INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE

INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 66 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Biggest Buck and Best Rack (2015), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 5 times. They are ranked #580 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#580

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1663

peak 1692 · rated over 66 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Mar 22, 2019 · 5.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#90

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

5 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

28 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 66 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

701.1544 / 720

Master · Biggest Buck and Best Rack

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

667.90 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 670.01 (-2.11)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Biggest Buck and Best Rack

Consistency

±16.97

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.37 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.87)

Road miles

11,004

across 66 mapped stops · furthest 1,021 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

670.01 / 720

66 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (18 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.7144 points from the title

Came within 1.7144 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin on Route 66 BBQ Championship (Sep 5, 2014).

Among the elite

#580 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1663 puts them #580 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

rating 1663
peak 1692
66 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

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 Biggest Buck and Best Rack (Sep 11, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CAVEMAN CUISINE.

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Biggest Buck and Best Rack is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 6%

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Biggest Buck and Best Rack (Sep 11, 2015).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 46 of 66 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 66 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

701.1544 career-best overall

97.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.1544 at Biggest Buck and Best Rack — 97.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 11, 2015

The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

CAVEMAN CUISINE has finished one call ahead of INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

32–8 behind in the head-to-head

BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 32 of their 40 shared contests.

The drought

24 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Biggest Buck and Best Rack on Sep 11, 2015 — 24 contests and 11.1 years ago.

last GC Sep 11, 2015
11.1 years ago

A strong matchup

19–8 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Rise N Swine in 19 of their 27 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

29 of 43 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 29 of 43 shared chicken entries.

Always the bridesmaid

5 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 5 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
66 contests

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Three Hog Night Smokers has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An April team

Top 26% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 26% across 6 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

6 April contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

11,004 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,004 miles across 66 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,021 miles to 6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship.

66 mapped stops
furthest 1,021 mi

The metronome

±2.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.1% of a perfect score
66 contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018 ↗	Master	#1086 (240 pts)	#1190 (230 pts)	#1329 (185 pts)	#979 (320 pts)	#1330 (180 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1310 (199 pts)	#1083 (324 pts)	#1336 (229 pts)	#1551 (174 pts)	#1273 (239 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#269 (1,277 pts)	#307 (1,152 pts)	#163 (1,537 pts)	#380 (1,012 pts)	#213 (1,442 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#90 (2,078 pts)	#81 (1,843 pts)	#114 (1,753 pts)	#74 (1,934 pts)	#71 (2,011 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#135 (1,840 pts)	#120 (1,749 pts)	#139 (1,680 pts)	#73 (1,954 pts)	#83 (1,988 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2552 (61 pts)	#2580 (61 pts)	#2577 (61 pts)	#1820 (121 pts)	#2587 (61 pts)

Overall rank by season

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SWEET & SAVORY BBQ

#582 of the rated field

1662 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 73%
Peak: 1694

They've been 1694 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Oct 27, 2023

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SMOKED SEDUCTION

#578 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1663

Fewer contests behind them than INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE has cooked, 38 to 66, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2022

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Brisket Butts

#579 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1663

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 36 contests, alongside a 58% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Rogue Hog BBQ

#581 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 209
GCs: 11
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1806

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

rated over 200 contests
last seen Oct 28, 2023

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3 PIGS SMOKIN

#588 of the rated field

1661 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1675

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE)

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

rated over 57 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS

#587 of the rated field

1661 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1685

1–7 in 8 shared contests (13% to INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE)

Level with INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	44	18	26	41%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	43	11	32	26%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	40	8	32	20%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	36	6	30	17%	⚔ compare
MOOCHEWSOOEY	35	23	12	66%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	35	18	17	51%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	30	18	12	60%	⚔ compare
THE OUTLAWS	30	18	12	60%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	30	5	25	17%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	28	5	23	18%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	27	19	8	70%	⚔ compare
TNK BBQ	25	16	9	64%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	25	3	22	12%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	24	11	13	46%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BC'S	24	4	20	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	66	23	3	6	180 🔥	151.9656	169.37	top 41%
Pork Ribs	66	23	2	6	178.8572	130.2744	165.87	top 45%
Pork	66	20	1	7	178.2972	152.5600	167.86	top 41%
Brisket	66	27	4	9	179.4400	140.5714	166.92	top 37%

