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VICIOUS SMOKE

VICIOUS SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship (2014). They are ranked #738 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#738
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1636
peak 1636 · rated over 35 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

36
in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013
latest Aug 17, 2018 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#257
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

1
10 podiums

Overall top-10s

9
25% of 36 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%
overall standings

Best overall

696.5028 / 720
Master · Horse Town Brew n Que Festival

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

669.62 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 665.53 (+4.09)

Walk rate

67%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028
Chicken · 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship

Consistency

±15.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.17 · weakest Brisket (164.25)

Road miles

5,348
across 36 mapped stops · furthest 1,329 mi

Schedule strength

37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Master avg

665.53 / 720
36 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship (Jun 20, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Burnin and Lootin.

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 36 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 36 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.5028 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5028 at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • May 29, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DEAD PIG WALKING has finished one call ahead of VICIOUS SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

21–8 behind in the head-to-head

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 72% of their meetings

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 21 of their 29 shared contests.

The drought

23 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship on Jun 20, 2014 — 23 contests and 12.3 years ago.

  • last GC Jun 20, 2014
  • 12.3 years ago
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A strong matchup

19–6 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 76% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of COOL GRILLING in 19 of their 25 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

22 of 28 shared chicken entries lost

Burnin and Lootin ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Burnin and Lootin has out-cooked them in 22 of 28 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Burnin and Lootin has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A March team

Top 19% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

  • 3 March contests
  • top 36% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.19% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.19% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 92.4% of a perfect score
  • 36 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018 ↗ Master #1765 (100 pts) #1898 (80 pts) #1498 (145 pts) #1870 (90 pts) #1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #1262 (215 pts) #1116 (305 pts) #1506 (180 pts) #1066 (335 pts) #1218 (255 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1295 (220 pts) #996 (355 pts) #1007 (355 pts) #1536 (185 pts) #1142 (285 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #272 (1,229 pts) #399 (944 pts) #307 (1,124 pts) #205 (1,374 pts) #299 (1,149 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #257 (1,306 pts) #208 (1,391 pts) #399 (961 pts) #313 (1,111 pts) #330 (1,086 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #440 (693 pts) #412 (748 pts) #339 (893 pts) #354 (868 pts) #606 (533 pts)

Overall rank by season

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BAD BONES BBQ
#735 of the rated field
1636 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
3
Top-10s
54%
Peak
1636
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to VICIOUS SMOKE)

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

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Aug 17, 2019
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Take It Easy BBQ
#732 of the rated field
1636 power rating
Contests
50
GCs
2
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1662

Careers of much the same size, 50 contests to 36, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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Swine 'N' Roses BBQ
#734 of the rated field
1636 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
5
Top-10s
59%
Peak
1716

They've been 1716 at their best, 80 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen May 1, 2026
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ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ
#733 of the rated field
1636 power rating
Contests
52
GCs
2
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1645

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 52 contests, alongside a 29% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 49 contests
  • last seen Oct 30, 2024
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BILLY RAY BBQ
#737 of the rated field
1636 power rating
Contests
58
GCs
3
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1681

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

  • rated over 51 contests
  • last seen Mar 20, 2026
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C4-Que
#736 of the rated field
1636 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
0
Top-10s
61%
Peak
1637

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

  • rated over 18 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 29 8 21 28% ⚔ compare
LADY OF Q 29 8 21 28% ⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ 28 12 16 43% ⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin 28 9 19 32% ⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 26 8 18 31% ⚔ compare
COOL GRILLING 25 19 6 76% ⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 25 11 14 44% ⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q 25 9 16 36% ⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS 24 5 19 21% ⚔ compare
PORKETEERS 23 9 14 39% ⚔ compare
FUNTIME BBQ 22 11 11 50% ⚔ compare
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ 22 6 16 27% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 22 5 17 23% ⚔ compare
TWISTED BRISKET BBQ 21 19 2 90% ⚔ compare
Sharpe's Woodshed 21 12 9 57% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 36 10 0 2 177.7028 153.7142 168.17 top 39%
Pork Ribs 36 12 1 4 176.5716 153.0972 166.28 top 40%
Pork 36 11 0 1 177.1428 152.0112 166.83 top 38%
Brisket 36 4 0 3 177.1428 151.9998 164.25 top 44%

