Perfect scores on the board
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
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Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon (2014-04-04) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 22-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ.
Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon.
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
A call in 37 of 55 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 55 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.1200 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational — 95.7% of a perfect 720.
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin Hot J's 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
2014 was the year it came together: 12 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.
CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings
CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 30 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.41 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 28% of the time against 33%.
Their last Grand Championship came at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon on 2014-04-04 — 49 contests and 12.4 years ago.
Ahead in 77% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of MOOCHEWSOOEY in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
CLARK CREW BBQ ahead 77% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, CLARK CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 23 of 30 shared chicken entries.
Finished 5 of 20 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-03-15).
The rating has slipped 27 points across 7 contests since 2018-03-23 — from 1657 down to 1630.
JARHEAD-Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,750 miles across 55 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,033 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).
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.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin Hot J's has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 39 contests to 55, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1688 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head55 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smokin Hot J's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER BBQ | 32 | 10 | 22 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 30 | 5 | 25 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | 25 | 10 | 15 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BUFFALO'S BBQ | 24 | 5 | 19 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 20 | 9 | 11 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| Backdraft BBQ | 20 | 7 | 13 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | 20 | 5 | 15 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Rise N Swine | 18 | 10 | 8 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% | ⚔ compare |
| INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | 17 | 3 | 14 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ | 17 | 1 | 16 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SPICY SPITFIRE | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 55 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 178.8572 | 151.3484 | 168.06 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 55 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 178.2972 | 138.2628 | 166.89 | top 38% |
| Pork | 55 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 20.0000 | 165.63 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 54 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 174.2972 | 137.1426 | 163.64 | top 45% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 23 | 1 | top 43% |
| TX | 11 | 0 | top 26% |
| CO | 10 | 0 | top 37% |
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 31% |
| NM | 2 | 0 | top 18% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 24 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 31 | 1 | top 38% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Western BBQ Throwdown | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 37% | 2019-01-11 |
| City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 3 | 18 | 0 | top 54% | 2015-09-04 |
| Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 13% | 2015-04-03 |
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 87% | 2017-04-21 |
| Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2) | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 60% | 2017-03-25 |
| Cedar Fest BBQ | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 14% | 2016-04-01 |
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 6% | 2016-02-25 |
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 25% | 2015-03-13 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.6 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2014-04-04 |
| +13.5 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| +12 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
| +11.9 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2016-02-25 |
