Carrol Lou's Smokehouse IL

Power ranking

#345

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1630

peak 1646

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-08

latest 2023-04-28

Best ToY finish

#65

Master 2019

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 45 contests

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

700.5600

American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

636.94 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 667.44 (-30.50)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Blues,Brews & Barbecue

Consistency

±37.71

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.98 · weakest Brisket (165.81)

Road miles

6870

mi across 45 mapped stops · furthest 445 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

JaBs BBQ has finished one call ahead of Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Rusty Pig BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Heavy Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 27 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.5716 points of the Grand Championship at Blues,Brews & Barbecue (2019-06-07).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at Route 66 Smoke Out.

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 16% across 3 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	45	27	4	9	180.0000 🔥	157.6572	171.98	top 29%
Pork Ribs	45	23	2	4	177.1544	153.6344	168.47	top 35%
Pork	45	11	0	3	180.0000 🔥	161.1200	168.77	top 41%
Brisket	45	11	0	3	178.8572	145.6456	165.81	top 49%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
IL	21	1	top 36%
IN	13	1	top 35%
MO	4	0	top 31%
KS	4	0	top 11%
WI	1	0	top 17%
TN	1	0	top 34%
AR	1	0	top 79%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 24%
Medium (20–39)	21	2	top 33%
Large (40+)	22	0	top 35%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (29 contests)
Cooks mostly in IL (21 of 45 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (45 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Route 66 Smoke Out (2019-05-03)
Wins it all in 4% of contests
All-time average overall score: 667.44
2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

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	GCs	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2023	1	0	0	674.1940	674.19
2022	1	0	0	667.8628	667.86
2021	8	0	0	700.5600	653.72
2020	6	0	0	674.2284	664.03
2019	29	2	6	695.9428	671.01

