SMOKEN DUDES BBQ

SMOKEN DUDES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Pit at the Park (2017), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #779 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#779

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1630

peak 1646 · rated over 33 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Sep 28, 2018 · 5.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#514

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

24% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

678.2740 / 720

Master · The Ironman

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

649.12 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 655.29 (-6.17)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

Consistency

±13.29

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 165.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.28)

Road miles

4,641

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 1,003 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

655.29 / 720

33 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

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 brisket.

Brisket ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Pit at the Park (Aug 4, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ.

Giant slayer

32 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at Pit at the Park.

Aug 4, 2017

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

Que for the Troops is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 16%

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 21 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

678.2740 career-best overall

94.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.2740 at The Ironman — 94.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 3, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

3 EYZ BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKEN DUDES BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2017 1 Grand Championship

2017 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 23%.

7 contests
3 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 23%

A tough matchup

25–4 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 29 shared contests.

The drought

9 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Pit at the Park on Aug 4, 2017 — 9 contests and 9.2 years ago.

last GC Aug 4, 2017
9.2 years ago

A strong matchup

12–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN GNOME BBQ in 12 of their 14 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

20 of 29 shared brisket entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 20 of 29 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 15% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 15% across 4 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,641 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,641 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,003 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship.

33 mapped stops
furthest 1,003 mi

The metronome

±1.85% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.85% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
33 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 11th

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
2016 ↗	Master	#514 (768 pts)	#680 (593 pts)	#636 (643 pts)	#538 (763 pts)	#366 (1,053 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#622 (584 pts)	#976 (349 pts)	#746 (509 pts)	#511 (759 pts)	#551 (679 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#828 (408 pts)	#710 (533 pts)	#1019 (333 pts)	#875 (418 pts)	#1048 (308 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1630 power rating

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#780 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1630

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WICHITA SWINEMEN

#781 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1665

They've been 1665 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	29	4	25	14%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	22	7	15	32%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN FOOLZ	21	10	11	48%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	20	8	12	40%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	19	13	6	68%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	19	11	8	58%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
Smokestack Redemption	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
PIG PEN BBQ	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GNOME BBQ	14	12	2	86%	⚔ compare
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	6	1	3	177.1772	145.6456	163.70	top 47%
Pork Ribs	33	5	1	1	173.2116	149.1084	162.28	top 46%
Pork	33	10	1	5	178.8800	146.2284	163.57	top 42%
Brisket	33	13	1	6	180 🔥	146.2744	165.74	top 34%

“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
Medium (20–39)	10	1	top 42%
Large (40+)	23	0	top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
PA	29	1	top 34%
NJ	1	0	top 69%
FL	1	0	top 35%
AR	1	0	top 86%
VA	1	0	top 33%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)	5	11	0	top 29%	Aug 24, 2018
Smoke in the Park	4	14	0	top 45%	Sep 28, 2018
The Ironman	4	3	0	top 29%	Apr 6, 2018
Que for the Troops	3	2	0	top 16%	Jun 1, 2018
Pit at the Park	2	1	1	top 28%	Aug 4, 2017
Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	2	9	0	top 43%	May 18, 2018
Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition	2	21	0	top 47%	May 6, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	4	0	top 32%	Aug 21, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 8 contests

Contests a season 5.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 29 of 33 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 17 8 of them more than once

First title Aug 4, 2017 Pit at the Park

Opponents faced 556 finished ahead 1,071 times, behind 542

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

20181 milestone

Sep 28 Most recent contest Smoke in the Park

20175 milestones

Jun 2 First Reserve Championship Que for the Troops
Aug 4 First Grand Championship Pit at the Park
Aug 4 Biggest field won (32 teams) Pit at the Park
Aug 25 25th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
Sep 22 Peak power rating (1646) Smoke in the Park

20161 milestone

Oct 7 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

20153 milestones

Apr 3 First overall podium The Ironman
Apr 3 Career-best overall score678.2740 The Ironman
Aug 28 10th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest

20144 milestones

Jun 6 First call Que for the Troops
Aug 15 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2172 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 29 First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

20131 milestone

Aug 23 First tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	The Ironman	Apr 3, 2015
+14.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 15, 2014
+13.6	Pit at the Park	Aug 4, 2017
+12.5	Que for the Troops	Jun 2, 2017
+11.8	Que for the Troops	Jun 3, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	Keystone Classic BBQ	Oct 6, 2017
-8	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	May 18, 2018
-6.9	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship	Oct 8, 2016
-5.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	Sep 26, 2014
-4.3	Smoke in the Park	Sep 28, 2018