“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

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	0	top 46%
Medium (20–39)	34	1	top 38%
Large (40+)	29	0	top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	46	0	top 40%
AR	9	1	top 32%
KS	5	0	top 42%
LA	2	0	top 28%
TN	1	0	top 82%
MS	1	0	top 45%
AZ	1	0	top 30%
MO	1	0	top 14%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	3	34	0	top 58%	Mar 25, 2017
Biggest Buck and Best Rack	2	1	1	top 6%	Sep 11, 2015
Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	2	11	0	top 35%	May 20, 2016
Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition	2	3	0	top 21%	Apr 22, 2016
Firelake BBQ Cook Off	2	2	0	top 40%	Mar 25, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	2	0	top 28%	Mar 4, 2016
Chillin and Grillin	2	2	0	top 17%	Oct 9, 2015
Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest	2	4	0	top 30%	Jun 26, 2015
Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff	2	5	0	top 23%	Jun 5, 2015
Boots & BBQ Festival	2	5	0	top 48%	May 8, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 23 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 9.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 46 of 66 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 55 10 of them more than once

First title Sep 11, 2015 Biggest Buck and Best Rack

Opponents faced 1,542 finished ahead 2,235 times, behind 1,193

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

20191 milestone

Mar 22 Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1

20163 milestones

Apr 22 50th tracked contest Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition
Jun 17 Peak power rating (1692) Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition
Jul 8 10th category win 15th Annual Bordertown Bash

20154 milestones

Mar 6 25th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 27 First multi-meat day Firelake BBQ Cook Off
Sep 11 First Grand Championship Biggest Buck and Best Rack
Sep 11 Career-best overall score701.1544 Biggest Buck and Best Rack

20148 milestones

Mar 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2856 Smokin' At The Run Shootout
May 2 First call Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
Jun 6 First overall top-10 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
Jul 4 10th tracked contest Que'n In The Park
Jul 18 First category win (Pork) 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ
Sep 5 First overall podium Smokin on Route 66 BBQ Championship
Sep 5 First Reserve Championship Smokin on Route 66 BBQ Championship
Sep 12 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Biggest Buck and Best Rack

20131 milestone

May 10 First tracked contest Boots & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.6	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ	Jul 18, 2014
+14.4	Chillin and Grillin	Oct 10, 2014
+14.4	Biggest Buck and Best Rack	Sep 12, 2014
+13.7	Biggest Buck and Best Rack	Sep 11, 2015
+12.8	Smokin on Route 66 BBQ Championship	Sep 5, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	Firelake BBQ Cook Off	Mar 25, 2016
-11.4	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 21, 2016
-8.4	Grand Lake BBQ Festival	May 15, 2015
-8.2	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1	Jun 9, 2017
-8	Boots & BBQ Festival	May 10, 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