| +10.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-03-14 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -19.2 | Boats, Bands, & BBQ | 2017-05-19 |
| -15 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
| -14.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | 2013-04-19 |
| -14 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2) | 2017-03-25 |
| -11.6 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 | 2018-03-24 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 69% | 92.8% | 91.8% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40% | top 54% | 93.7% | 92% |
| 2017 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 83% | top 40% | 95.2% | 91.7% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 28% | 94.3% | 92.4% |
| 2015 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 69% | top 31% | 95.6% | 91.7% |
| 2014 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 83% | top 27% | 95.7% | 92.5% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 62% | 92.1% | 84.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 48 / 62 (659.8856) | 32 (170.2744) | 37 (167.3828) | 37 (167.4400) | 60 (154.7884) |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 55 / 74 (654.7656) | 40 (168.0228) | 69 (153.0972) | 23 (170.8228) | 47 (162.8228) |
| 2019-01-11 | National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO | 21 / 38 (667.8856) | 30 (161.6800) | 7 (172.0000) | 8 (171.4056) | 24 (162.8000) |
| 2018-10-19 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO | 24 / 48 (654.7428) | 31 (163.3828) | 24 (164.5372) | 12 (173.1200) | 35 (153.7028) |
| 2018-07-27 | BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO | 9 / 35 (674.8004) | 16 (166.8228) | 8 (170.8688) | 4 (171.4172) | 13 (165.6916) |
| 2018-03-24 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 69 / 79 (657.6460) | 59 (167.4400) | 43 (168.5716) | 77 (154.8000) | 46 (166.8344) |
| 2018-03-23 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 56 / 84 (661.6000) | 68 (162.2512) | 44 (166.2744) | 67 (161.6572) | 23 (171.4172) |
| 2018-01-05 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 16 / 39 (663.9432) | 21 (164.0000) | 28 (159.9544) | 4 (176.5600) | 20 (163.4288) |
| 2017-07-28 | Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS | 21 / 43 (673.6572) | 3 (178.2972) | 11 (173.1316) | 30 (163.3828) | 29 (158.8456) |
| 2017-07-21 | Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO | 11 / 46 (673.6456) | 21 (168.0000) | 4 (174.8688) | 38 (157.0740) | 2 (173.7028) |
| 2017-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 7 / 26 (679.3260) | 4 (171.4172) | 2 (176.5716) | 9 (169.6800) | 14 (161.6572) |
| 2017-06-09 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO | 5 / 26 (677.0284) | 1 (176.5600) | 9 (166.8228) | 2 (176.5600) | 16 (157.0856) |
| 2017-05-26 | *The Wind Rider Music & BBQ Festival(WFC QUALIFIER) Ruidoso, NM | 4 / 36 (685.6912) | 6 (172.0228) | 1 (178.2972) | 7 (174.2628) | 21 (161.1084) |
| 2017-05-19 | Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO | 34 / 36 (502.8000) | 10 (169.7256) | 16 (165.6916) | 14 (167.3828) | — |
| 2017-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO | 10 / 31 (676.5488) | 17 (166.8572) | 8 (171.4516) | 16 (166.2400) | 7 (172.0000) |
| 2017-04-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV | 23 / 30 (669.6116) | 26 (166.2516) | 13 (171.4172) | 18 (170.2628) | 24 (161.6800) |
| 2017-04-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO | 5 / 30 (676.4572) | 26 (158.8000) | 5 (171.9888) | 1 (174.2628) | 4 (171.4056) |
| 2017-03-25 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2) Shawnee, OK | 68 / 77 (648.9256) | 76 (151.3484) | 47 (167.3944) | 45 (169.6684) | 54 (160.5144) |
| 2017-03-24 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK | 27 / 87 (679.9544) | 33 (169.7028) | 36 (168.5944) | 5 (177.7144) | 58 (163.9428) |
| 2017-01-06 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 6 / 38 (680.4688) | 14 (167.3828) | 2 (176.0000) | 1 (177.7144) | 22 (159.3716) |
| 2016-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 8 / 67 (653.6912) | 10 (165.7256) | 48 (147.4056) | 1 (180.0000) | 22 (160.5600) |
| 2016-03-25 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | 39 / 58 (663.3028) | 40 (166.2284) | 40 (163.3944) | 14 (171.4172) | 46 (162.2628) |
| 2016-02-25 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 2 / 42 (678.8228) | 5 (172.0000) | 7 (172.5600) | 19 (164.0000) | 6 (170.2628) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 93 / 606 (482.1940) | 202 (167.4056) | 383 (161.0968) | 363 (161.7372) | 202 (166.2856) |
| 2015-10-02 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 140 / 187 (664.5260) | 126 (166.8572) | 145 (162.8344) | 71 (169.7144) | 134 (165.1200) |
| 2015-09-18 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 7 / 32 (674.8456) | 6 (172.5828) | 9 (168.0000) | 12 (167.9656) | 8 (166.2972) |
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 18 / 70 (662.2056) | 8 (171.4056) | 12 (169.6800) | 35 (164.5372) | 53 (156.5828) |