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)
2018	6	0	0	0	67%	top 48%	91.6%	90.1%
2017	7	1	3	2	86%	top 23%	94.1%	92.3%
2016	8	0	2	1	50%	top 38%	93.1%	91%
2015	6	0	1	0	67%	top 34%	94.2%	91.2%
2014	5	0	2	1	60%	top 41%	93.6%	90.7%
2013	1	0	0	0	0%	top 41%	88.2%	88.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 28, 2018	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	19 / 31 (647.8168)	26 (155.3712)	22 (158.8000)	10 (167.4056)	17 (166.2400)
Aug 24, 2018	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	28 / 71 (643.8168)	24 (163.3828)	30 (162.2284)	65 (146.2284)	5 (171.9772)
Jun 1, 2018	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	16 / 61 (654.8228)	40 (158.8916)	5 (169.1656)	45 (153.6456)	3 (173.1200)
May 25, 2018	Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA	15 / 35 (659.3372)	13 (169.1428)	20 (163.9772)	19 (163.9428)	19 (162.2744)
May 18, 2018	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA	32 / 47 (639.8168)	43 (145.6456)	18 (166.8228)	21 (166.2628)	26 (161.0856)
Apr 6, 2018	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	30 / 60 (647.8512)	40 (159.3712)	10 (168.5600)	43 (155.9544)	30 (163.9656)
Oct 6, 2017	Keystone Classic BBQ Harrisburg, PA	27 / 39 (645.0056)	20 (164.0572)	16 (161.6456)	35 (154.2056)	14 (165.0972)
Sep 22, 2017	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	14 / 44 (661.5660)	38 (155.3716)	18 (163.3944)	10 (167.3828)	2 (175.4172)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	11 / 69 (661.0400)	5 (170.8916)	41 (159.3828)	14 (165.6800)	23 (165.0856)
Aug 4, 2017	Pit at the Park Macungie, PA	1 / 32 (675.9660)	16 (165.7028)	19 (162.8344)	1 (178.8800)	7 (168.5488)
Jun 2, 2017	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	2 / 63 (677.6916)	39 (160.5372)	1 (173.2116)	6 (169.6800)	3 (174.2628)
May 19, 2017	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	9 / 53 (674.2172)	2 (175.4172)	34 (160.5600)	25 (162.8228)	3 (175.4172)
Mar 31, 2017	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	14 / 59 (658.6856)	28 (160.5028)	35 (158.8000)	6 (169.7028)	10 (169.6800)
Oct 8, 2016	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	33 / 48 (641.0168)	31 (162.2512)	17 (164)	41 (153.6456)	26 (161.1200)
Oct 7, 2016	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	9 / 47 (670.1828)	28 (164.5600)	12 (167.4172)	36 (158.2056)	1 (180)
Sep 23, 2016	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	17 / 38 (655.9316)	22 (162.8572)	18 (163.4172)	17 (164.5600)	15 (165.0972)
Aug 26, 2016	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	18 / 66 (657.5884)	6 (173.1200)	59 (149.1084)	22 (166.2400)	9 (169.1200)
Aug 5, 2016	Pit at the Park Macungie, PA	12 / 23 (651.3484)	14 (157.6800)	17 (157.1312)	10 (166.2744)	4 (170.2628)
Jun 3, 2016	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	6 / 67 (663.4056)	29 (163.9884)	37 (160)	2 (170.2628)	11 (169.1544)
May 6, 2016	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	21 / 47 (648.9940)	40 (155.4056)	14 (163.9772)	20 (162.7884)	12 (166.8228)
Apr 1, 2016	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	19 / 54 (650.6628)	14 (169.1200)	32 (159.3944)	22 (163.9312)	29 (158.2172)
Oct 2, 2015	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	27 / 57 (650.1600)	35 (160.5028)	33 (158.8000)	20 (164.0344)	14 (166.8228)
Sep 25, 2015	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	15 / 34 (648.4912)	19 (161.0972)	6 (166.8800)	12 (162.8456)	19 (157.6684)
Aug 28, 2015	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	15 / 70 (657.6228)	42 (157.0856)	41 (159.4172)	11 (168)	4 (173.1200)
Aug 21, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	15 / 30 (638.2284)	24 (156.5828)	15 (158.8344)	3 (168)	18 (154.8112)
Apr 3, 2015	The Ironman Shady Grove, PA	3 / 48 (678.2740)	24 (161.6912)	15 (164.5828)	2 (176.5944)	2 (175.4056)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	22 / 62 (665.6000)	22 (169.7260)	42 (159.3828)	31 (165.0856)	12 (171.4056)
Sep 26, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	43 / 50 (674.1828)	29 (173.1200)	20 (172.5600)	34 (169.1200)	49 (159.3828)
Aug 29, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	10 / 30 (659.9200)	1 (177.1772)	9 (167.9772)	13 (162.2400)	27 (152.5256)
Aug 15, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	4 / 28 (666.2172)	5 (172.5716)	17 (156.5256)	3 (169.1200)	5 (168)
Jun 6, 2014	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	13 / 65 (643.9428)	2 (171.4284)	48 (150.7888)	21 (161.7600)	18 (159.9656)
May 9, 2014	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition Green Lane, PA	27 / 54 (620.0116)	14 (162.2972)	14 (160.5484)	31 (150.8916)	38 (146.2744)
Aug 23, 2013	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	29 / 71 (635.2792)	14 (165.6912)	13 (165.1428)	50 (152.5140)	43 (151.9312)

SMOKEN DUDES BBQ

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 (17 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)