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THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 37 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Route 66 Smoke Out (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #722 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#722
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1638
peak 1665 · rated over 34 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

37
in the data

First seen

May 17, 2013
latest May 6, 2022 · 9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#205
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

2
1 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

6
17 podiums

Overall top-10s

17
46% of 37 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 34%
overall standings

Best overall

702.8460 / 720
Master · Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

664.22 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 666.84 (-2.62)

Walk rate

70%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Pork Ribs · Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±14.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 167.69 · weakest Brisket (165.88)

Road miles

4,696
across 37 mapped stops · furthest 370 mi

Schedule strength

46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$33K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.84 / 720
37 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) (May 1, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, QUAU.

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Route 66 Smoke Out.

  • May 6, 2016

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

Route 66 Smoke Out is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 4 visits.

  • 4 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 27%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 3 category wins at Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) (May 1, 2015).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 26 of 37 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 37 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BOSS HAWG BBQ has finished one call ahead of THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2015 1 Grand Championship

2015 was the year it came together: 9 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 5 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

  • 9 contests
  • 6 overall top-10s
  • 5 category wins
  • average top 22%

A tough matchup

19–5 behind in the head-to-head

One2BBQ ahead in 79% of their meetings

One2BBQ has come out ahead in 19 of their 24 shared contests.

The drought

18 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Route 66 Smoke Out on May 6, 2016 — 18 contests and 10.4 years ago.

  • last GC May 6, 2016
  • 10.4 years ago

A strong matchup

15–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FIDDLIN' FATBACK in 15 of their 20 shared contests.

The comeback

2.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at Route 66 Smoke Out (May 6, 2022).

  • last seen Oct 11, 2019
  • back May 6, 2022

Chicken nemesis

16 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

One2BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, One2BBQ has out-cooked them in 16 of 24 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.06% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.06% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 92.6% of a perfect score
  • 37 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Up In Smoke on the Square every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

  • 7 visits in all
  • best finish 2nd

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #1036 (316 pts) #1302 (236 pts) #1395 (211 pts) #1210 (266 pts) #803 (481 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #332 (1,095 pts) #411 (940 pts) #415 (960 pts) #404 (980 pts) #379 (1,030 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #205 (1,494 pts) #234 (1,324 pts) #241 (1,294 pts) #185 (1,434 pts) #318 (1,094 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1082 (280 pts) #1163 (280 pts) #1357 (220 pts) #869 (420 pts) #1035 (315 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #396 (768 pts) #417 (743 pts) #438 (738 pts) #460 (713 pts) #528 (603 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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Boxer Q BBQ
#723 of the rated field
1637 power rating
Contests
78
GCs
1
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1694
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 77 contests
  • last seen Jun 30, 2023
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Three Brothers Different Mothers
#721 of the rated field
1638 power rating
Contests
109
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1721
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS)

They've been 1721 at their best, 84 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 109 contests
  • last seen Jun 26, 2026
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SMOKEY GQ
#720 of the rated field
1638 power rating
Contests
56
GCs
2
Top-10s
66%
Peak
1663

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 56 contests to 37.

  • rated over 54 contests
  • last seen Aug 7, 2026
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NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ
#715 of the rated field
1639 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
52
GCs
2
Top-10s
37%
Peak
1647
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 50 contests
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Smitty's Real Pit BBQ
#719 of the rated field
1638 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
0
Top-10s
57%
Peak
1638

37 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 57% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 37 contests
  • last seen Aug 18, 2023
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Cowboy Q
#730 of the rated field
1636 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
2
Top-10s
41%
Peak
1650

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

  • rated over 38 contests
  • last seen Jun 6, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
QUAU 24 11 13 46% ⚔ compare
One2BBQ 24 5 19 21% ⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere 21 12 9 57% ⚔ compare
FIDDLIN' FATBACK 20 15 5 75% ⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE 19 7 12 37% ⚔ compare
MONSTER-QUE 16 6 10 38% ⚔ compare
SMOKY LINCS 14 12 2 86% ⚔ compare
CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE 14 11 3 79% ⚔ compare
CHANNABILLY BBQ 14 11 3 79% ⚔ compare
PORK PARADISE 14 7 7 50% ⚔ compare
JUGS BBQ 14 5 9 36% ⚔ compare
GILLY'S BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY'S Q 12 9 3 75% ⚔ compare
Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 12 6 6 50% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 37 13 2 4 177.7028 154.2854 167.69 top 38%
Pork Ribs 37 13 1 5 178.8572 154.8000 166.57 top 38%
Pork 37 16 2 4 177.7144 154.2172 166.71 top 39%
Brisket 37 12 1 4 174.8572 147.9998 165.88 top 38%

