#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS CO

Power ranking

#1459

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1527

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-01-11

latest 2023-06-16

Best ToY finish

#277

Master 2019

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2172

Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.19 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 652.90 (-19.72)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Pork · National Western BBQ Throwdown

Consistency

±50.38

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.94 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.82)

Road miles

6167

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 1074 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Backdraft BBQ has finished one call ahead of #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of CARNIVORES in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 41% across 4 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)

Bull-B-Que #1343 · 1514 · CO 62nd St BBQ #1589 · 1502 · CO HONEYMAN BBQ #1654 · 1498 · CO Chucho Q #1236 · 1520 · CO ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ #1204 · 1522 · CO Monarchbbq #1739 · 1493 · CO

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	3	0	0	174.2744	150.8000	167.46	top 54%
Pork Ribs	22	3	0	0	175.4516	154.8000	165.82	top 54%
Pork	21	5	1	1	178.8800	158.2056	167.94	top 46%
Brisket	21	7	0	1	174.8572	154.2400	167.25	top 43%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CO	9	top 36%
KS	5	top 55%
OK	2	top 60%
WY	2	top 65%
TN	1	top 85%
SD	1	top 67%
AR	1	top 98%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 32%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 57%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (11 contests)
Cooks mostly in CO (9 of 22 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (22 entries)
All-time average overall score: 652.90

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2023	3	0	672.4572	662.42
2021	2	0	664.4800	580.26
2020	6	0	680.4796	671.04
2019	11	1	690.2172	650.71

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-06-16	Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	17 / 42 (672.4572)	21 (170.2628)	35 (157.6572)	11 (171.9656)	7 (172.5716)
2023-03-17	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	68 / 80 (652.3884)	79 (156.5028)	57 (163.9656)	27 (171.9656)	68 (159.9544)
2023-03-17	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN	—	—	8 (174.2856)	—	—
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	62 / 467 (496.0456)	45 (174.2744)	73 (173.1544)	198 (166.2744)	182 (166.8572)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	157 / 185 (664.4800)	178 (158.2400)	70 (172.5600)	59 (172.5600)	166 (161.1200)
2020-11-13	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS	65 / 94 (677.6572)	55 (170.3204)	56 (169.6800)	49 (171.4056)	78 (166.2512)
2020-10-24	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	38 / 58 (678.2056)	39 (170.8456)	13 (175.4172)	53 (161.6456)	33 (170.2972)
2020-10-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	35 / 64 (680.4796)	38 (170.8228)	33 (168.5828)	53 (166.2284)	11 (174.8456)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY	36 / 41 (652.9828)	23 (168.5716)	39 (157.0628)	11 (173.1084)	39 (154.2400)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY	17 / 41 (676.4920)	19 (170.8572)	36 (157.0744)	5 (175.4172)	6 (173.1432)
2020-08-21	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD	29 / 43 (660.4456)	31 (166.8456)	40 (158.2172)	27 (163.4056)	7 (171.9772)
2019-10-18	Meat Scream BBQ Competition Westminster, CO	18 / 46 (666.1372)	8 (173.1200)	24 (165.0972)	20 (166.2628)	27 (161.6572)
2019-09-20	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival Grand Lake, CO	2 / 25 (690.2172)	6 (173.1200)	4 (172.5600)	6 (169.6800)	2 (174.8572)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	77 / 468 (491.3940)	229 (165.6800)	23 (175.4516)	356 (158.2284)	171 (167.4400)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	124 / 135 (660.4912)	133 (158.8456)	124 (158.8344)	82 (169.1084)	37 (173.7028)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	22 / 54 (673.5540)	19 (171.4056)	11 (171.9772)	44 (158.2056)	10 (171.9656)
2019-06-21	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	14 / 26 (648.4116)	13 (164.5372)	4 (167.9772)	14 (161.0856)	14 (154.8116)
2019-06-14	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	21 / 55 (665.6800)	9 (173.1428)	34 (161.7028)	26 (166.2400)	24 (164.5944)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	12 / 38 (674.7308)	13 (170.2856)	26 (164.5140)	6 (171.4056)	7 (168.5256)
2019-04-26	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	15 / 40 (673.6232)	26 (166.8228)	22 (166.2516)	10 (169.7144)	6 (170.8344)
2019-02-08	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship Little Rock, AR	90 / 92 (642.1828)	92 (150.8000)	85 (161.1316)	70 (163.9656)	56 (166.2856)
2019-01-11	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	13 / 38 (671.3716)	15 (171.4172)	33 (154.8000)	1 (178.8800)	15 (166.2744)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#829 (160 pts)	#958 (140 pts)	#712 (275 pts)	#777 (190 pts)	#731 (225 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#917 (120 pts)	#978 (120 pts)	#1023 (120 pts)	#960 (120 pts)	#957 (120 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#332 (340 pts)	#362 (340 pts)	#348 (360 pts)	#254 (495 pts)	#196 (590 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#277 (1081 pts)	#277 (1076 pts)	#315 (981 pts)	#242 (1157 pts)	#242 (1186 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#587 (586 pts)	#730 (486 pts)	#716 (501 pts)	#599 (621 pts)	#662 (556 pts)