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0	0%	top 66%	91.4%	91.4%
2018	3	0	0	0	33%	top 45%	95.9%	93.7%
2017	3	0	0	0	33%	top 55%	93.6%	92.8%
2016	13	0	3	1	77%	top 42%	96.8%	93%
2015	23	1	13	6	78%	top 31%	97.4%	93.9%
2014	22	0	9	3	73%	top 40%	96.4%	92.5%
2013	1	0	0	0	0%	top 78%	87%	87%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 22, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	49 / 74 (658.1372)	31 (169.6916)	65 (156.5028)	29 (169.6684)	49 (162.2744)
Apr 20, 2018	13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	24 / 49 (672.4684)	25 (168.5372)	27 (167.3944)	14 (172.5484)	29 (163.9884)
Mar 24, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	14 / 79 (690.2404)	15 (174.8688)	24 (171.9772)	32 (171.9772)	30 (171.4172)
Mar 23, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	57 / 84 (660.5144)	79 (151.9656)	30 (169.7260)	9 (175.4400)	63 (163.3828)
Jun 9, 2017	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 Okmulgee, OK	20 / 29 (658.1256)	4 (177.7028)	14 (166.2400)	27 (154.2056)	22 (159.9772)
Mar 25, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Shawnee, OK	38 / 77 (672.4912)	25 (173.7028)	34 (169.1544)	69 (157.6340)	17 (172)
Mar 24, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK	40 / 87 (674.2172)	37 (168.5256)	45 (166.2972)	45 (166.8344)	23 (172.5600)
Oct 21, 2016	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	79 / 96 (653.6572)	37 (170.8456)	92 (153.6800)	14 (173.1544)	83 (155.9772)
Sep 23, 2016	Bikes Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	14 / 43 (660.4568)	30 (162.2284)	10 (170.8456)	22 (164.5716)	19 (162.8112)
Jul 8, 2016	15th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	15 / 39 (667.3028)	18 (169.7028)	1 (175.4288)	25 (160.5256)	20 (161.6456)
Jul 2, 2016	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	18 / 27 (656.4800)	17 (165.6800)	9 (166.8344)	19 (162.2628)	15 (161.7028)
Jun 17, 2016	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition Carlton Landing, OK	5 / 31 (688.4912)	14 (166.2628)	6 (176.5600)	8 (170.2512)	3 (175.4172)
Jun 10, 2016	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship Okmulgee, OK	20 / 41 (657.0856)	19 (168.5600)	15 (167.4172)	36 (152.5828)	11 (168.5256)
May 20, 2016	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	11 / 46 (697.0512)	13 (176.5600)	2 (178.8572)	20 (169.6684)	14 (171.9656)
May 13, 2016	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	12 / 28 (683.9084)	12 (173.7028)	17 (164.5372)	13 (170.2512)	3 (175.4172)
May 6, 2016	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	6 / 83 (684.5032)	9 (173.1316)	27 (165.6800)	6 (175.4056)	10 (170.2860)
Apr 22, 2016	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK	10 / 31 (680.5032)	22 (166.8228)	16 (167.9888)	15 (169.6800)	3 (176.0116)
Apr 8, 2016	Chillin & Grillin Sand Springs, OK	12 / 43 (675.3600)	21 (167.4172)	6 (175.4172)	23 (168.5484)	22 (163.9772)
Mar 25, 2016	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	50 / 66 (650.7312)	56 (160.5256)	58 (154.8000)	47 (163.4056)	18 (172)
Mar 4, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	15 / 30 (650.1828)	3 (173.1428)	22 (157.6800)	17 (161.1544)	19 (158.2056)
Oct 16, 2015	Grills and Grilles Broken Arrow, OK	9 / 38 (673.0284)	17 (166.2628)	16 (166.8228)	4 (175.4056)	15 (164.5372)
Oct 9, 2015	Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK	8 / 28 (671.9204)	17 (165.1200)	14 (164.5604)	8 (170.2628)	4 (171.9772)
Sep 25, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	18 / 30 (662.8228)	10 (172.5600)	22 (165.7144)	27 (160.0228)	19 (164.5256)
Sep 19, 2015	Hot Springs Blues & BBQ Hot Springs, AR	17 / 29 (663.8856)	6 (175.4172)	28 (153.0856)	14 (165.1200)	9 (170.2628)
Sep 11, 2015	Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR	1 / 25 (701.1544)	1 (178.8572)	1 (177.7372)	2 (178.2972)	14 (166.2628)
Aug 7, 2015	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK	7 / 26 (683.9540)	9 (174.2628)	12 (168)	7 (173.7256)	7 (167.9656)
Jul 31, 2015	Smokin on Route 66 Miami, OK	10 / 17 (656.4912)	1 (177.1428)	13 (160.5256)	15 (156)	8 (162.8228)
Jul 24, 2015	Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff Shawnee, OK	17 / 32 (665.5768)	10 (172.5484)	22 (163.3944)	17 (166.2512)	18 (163.3828)
Jul 10, 2015	14th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	12 / 44 (671.9544)	19 (167.4172)	8 (170.2628)	2 (174.8800)	27 (159.3944)
Jun 26, 2015	Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK	4 / 28 (686.8112)	6 (174.8456)	6 (173.7144)	13 (168.5256)	4 (169.7256)
Jun 5, 2015	Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK	5 / 30 (681.0516)	8 (174.2628)	21 (161.6800)	9 (173.1316)	7 (171.9772)
May 15, 2015	Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK	24 / 35 (659.9660)	24 (167.3828)	29 (156.5716)	17 (169.1772)	21 (166.8344)