“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)30top 40%
Medium (20–39)120top 44%
Large (40+)222top 27%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IL282top 33%
MO60top 32%
KS20top 44%
TN10top 47%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Up In Smoke on the Square 7 2 0 top 32% May 31, 2019
Route 66 Smoke Out 4 1 2 top 27% May 6, 2022
Central Illinois Bragging Rights (CIBR-BBQ) 4 4 0 top 24% Oct 11, 2019
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 96 0 top 44% Oct 29, 2016
Morton BBQ Throwdown 2 3 0 top 23% Jul 25, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 9 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 4.6 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IL 28 of 37 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited 23 5 of them more than once
First title May 1, 2015 Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Opponents faced 1,360 finished ahead 1,933 times, behind 904
Longest layoff 2.6 yrs Oct 11, 2019 → May 6, 2022

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

20221 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Route 66 Smoke Out
20191 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1665) Route 66 Smoke Out
20162 milestones
  1. Biggest field won (40 teams) Route 66 Smoke Out
  2. 25th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20157 milestones
  1. First category win (Chicken) Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  2. First Grand Championship Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  3. First multi-meat day Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  4. 10th tracked contest Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  5. Career-best overall score702.8460 Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  6. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
  7. First Reserve Championship Up In Smoke On The Square
20135 milestones
  1. First tracked contest 3rd Annual Smokin on the Lake
  2. First call 3rd Annual Smokin on the Lake
  3. First overall top-10 3rd Annual Smokin on the Lake
  4. First overall podium Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.0744 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.4Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)Jul 26, 2013
+14.8Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)May 1, 2015
+14Up In Smoke On The SquareJun 5, 2015
+12.9Route 66 Smoke OutMay 6, 2016
+12.8Murphysboro BBQ CookoffSep 23, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.9Hog Capital ChallengeJun 14, 2019
-9.1Central Illinois BBQ ThrowdownJul 19, 2019
-8.6Up In Smoke on the SquareMay 31, 2019
-8.1Route 66 Smoke OutMay 6, 2022
-8Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULLJun 17, 2016