“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)50top 52%
Large (40+)311top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CA331top 33%
MO20top 70%
NV10top 71%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Del Mar BBQ Championship 2 26 0 top 54% Aug 18, 2017
Dana Point State BBQ Championship 2 17 0 top 40% Oct 7, 2016
West Coast BBQ Classic 2 10 0 top 35% May 8, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 11 contests
Contests a season 6 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in CA 33 of 36 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 33 3 of them more than once
First title Jun 20, 2014 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
Opponents faced 1,091 finished ahead 1,586 times, behind 1,030

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

20182 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1636) Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
  2. Most recent contest Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
20171 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship
20152 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score696.5028 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
  2. 25th tracked contest 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ
20144 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest West Coast BBQ Classic
  2. First overall podium 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
  3. First Grand Championship 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
  4. Biggest field won (65 teams) 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
20135 milestones
  1. First tracked contest The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV
  2. First call The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV
  3. First category win (Pork Ribs) The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV
  4. First overall top-10 The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2858 The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.13rd Annual Pechanga BBQ ChampionshipJun 20, 2014
+13.6Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ ChampionshipMay 16, 2014
+11.1Horse Town Brew n Que FestivalMay 29, 2015
+10.66th Annual Vista Q ClassicJul 25, 2014
+10.63rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ ChampionshipMar 21, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-5.6USA Barbecue ChampionshipOct 30, 2014
-5.5Blazin' BBQ ThrowdownOct 17, 2014
-4.1Del Mar BBQ ChampionshipJul 15, 2016
-4.1Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ ChampionshipJun 19, 2015
-2.7Dana Point State BBQ ChampionshipOct 4, 2013