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-04-28	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL) Washington, MO	17 / 37 (674.1940)	5 (174.8456)	23 (164.5600)	26 (166.8228)	19 (167.9656)
2022-05-06	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	19 / 33 (667.8628)	12 (171.9656)	28 (153.6344)	6 (174.8800)	15 (167.3828)
2021-10-22	Smokin' For Garrett Boonville, IN	6 / 27 (678.2172)	3 (174.2628)	19 (163.3944)	9 (172.0228)	13 (168.5372)
2021-09-24	Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	19 / 39 (675.9200)	2 (178.2972)	15 (168.5716)	24 (166.2628)	27 (162.7884)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	84 / 467 (488.4912)	104 (171.4400)	320 (161.7372)	95 (171.4056)	178 (167.3828)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	6 / 185 (700.5600)	5 (178.8800)	103 (170.2628)	57 (172.5600)	8 (178.8572)
2021-07-23	Effingham -Jam Effingham, IL	17 / 29 (668.5028)	8 (170.8456)	5 (173.1544)	17 (167.4056)	24 (157.0972)
2021-07-09	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL	8 / 38 (682.2400)	5 (174.2628)	8 (170.2972)	20 (166.2744)	9 (171.4056)
2021-05-01	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	19 / 44 (668.4684)	21 (168.5600)	20 (164.5372)	11 (169.7028)	24 (165.6684)
2021-04-23	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	17 / 45 (667.3600)	21 (169.6800)	6 (174.2972)	38 (161.1200)	26 (162.2628)
2020-07-18	CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2 Eureka, IL	22 / 25 (658.7884)	10 (171.4056)	18 (164.5488)	11 (167.4284)	23 (155.4056)
2020-07-17	CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 1 Eureka, IL	11 / 30 (674.2284)	8 (171.4172)	6 (171.9772)	15 (168.5828)	24 (162.2512)
2020-07-10	Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL	35 / 53 (661.6228)	28 (167.9656)	7 (170.8572)	35 (164.5372)	47 (158.2628)
2020-06-20	Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) Franklin, IN	34 / 63 (669.6796)	28 (170.2512)	19 (168.0000)	15 (171.4628)	54 (159.9656)
2020-06-19	Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN	44 / 69 (661.0972)	41 (165.6912)	46 (163.3944)	21 (170.8800)	49 (161.1316)
2020-05-29	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	27 / 66 (658.7768)	33 (164.5140)	32 (164.5716)	39 (161.6684)	22 (168.0228)
2019-10-18	Best of the Midwest Union Grove, WI	9 / 52 (669.6340)	14 (167.3828)	6 (174.2744)	22 (164.5484)	25 (163.4284)
2019-10-11	Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) Arthur, IL	3 / 43 (692.5028)	4 (175.4056)	16 (166.8344)	4 (176.5600)	8 (173.7028)
2019-09-27	New Albany Blues Brews and BBQ Festival New Albany, IN	6 / 23 (681.0516)	4 (173.7144)	4 (173.1316)	12 (166.8228)	13 (167.3828)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	40 / 468 (504.5140)	212 (166.8228)	166 (167.4628)	21 (176.0000)	88 (172.0000)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	17 / 135 (695.9428)	3 (179.4400)	57 (170.8344)	27 (174.2628)	66 (171.4056)
2019-08-16	Evansville BBQ Evansville, IN	4 / 19 (682.8000)	1 (177.7028)	10 (161.6800)	3 (174.8572)	6 (168.5600)
2019-08-09	Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN	15 / 29 (673.0288)	26 (163.3944)	6 (171.4172)	15 (169.6800)	12 (168.5372)
2019-07-27	Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival Hannibal, MO	5 / 18 (678.7656)	6 (173.1084)	6 (167.3944)	9 (169.1428)	6 (169.1200)
2019-07-26	Effingham -Jam Effingham, IL	3 / 26 (685.6112)	3 (176.5600)	3 (174.2628)	17 (164.5372)	9 (170.2512)
2019-07-19	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Peoria, IL	15 / 40 (669.0632)	4 (173.1428)	9 (167.9888)	25 (163.9888)	24 (163.9428)
2019-07-12	Harvest On Fire at The Winery Marshall, IL	16 / 31 (668.4456)	21 (166.8228)	11 (166.8228)	11 (169.1200)	13 (165.6800)
2019-07-05	Johnson County BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO	4 / 37 (681.5996)	5 (175.4056)	4 (173.1428)	21 (166.2284)	14 (166.8228)
2019-06-28	BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Joliet, IL	8 / 42 (682.2516)	10 (173.1544)	22 (165.6800)	3 (174.8800)	18 (168.5372)
2019-06-22	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 Belvidere, IL	26 / 45 (662.1716)	15 (169.1428)	22 (167.3944)	23 (166.8344)	31 (158.8000)
2019-06-21	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL	5 / 50 (678.1944)	8 (173.1200)	5 (171.4172)	27 (163.9772)	12 (169.6800)
2019-06-14	Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL	9 / 25 (665.0628)	2 (178.8572)	9 (169.1316)	5 (171.4284)	23 (145.6456)
2019-06-07	Blues,Brews & Barbecue Beardstown, IL	2 / 25 (684.5028)	1 (180.0000)	9 (165.0972)	7 (169.6684)	2 (169.7372)
2019-05-31	Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	9 / 36 (672.4684)	5 (173.7028)	24 (161.6572)	19 (165.1200)	5 (171.9884)
2019-05-25	Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 Westmont, IL	22 / 48 (658.1140)	17 (166.8228)	32 (158.8000)	15 (165.6684)	16 (166.8228)
2019-05-24	Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 Westmont, IL	11 / 40 (667.8628)	1 (175.4056)	2 (170.8460)	22 (163.9428)	26 (157.6684)
2019-05-17	Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition Valparaiso, IN	1 / 20 (687.3944)	1 (178.8572)	4 (169.7144)	12 (166.2400)	3 (172.5828)
2019-05-10	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	32 / 42 (645.0404)	37 (157.6572)	16 (168.5716)	27 (161.7260)	32 (157.0856)
2019-05-04	Smoke on the Water Liberty, IN	9 / 26 (681.0512)	16 (167.3828)	1 (174.2744)	5 (174.2628)	16 (165.1312)
2019-05-03	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	1 / 33 (693.6916)	6 (173.1200)	1 (177.1544)	15 (167.9772)	2 (175.4400)
2019-04-26	Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	7 / 26 (682.2400)	7 (172.5600)	12 (170.2744)	7 (171.9772)	8 (167.4284)
2019-04-05	CCSFest Indianapois, IN	6 / 40 (680.5028)	6 (173.1428)	5 (174.8572)	18 (167.3828)	28 (165.1200)
2019-03-22	PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition Franklin, IN	5 / 29 (690.2056)	8 (171.9772)	6 (172.0000)	2 (180.0000)	19 (166.2284)
2019-03-08	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Nashville, TN	23 / 67 (680.4916)	17 (171.9772)	9 (174.2856)	35 (166.8344)	41 (167.3944)
2019-02-08	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship Little Rock, AR	73 / 92 (665.0972)	59 (169.1428)	47 (166.8344)	47 (168.0344)	84 (161.0856)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1202 (88 pts)	#1042 (123 pts)	#1666 (58 pts)	#898 (173 pts)	#1151 (108 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#227 (841 pts)	#155 (1146 pts)	#260 (821 pts)	#360 (561 pts)	#310 (651 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#355 (310 pts)	#316 (395 pts)	#239 (510 pts)	#313 (395 pts)	#480 (240 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#65 (2067 pts)	#10 (2428 pts)	#57 (1972 pts)	#86 (1771 pts)	#113 (1653 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#113 (1825 pts)	#113 (1717 pts)	#160 (1495 pts)	#12 (2422 pts)	#136 (1613 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#468 (805 pts)	#544 (730 pts)	#335 (1085 pts)	#333 (1090 pts)	#309 (1165 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1055 (303 pts)	#858 (438 pts)	#1093 (313 pts)	#1206 (278 pts)	#973 (358 pts)