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WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ

WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake (2014). They are ranked #778 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#778
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1630
peak 1630 · rated over 15 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

16
in the data

First seen

Feb 22, 2013
latest Oct 3, 2015 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#316
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

3
8 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
50% of 16 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 25%
overall standings

Best overall

690.7884 / 720
Master · The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

677.30 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 673.50 (+3.80)

Walk rate

69%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028
Chicken · Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-Eye Steak Cookoff Challenge

Consistency

±11.50
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.20 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.45)

Road miles

1,600
across 16 mapped stops · furthest 301 mi

Schedule strength

36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

State championships

0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.50 / 720
16 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake (Apr 11, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 20-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TRUEBUD BBQ.

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 11 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DIRT ROAD BBQ has finished one call ahead of WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–3 behind in the head-to-head

JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 73% of their meetings

JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.76 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 50%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 166.45
  • Chicken avg 171.20
  • 3 calls in 16 entries

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake on Apr 11, 2014 — 8 contests and 12.5 years ago.

  • last GC Apr 11, 2014
  • 12.5 years ago

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Three Brothers Different Mothers in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DIRT ROAD BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BURNT FINGER BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 17% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 17% across 3 contests, versus top 25% the rest of the year.

  • 3 April contests
  • top 25% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.60% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.60% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.5% of a perfect score
  • 16 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2015 ↗ Master #1429 (176 pts) #990 (341 pts) #1559 (166 pts) #1725 (131 pts) #1599 (151 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #316 (1,132 pts) #267 (1,207 pts) #419 (937 pts) #440 (867 pts) #373 (1,002 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #395 (771 pts) #576 (566 pts) #722 (461 pts) #513 (641 pts) #330 (936 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

BIG WOODIE BBQ
#775 of the rated field
1631 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
62%
Peak
1642
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen May 20, 2016
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LAZY BACON BBQ
#779 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
0
Top-10s
31%
Peak
1652
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 39 contests to 16.

  • rated over 39 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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Team Cookie
#777 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
1
Top-10s
47%
Peak
1630

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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BLACK HART BBQ
#774 of the rated field
1631 power rating
Contests
23
GCs
0
Top-10s
65%
Peak
1631

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 65% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 23 contests
  • last seen Aug 16, 2019
  • on a 4-contest top-10 run
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LONGNECK SIPPERS
#782 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
2
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1630

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

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Oct 5, 2018
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SMOKEN DUDES BBQ
#781 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
1
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1646

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

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen Sep 28, 2018
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
JAESTAR BBQ 11 3 8 27% ⚔ compare
Three Brothers Different Mothers 9 7 2 78% ⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
TRUEBUD BBQ 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ 7 6 1 86% ⚔ compare
KC SMOKE DAWGS 7 5 2 71% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 7 4 3 57% ⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
PORK PATROL BBQ 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 16 8 1 3 177.7028 162.2854 171.20 top 29%
Pork Ribs 16 3 0 1 177.1428 153.1428 166.45 top 43%
Pork 16 4 0 0 173.1428 161.7142 167.62 top 38%
Brisket 16 7 2 4 176.5600 157.6684 168.23 top 32%

“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
Small (<20 teams)10top 17%
Medium (20–39)60top 26%
Large (40+)91top 26%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO101top 20%
KS20top 24%
NE10top 42%
IA10top 27%
AR10top 64%
OK10top 27%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 2 1 1 top 10% Apr 11, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 5.3 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MO 10 of 16 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 15 1 of them more than once
First title Apr 11, 2014 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Opponents faced 1,067 finished ahead 1,516 times, behind 311

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

20153 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-Eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
  2. Peak power rating (1630) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
  3. Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
20145 milestones
  1. First overall podium The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
  2. First Grand Championship The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
  3. Biggest field won (54 teams) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
  4. Career-best overall score690.7884 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
  5. 10th tracked contest BBQ in the Bluffs
20135 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Polar Bear Challenge
  2. First call Polar Bear Challenge
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8564 Polar Bear Challenge
  4. First category win (Brisket) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
  5. First overall top-10 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.8The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville LakeApr 11, 2014
+13Sam's Club National BBQ TourSep 27, 2013
+11.6Bates County BBQ State ChampionshipOct 25, 2013
+11.5Bates County Barbecue State Championship & FestivalSep 5, 2014
+11.336th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- OpenOct 3, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-1.3Sam's Club National BBQ Tour ChampionshipOct 18, 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)
20152001 50% top 24% 95% 93.8%
20147141 71% top 23% 95.9% 93.9%
20137041 71% top 28% 94.8% 93.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 38 / 606 (683.9428) 110 (171.4056) 73 (172) 78 (172) 161 (168.5372)
Sep 5, 2015 Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-Eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE 13 / 31 (666.1600) 1 (177.7028) 15 (163.3944) 22 (162.8228) 18 (162.2400)
Oct 18, 2014 Sons of the American Legion Red White & Blue II BBQ Contest Smithville, MO 3 / 18 (688.5488) 10 (168.5716) 2 (177.1428) 11 (169.1316) 3 (173.7028)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 51 / 552 (682.7884) 20 (177.7028) 116 (170.2628) 101 (171.4056) 243 (163.4172)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 104 / 165 (665.0396) 110 (165.7028) 101 (165.7256) 103 (166.2284) 83 (167.3828)
Sep 5, 2014 Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival 🏅 Butler, MO 5 / 43 (680.4684) 2 (177.7028) 22 (163.3828) 8 (171.4056) 9 (167.9772)
May 9, 2014 BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA 9 / 33 (665.1200) 2 (176.0228) 11 (168) 15 (162.2628) 19 (158.8344)
May 2, 2014 Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO 11 / 33 (658.7084) 7 (168.5256) 4 (167.9772) 15 (164.5372) 18 (157.6684)
Apr 11, 2014 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO 1 / 54 (690.7884) 4 (174.2628) 15 (167.9656) 4 (172) 1 (176.5600)
Oct 25, 2013 Bates County BBQ State Championship 🏅 Butler, MO 4 / 33 (679.3256) 14 (166.8228) 7 (169.7028) 7 (169.6800) 3 (173.1200)
Oct 18, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR 32 / 50 (676.4340) 35 (170.2628) 39 (166.2400) 14 (171.9656) 37 (167.9656)
Oct 11, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK 8 / 30 (682.2056) 5 (176) 16 (169.6800) 25 (162.2628) 6 (174.2628)
Sep 27, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS 5 / 29 (676.4456) 8 (171.9772) 20 (166.2400) 12 (167.4056) 5 (170.8228)
Apr 19, 2013 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) Overland Park, KS 22 / 73 (646.8566) 17 (166.8568) 47 (153.1428) 28 (161.7142) 21 (165.1428)
Apr 12, 2013 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO 9 / 48 (666.2854) 16 (167.4284) 30 (159.4284) 22 (164) 1 (175.4286)
Feb 22, 2013 Polar Bear Challenge Columbia, MO 12 / 46 (666.8564) 30 (162.2854) 25 (162.8568) 5 (173.1428) 13 (168.5714)

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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