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)
20181000 100% top 33% 91.9% 91.9%
20173000 100% top 41% 94.2% 93.1%
20163000 33% top 42% 94% 93%
201511050 82% top 27% 96.7% 94.4%
201410130 50% top 41% 96.3% 91.9%
20138011 63% top 39% 91.4% 90%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 17, 2018 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA 17 / 51 (661.6344) 21 (164.5600) 9 (169.7144) 19 (165.6800) 26 (161.6800)
Aug 18, 2017 Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA 26 / 52 (661.0740) 34 (162.2512) 30 (162.8572) 8 (174.2628) 30 (161.7028)
Mar 31, 2017 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA 20 / 77 (678.1828) 5 (177.7028) 34 (167.4172) 13 (174.2628) 51 (158.8000)
Feb 17, 2017 The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA 23 / 49 (670.7312) 30 (166.2856) 28 (167.3828) 28 (166.2400) 10 (170.8228)
Oct 7, 2016 Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA 17 / 75 (676.4916) 3 (175.4056) 3 (176.5716) 40 (166.2628) 53 (158.2516)
Jul 15, 2016 Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA 27 / 47 (671.3372) 26 (167.9772) 39 (161.6800) 24 (169.1200) 11 (172.5600)
Apr 1, 2016 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA 33 / 72 (660.4340) 46 (163.3828) 41 (162.8000) 38 (164.5712) 18 (169.6800)
Oct 2, 2015 City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA 9 / 75 (687.9432) 20 (173.1316) 27 (169.1316) 16 (171.9772) 14 (173.7028)
Aug 7, 2015 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA 23 / 58 (669.0284) 39 (162.8000) 41 (162.8228) 13 (171.4400) 17 (171.9656)
Jul 24, 2015 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA 11 / 54 (689.0972) 22 (170.8344) 20 (170.8228) 4 (177.1428) 14 (170.2972)
Jun 19, 2015 Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship Banning, CA 18 / 29 (673.0284) 22 (168.5256) 16 (166.8456) 24 (162.2400) 3 (175.4172)
Jun 5, 2015 4th Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ Valley Center, CA 13 / 25 (673.6460) 11 (173.1200) 15 (166.2516) 8 (171.4056) 16 (162.8688)
May 29, 2015 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA 5 / 75 (696.5028) 10 (174.8456) 7 (176.5600) 8 (176.5600) 38 (168.5372)
May 15, 2015 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA 19 / 53 (664.5028) 9 (172.5600) 10 (169.7144) 35 (158.8456) 23 (163.3828)
May 8, 2015 West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA 10 / 57 (681.6572) 15 (172) 5 (173.7028) 5 (173.7144) 38 (162.2400)
Apr 10, 2015 The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West VI Wildomar, CA 8 / 42 (685.6228) 20 (170.8344) 6 (172.5600) 2 (177.1428) 23 (165.0856)
Mar 20, 2015 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA 13 / 100 (685.6800) 40 (169.6800) 48 (166.8572) 22 (172) 3 (177.1428)
Feb 20, 2015 The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series Rancho Mirage, CA 9 / 49 (670.7084) 27 (165.0856) 2 (171.9772) 10 (167.9772) 17 (165.6684)
Oct 30, 2014 USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV 56 / 79 (655.3144) 70 (158.8344) 40 (167.3944) 63 (160.5600) 33 (168.5256)
Oct 17, 2014 Blazin' BBQ Throwdown Lancaster, CA 19 / 29 (649.0172) 7 (168.5828) 16 (163.3828) 24 (158.2172) 20 (158.8344)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 143 / 165 (647.3256) 101 (166.2856) 151 (156.5144) 121 (163.4172) 131 (161.1084)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 290 / 552 (653.0056) 186 (168.5256) 469 (153.0972) 380 (159.4172) 73 (171.9656)
Jul 25, 2014 6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA 8 / 60 (683.4056) 3 (177.1544) 15 (170.2856) 16 (170.2628) 30 (165.7028)
Jun 20, 2014 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA 1 / 65 (693.7144) 4 (175.4172) 7 (172) 4 (174.8572) 11 (171.4400)
Jun 6, 2014 3rd Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ Valley Center, CA 14 / 32 (656.4684) 13 (166.8228) 24 (158.8344) 13 (165.7028) 17 (165.1084)
May 16, 2014 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA 5 / 56 (671.3944) 5 (172.5484) 22 (158.8688) 15 (165.0972) 2 (174.8800)
May 9, 2014 West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA 31 / 59 (647.3140) 34 (161.6456) 19 (165.7028) 24 (164.5600) 39 (155.4056)
Mar 21, 2014 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA 12 / 69 (659.8628) 12 (170.8456) 31 (159.9544) 9 (165.6800) 17 (163.3828)
Oct 18, 2013 Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ Lancaster, CA 15 / 41 (658.2740) 14 (166.2856) 3 (173.1544) 20 (163.9884) 27 (154.8456)
Oct 4, 2013 Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA 57 / 99 (636.4684) 59 (161.0856) 35 (164.5372) 76 (152.0112) 50 (158.8344)
Aug 2, 2013 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic Vista, CA 23 / 46 (648.4456) 17 (166.2744) 31 (157.6800) 12 (166.8228) 30 (157.6684)
Jul 26, 2013 The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA 19 / 53 (644.5480) 26 (162.2400) 8 (165.7484) 19 (163.4056) 33 (153.1540)
Jun 21, 2013 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA 33 / 70 (637.7132) 17 (166.2854) 30 (160.5714) 38 (157.7140) 41 (153.1424)
Jun 14, 2013 California Honey Harvest Festival & KCBS BBQ Fillmore, CA 13 / 36 (654.2858) 6 (172.0002) 23 (155.4286) 5 (169.7142) 22 (157.1428)
May 10, 2013 West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA 16 / 54 (654.8574) 44 (153.7142) 6 (170.8572) 5 (170.2858) 21 (160.0002)
Apr 5, 2013 The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV Wildomar, CA 10 / 48 (650.2858) 6 (168.5716) 1 (176.5716) 31 (153.1428) 31 (151.9998)

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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