2014). They are ranked #1299 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,299
of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1580
peak 1580 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

9
in the data

First seen

Apr 6, 2013
latest Sep 16, 2016 · 3.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

1
6 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
56% of 9 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 24%
overall standings

Best overall

695.9656 / 720
Master · Wine Country Big Q

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

668.99 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 660.91 (+8.08)

Walk rate

89%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172
Chicken · Wine Country Big Q

Consistency

±16.22
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 166.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.18)

Road miles

2,029
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 435 mi

Schedule strength

27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

660.91 / 720
9 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Wine Country Big Q (Jul 11, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 29-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ.

Giant slayer

44 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 44-team field at Wine Country Big Q.

  • Jul 11, 2014

They almost always walk

89% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 89% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.9656 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9656 at Wine Country Big Q — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 11, 2014

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Burnin and Lootin ahead in 100% of their meetings

Burnin and Lootin has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WOODHOUSE BARBECUE in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.25% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.8% of a perfect score
  • 9 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CECIL'S SMOK'N BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS
#1,294 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
1
Top-10s
67%
Peak
1583

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Oct 29, 2016
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THE Q PINE NATION
#1,295 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
71%
Peak
1580

Level with CECIL'S SMOK'N BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Jun 21, 2019
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Fishing Eagles
#1,303 of the rated field
1579 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1579

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Jun 24, 2017
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HOGAHOLICS
#1,293 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
44%
Peak
1585

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 44% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Jul 7, 2017
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RICK'S RACKS
#1,300 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
2
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1580

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen Jul 11, 2025
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ROUGHNECKS BBQ
#1,301 of the rated field
1579 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
1
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1598

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

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Sep 15, 2018
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 7 5 2 71% ⚔ compare
WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 6 6 0 100% ⚔ compare
BOWLING OVER PIGS 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
TOO ASHAMED TO NAME 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
PIRATES OF THE PIG 5 5 0 100% ⚔ compare
ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 5 1 1 175.4172 156.0344 165.96 top 31%
Pork Ribs 9 4 0 2 174.8800 156 164.18 top 33%
Pork 9 4 0 2 173.1428 156.5372 164.49 top 34%
Brisket 9 5 0 1 173.7028 158.8572 166.29 top 23%

“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)30top 24%
Large (40+)61top 24%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CA71top 23%
NV20top 28%

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in CA 7 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 9 a different one every time
First title Jul 11, 2014 Wine Country Big Q
Opponents faced 282 finished ahead 320 times, behind 99
Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Oct 30, 2014 → Sep 16, 2016

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

20162 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1580) 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
  2. Most recent contest 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
20146 milestones
  1. First category win (Chicken) Wine Country Big Q
  2. First overall podium Wine Country Big Q
  3. First Grand Championship Wine Country Big Q
  4. Biggest field won (44 teams) Wine Country Big Q
  5. Career-best overall score695.9656 Wine Country Big Q
  6. Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Wine Country Big Q
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
  2. First call Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
  3. First overall top-10 Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2858 Blues, Brews & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.9Wine Country Big QJul 11, 2014
+11.5Silicon Valley BBQ ChampionshipsJun 27, 2014
+10.3Blues, Brews & BBQMay 24, 2013
+9The Great American CookoffJul 26, 2013
+8.7Smokin in Mesquite BBQ ChampionshipAug 31, 2013

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)
20161000 0% top 48% 90.2% 90.2%
20144131 100% top 17% 96.7% 93.6%
20134020 100% top 25% 90.9% 90.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 16, 2016 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA 29 / 61 (649.6688) 37 (161.6800) 28 (162.8228) 19 (165.7144) 31 (159.4516)
Oct 30, 2014 USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV 23 / 79 (680.5144) 43 (167.3828) 9 (174.8800) 38 (166.2516) 19 (172)
Aug 1, 2014 Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA 5 / 22 (667.4172) 8 (165.7144) 6 (166.2628) 5 (164.5600) 4 (170.8800)
Jul 11, 2014 Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA 1 / 44 (695.9656) 1 (175.4172) 3 (174.2628) 3 (172.5828) 3 (173.7028)
Jun 27, 2014 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA 7 / 48 (651.4060) 20 (156.0344) 2 (172.5600) 24 (156.5372) 8 (166.2744)
Aug 31, 2013 Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV 14 / 54 (652.4228) 11 (168) 29 (156.5144) 37 (157.0628) 4 (170.8456)
Jul 26, 2013 The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA 13 / 53 (653.6800) 9 (170.2628) 26 (158.2744) 24 (161.1200) 12 (164.0228)
May 24, 2013 Blues, Brews & BBQ Brentwood, CA 7 / 34 (654.2858) 7 (166.2858) 19 (156) 2 (173.1428) 11 (158.8572)
Apr 6, 2013 Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Woodland, CA 9 / 33 (642.8572) 7 (162.8572) 15 (156) 9 (163.4286) 10 (160.5714)

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

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