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)
20221000 0% top 70% 91.5% 91.5%
20195010 80% top 43% 95% 92.4%
20181010 100% top 23% 91.2% 91.2%
20173020 67% top 30% 94.4% 92.8%
20169141 56% top 35% 96.3% 93.5%
20159165 78% top 22% 97.6% 93.8%
20143000 67% top 47% 90.2% 90.1%
20136030 83% top 33% 94.6% 91.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 6, 2022 Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL 23 / 33 (658.7312) 29 (159.9656) 16 (166.2284) 21 (163.9772) 11 (168.5600)
Oct 11, 2019 Central Illinois Bragging Rights (CIBR-BBQ) 🏅 Arthur, IL 9 / 43 (683.9084) 6 (174.8456) 8 (170.8572) 21 (167.3828) 16 (170.8228)
Jul 19, 2019 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL 21 / 40 (665.6112) 21 (167.3944) 28 (161.6912) 22 (165.0972) 10 (171.4284)
Jun 14, 2019 Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL 14 / 25 (648.9716) 20 (158.2172) 11 (168.5488) 21 (154.2172) 6 (167.9884)
May 31, 2019 Up In Smoke on the Square 🏅 Lincoln, IL 18 / 36 (663.8856) 14 (169.1428) 25 (161.6572) 14 (167.4172) 18 (165.6684)
May 3, 2019 Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL 11 / 33 (664.9940) 3 (174.8800) 18 (163.9428) 29 (156.5028) 7 (169.6684)
Jun 1, 2018 Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) Lincoln, IL 9 / 40 (656.4456) 9 (170.2628) 22 (160.5372) 12 (162.8228) 14 (162.8228)
Oct 13, 2017 CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Arthur, IL 15 / 41 (660.4112) 25 (162.8000) 14 (165.1200) 15 (167.4056) 22 (165.0856)
Jun 9, 2017 Beardstown Blues,Brews & Barbecue Beardstown, IL 9 / 24 (664.5144) 10 (168.0116) 14 (162.2400) 18 (162.2628) 3 (172)
Jun 2, 2017 Up In smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL 5 / 32 (679.3256) 14 (169.6800) 15 (163.9428) 5 (170.8456) 2 (174.8572)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 197 / 557 (663.9084) 63 (172.5828) 378 (159.4056) 286 (164.5256) 167 (167.3944)
Oct 28, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 96 / 180 (676.4456) 115 (168.5716) 56 (171.9772) 55 (171.9656) 147 (163.9312)
Oct 21, 2016 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 45 / 96 (672.4796) 17 (173.7372) 24 (173.7028) 72 (163.9428) 76 (161.0968)
Oct 14, 2016 Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO 10 / 34 (673.0172) 10 (167.9772) 19 (165.0972) 6 (170.8228) 13 (169.1200)
Sep 23, 2016 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL 3 / 64 (693.1316) 4 (177.7028) 21 (167.9888) 10 (174.2972) 11 (173.1428)
Jun 24, 2016 Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest Assumption, IL 6 / 18 (678.7312) 16 (160.4912) 2 (173.1200) 5 (170.8572) 1 (174.2628)
Jun 17, 2016 Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL Kewanee, IL 16 / 23 (651.3028) 14 (162.8112) 11 (163.4404) 13 (162.8228) 15 (162.2284)
Jun 3, 2016 Up In smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL 23 / 52 (658.1140) 22 (168.5372) 7 (167.3828) 19 (165.0856) 34 (157.1084)
May 6, 2016 Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL 1 / 40 (691.3368) 4 (172.5484) 9 (173.1200) 5 (173.1084) 3 (172.5600)
Oct 9, 2015 Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL 4 / 48 (683.9428) 4 (174.2856) 21 (165.0856) 1 (177.7144) 18 (166.8572)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 99 / 606 (675.3600) 214 (166.8572) 190 (167.9772) 207 (167.3828) 55 (173.1428)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 95 / 187 (674.2976) 22 (176.0116) 71 (169.7488) 117 (166.8572) 153 (161.6800)
Aug 21, 2015 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO 3 / 58 (681.1312) 13 (167.4056) 7 (169.1772) 3 (174.2628) 6 (170.2856)
Aug 7, 2015 Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship Kirksville, MO 10 / 26 (656.4228) 19 (160.5256) 8 (168.5600) 22 (157.0628) 4 (170.2744)
Jul 24, 2015 5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL 17 / 47 (657.5884) 19 (164.5256) 10 (167.9772) 33 (156.5028) 11 (168.5828)
Jun 5, 2015 Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL 2 / 40 (680.5148) 10 (167.9888) 2 (173.1316) 3 (172) 12 (167.3944)
May 29, 2015 Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL 6 / 18 (664.4572) 1 (177.1428) 13 (159.3944) 7 (163.9656) 10 (163.9544)
May 1, 2015 Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Dwight, IL 1 / 40 (702.8460) 1 (177.1544) 1 (178.8572) 1 (177.7144) 11 (169.1200)
Oct 10, 2014 Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL 17 / 37 (647.8628) 11 (168.5600) 28 (154.8000) 6 (169.1200) 29 (155.3828)
Aug 22, 2014 Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL 28 / 50 (649.5424) 29 (161.1084) 23 (163.9772) 30 (161.0856) 21 (163.3712)
Jul 25, 2014 Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL 19 / 48 (649.6228) 35 (157.6572) 28 (159.4056) 8 (167.4056) 9 (165.1544)
Oct 11, 2013 Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL 12 / 53 (659.9428) 18 (169.1084) 16 (165.6916) 18 (165.1772) 23 (159.9656)
Sep 13, 2013 Q the Lou Litchfield, IL 9 / 25 (651.9084) 11 (162.8228) 6 (166.8344) 5 (170.8228) 16 (151.4284)
Aug 23, 2013 Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL 15 / 46 (670.2056) 2 (175.4400) 25 (161.6800) 23 (164.5372) 13 (168.5484)
Jul 26, 2013 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL 3 / 45 (681.0744) 20 (163.3944) 8 (173.1200) 4 (172.5600) 5 (172)
Jun 14, 2013 Southern Pride Invitational (Competitor's Series) unrated Marion, IL 14 / 29 (635.4280) 24 (154.2854) 3 (168) 7 (165.1428) 19 (147.9998)
May 17, 2013 3rd Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO 9 / 17 (645.7138) 7 (159.9998) 3 (169.7144) 9 (163.4286) 14 (152.5710)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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