May 8, 2015	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	5 / 29 (691.4176)	12 (174.2628)	3 (175.4288)	3 (174.2972)	13 (167.4288)
May 1, 2015	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	8 / 81 (687.3600)	20 (169.6800)	10 (173.1200)	14 (172.5600)	4 (172)
Apr 24, 2015	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK	3 / 31 (687.3940)	10 (171.9772)	8 (169.1656)	4 (174.2628)	3 (171.9884)
Apr 17, 2015	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	5 / 75 (695.3940)	17 (171.4056)	3 (176)	12 (174.8456)	9 (173.1428)
Apr 10, 2015	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	28 / 97 (662.7772)	35 (166.8228)	13 (170.8572)	30 (167.4400)	58 (157.6572)
Mar 27, 2015	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	2 / 52 (694.8684)	1 (176.5828)	19 (169.7372)	16 (169.6912)	1 (178.8572)
Mar 21, 2015	2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	43 / 82 (678.7768)	52 (170.8456)	46 (167.4400)	25 (171.9656)	44 (168.5256)
Mar 20, 2015	3rd Annual Smokin At The Run Miami, OK	47 / 87 (669.5884)	63 (167.3940)	45 (167.4172)	46 (167.3828)	32 (167.3944)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	42 / 94 (662.1372)	11 (174.2628)	80 (154.7772)	75 (159.3944)	17 (173.7028)
Mar 6, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	2 / 29 (686.2172)	11 (169.1200)	6 (170.8344)	12 (168.5600)	1 (177.7028)
Feb 27, 2015	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	25 / 82 (660.4572)	21 (169.1084)	81 (143.9316)	4 (175.4400)	10 (171.9772)
Oct 24, 2014	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	20 / 34 (645.0400)	10 (172.5600)	15 (161.7144)	30 (152.5600)	19 (158.2056)
Oct 17, 2014	CASA's Big BBQ Bash Lawton, OK	11 / 19 (662.1940)	12 (165.7028)	4 (172.5600)	15 (155.9312)	6 (168)
Oct 10, 2014	Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK	2 / 32 (681.7032)	5 (173.7028)	10 (169.1544)	2 (178.2972)	15 (160.5488)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	76 / 552 (677.1428)	81 (172.5828)	294 (162.8800)	236 (165.6800)	23 (176)
Sep 26, 2014	Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR	7 / 30 (688.4912)	10 (173.1200)	14 (168.5484)	16 (167.3828)	1 (179.4400)
Sep 19, 2014	28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK	13 / 41 (666.1600)	17 (169.1200)	16 (164.5372)	17 (165.1084)	6 (167.3944)
Sep 12, 2014	Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR	2 / 27 (694.2284)	2 (180)	6 (169.7028)	5 (173.7028)	4 (170.8228)
Sep 5, 2014	Smokin on Route 66 BBQ Championship Miami, OK	2 / 9 (693.0856)	3 (174.8456)	2 (171.4172)	2 (172.5600)	2 (174.2628)
Aug 22, 2014	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	20 / 36 (665.1660)	29 (158.2516)	19 (166.8688)	17 (170.3200)	11 (169.7256)
Aug 8, 2014	CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK	5 / 26 (678.8572)	12 (166.2856)	11 (164.5372)	4 (172)	1 (176.0344)
Jul 25, 2014	Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ at the Allen County Fair Iola, KS	9 / 21 (666.7424)	8 (166.2284)	8 (168.5484)	9 (168)	7 (163.9656)
Jul 18, 2014	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	4 / 41 (685.6796)	4 (170.8684)	7 (171.4056)	1 (177.1428)	10 (166.2628)
Jul 11, 2014	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	8 / 35 (674.1140)	6 (174.2628)	6 (173.1200)	24 (157.0512)	7 (169.6800)
Jul 4, 2014	Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR	24 / 33 (640.4456)	27 (162.2628)	12 (166.8344)	23 (158.8228)	26 (152.5256)
Jun 27, 2014	Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK	17 / 37 (662.6852)	6 (174.2628)	28 (157.0740)	27 (155.9312)	5 (175.4172)
Jun 20, 2014	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	30 / 42 (658.7540)	38 (155.9656)	24 (167.3828)	8 (173.1428)	29 (162.2628)
Jun 6, 2014	Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK	10 / 33 (666.7884)	18 (164.5256)	6 (170.8572)	16 (166.8800)	8 (164.5256)
May 16, 2014	Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK	15 / 33 (670.8576)	10 (172)	27 (155.4404)	2 (176.5944)	17 (166.8228)
May 9, 2014	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	20 / 29 (655.7940)	13 (171.9656)	21 (160.5028)	15 (166.8228)	25 (156.5028)
May 2, 2014	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	21 / 80 (654.2856)	55 (152.5600)	8 (171.4056)	14 (168.6172)	28 (161.7028)
Mar 28, 2014	Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK	34 / 43 (609.0972)	27 (161.7028)	43 (130.2744)	16 (166.3200)	33 (150.8000)
Mar 14, 2014	Smokin' At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	30 / 43 (650.2856)	39 (160.5716)	35 (156.5484)	18 (167.4628)	17 (165.7028)
May 10, 2013	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	28 / 36 (626.2856)	28 (157.7144)	25 (162.2856)	13 (165.7142)	33 (140.5714)

INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (18 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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