| 2015-08-28 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 4 / 57 (686.2404) | 11 (172.5600) | 9 (173.1432) | 9 (171.4172) | 10 (169.1200) |
| 2015-08-07 | CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK | 8 / 26 (677.0856) | 7 (174.2972) | 10 (169.7028) | 4 (174.8572) | 15 (158.2284) |
| 2015-06-05 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK | 11 / 30 (675.9200) | 1 (178.8572) | 5 (174.2628) | 17 (165.6800) | 19 (157.1200) |
| 2015-05-08 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 18 / 29 (670.8348) | 6 (176.0000) | 22 (161.6688) | 10 (172.0344) | 21 (161.1316) |
| 2015-05-01 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 6 / 81 (688.6060) | 16 (170.2972) | 4 (176.0116) | 15 (172.0000) | 7 (170.2972) |
| 2015-04-17 | 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 18 / 75 (677.7028) | 31 (167.4284) | 18 (170.8344) | 24 (170.8228) | 22 (168.6172) |
| 2015-04-10 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 9 / 53 (655.9544) | 14 (165.1428) | 2 (174.8572) | 36 (151.3944) | 12 (164.5600) |
| 2015-04-03 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 8 / 34 (662.7888) | 15 (159.9772) | 2 (174.8688) | 18 (162.2628) | 8 (165.6800) |
| 2015-03-21 | 2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout Miami, OK | 61 / 82 (671.3596) | 59 (169.7028) | 54 (166.8456) | 29 (171.9656) | 69 (162.8456) |
| 2015-03-20 | 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run Miami, OK | 37 / 87 (674.8000) | 19 (174.2856) | 57 (163.9772) | 34 (170.8228) | 42 (165.7144) |
| 2015-03-13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 8 / 30 (658.2516) | 3 (170.3088) | 16 (159.9772) | 9 (161.1428) | 6 (166.8228) |
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 5 / 61 (684.6400) | 7 (170.8572) | 21 (166.2856) | 4 (173.7372) | 3 (173.7600) |
| 2014-10-24 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 12 / 34 (666.8800) | 18 (166.8800) | 19 (155.9772) | 8 (172.0228) | 6 (172.0000) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 134 / 552 (669.7144) | 337 (162.3200) | 12 (176.5828) | 231 (165.6916) | 207 (165.1200) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 16 / 165 (689.1200) | 23 (174.2972) | 25 (173.7028) | 99 (166.8228) | 29 (174.2972) |
| 2014-09-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK | 13 / 29 (674.2288) | 18 (169.1084) | 7 (170.3088) | 13 (169.1316) | 16 (165.6800) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 29 / 76 (647.3140) | 41 (160.5600) | 27 (163.9428) | 2 (173.7600) | 60 (149.0512) |
| 2014-06-27 | Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK | 15 / 37 (667.4172) | 20 (165.7600) | 3 (177.7144) | 17 (166.8228) | 22 (157.1200) |
| 2014-05-09 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 14 / 29 (673.7032) | 9 (173.1772) | 11 (169.6916) | 19 (165.1200) | 17 (165.7144) |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 5 / 80 (684.5372) | 14 (170.2972) | 12 (170.2744) | 7 (171.4056) | 4 (172.5600) |
| 2014-04-25 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX | 14 / 62 (637.1196) | 1 (173.1428) | 53 (138.2628) | 3 (171.9884) | 24 (153.7256) |
| 2014-04-11 | 9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 18 / 64 (665.7032) | 36 (163.4172) | 48 (154.2744) | 1 (178.8572) | 13 (169.1544) |
| 2014-04-04 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 1 / 40 (661.7484) | 3 (164.0000) | 10 (160.5828) | 4 (164.5484) | 2 (172.6172) |
| 2014-03-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 7 / 29 (650.7428) | 14 (164.0000) | 10 (164.5372) | 12 (158.8000) | 4 (163.4056) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 87 / 89 (493.6456) | 32 (161.7028) | 43 (158.2972) | 88 (20.0000) | 59 (153.6456) |
| 2013-05-03 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 25 / 88 (662.8570) | 11 (173.7142) | 16 (169.7142) | 63 (156.0000) | 35 (163.4286) |
| 2013-04-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV | 29 / 30 (611.9998) | 15 (164.5712) | 26 (150.2858) | 18 (160.0002) | 30 (137.1426) |
| 2013-03-15 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Albuquerque, NM | 5 / 20 (654.2854) | 9 (164.0000) | 9 (162.2856) | 10 (160.0000) | 4 (167.9998) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1170 (200 pts) | #1295 (180 pts) | #1009 (285 pts) | #1001 (285 pts) | #1260 (185 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #752 (435 pts) | #894 (365 pts) | #863 (400 pts) | #564 (665 pts) | #850 (395 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #284 (1247 pts) | #267 (1212 pts) | #116 (1747 pts) | #178 (1477 pts) | #330 (1127 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1161 (260 pts) | #1457 (195 pts) | #1649 (165 pts) | #943 (400 pts) | #1560 (175 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #193 (1547 pts) | #119 (1681 pts) | #143 (1642 pts) | #224 (1311 pts) | #225 (1397 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #211 (1468 pts) | #226 (1348 pts) | #245 (1308 pts) | #104 (1793 pts) | #217 (1428 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |