SMOKIN HOSS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2613

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1516

peak 1526 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-05

latest 2013-12-06

Best ToY finish

#296

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

683.4284 / 720

Master · Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.71 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 663.73 (-3.01)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1430

Pork Ribs · Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±9.31

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.24 · weakest Pork (164.39)

Road miles

687

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)

Master avg

663.73 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

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

High-water mark

683.4284 career-best overall

94.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.4284 at Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) — 94.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-05-17

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

TENACIOUS Q ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TENACIOUS Q has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared chicken entries.

A May team

Top 28% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 48% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.29% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.29% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.2% of a perfect score
10 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

DEEP SOUTH BBQ

#2604 of the rated field

1516 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 78
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1603

3–3 in 6 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN HOSS)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 76 contests
last seen 2023-07-06

⚔ Head-to-head

TWO SMOKIN GUYS NY

#2624 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN FAT BOYS BBQ

#2622 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Pink Ring BBQ

#2626 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after SMOKIN HOSS did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Three Stooges Barbeque

#2618 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKIN HOSS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BARBQUE XTREME

#2601 of the rated field

1516 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1542

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-11-15

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TENACIOUS Q	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
OLD PLANTATION BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DIGGIN QUE-GA	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
WICKED QUE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
CURLY TAILS BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
KUDZU Q	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
DEEP SOUTH BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	174.8570	162.2628	167.24	top 52%
Pork Ribs	10	2	1	177.1430	157.0972	165.53	top 50%
Pork	10	3	0	172.5600	155.4284	164.39	top 56%
Brisket	10	4	0	172.5718	152.5256	166.56	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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 54%

The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.7 yrs 2013-04-05 → 2013-12-06

Busiest season 2013 10 contests

Cooks most in GA 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 10 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.24 · weakest Pork (164.39)

Walk rate 70% a top-10 call in 7 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 2 of 10 contests

Master average 663.73 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 237 226–219 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 687 10 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength 1521 average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests

Power rating 1516 peak 1526 · #2613 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 5 First tracked contest Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 5 First call Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4286 Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 26 First overall top-10 BBQ Boogie & Blues
May 17 Career-best overall score683.4284 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 17 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1430 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 24 Peak power rating (1526) Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)
Dec 6 10th tracked contest Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier)
Dec 6 Most recent contest Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	2013-05-17
+7.1	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)	2013-05-24
+3.9	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2013-04-26
+3.3	Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier)	2013-05-10
+1	Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)	2013-04-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.5	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-10-25
-4.1	The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)	2013-11-15
-3.2	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier)	2013-04-19
-0.8	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier)	2013-12-06
-0.1	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-08-23

Category scores over time

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)
2013	10	0	2	0	70%	top 48%	94.9%	92.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-12-06	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	38 / 65 (667.9316)	29 (170.8344)	49 (162.2744)	10 (172.5600)	46 (162.2628)
2013-11-15	The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA	54 / 79 (662.1948)	58 (163.9428)	36 (168.0116)	55 (165.6916)	49 (164.5488)
2013-10-25	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA	27 / 41 (649.5996)	22 (168.5484)	15 (167.3828)	31 (161.1428)	36 (152.5256)
2013-08-23	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	27 / 54 (651.2684)	32 (162.2628)	35 (157.0972)	34 (160.5028)	7 (171.4056)
2013-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	14 / 47 (672.5714)	24 (168.0000)	32 (162.8572)	5 (171.9998)	13 (169.7144)
2013-05-17	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	4 / 37 (683.4284)	5 (174.8570)	3 (177.1430)	21 (164.5714)	18 (166.8570)
2013-05-10	Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA	14 / 33 (662.8570)	16 (166.8570)	16 (162.8572)	21 (163.4284)	8 (169.7144)
2013-04-26	BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA	10 / 25 (665.7140)	14 (166.8570)	10 (166.8570)	10 (165.1428)	7 (166.8572)
2013-04-19	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier) Cornelia, GA	22 / 36 (662.2850)	26 (163.9998)	23 (165.7140)	26 (163.4284)	16 (169.1428)
2013-04-05	Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Summerville, GA	20 / 41 (659.4286)	19 (166.2856)	19 (165.1428)	38 (155.4284)	8 (172.5718)

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

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
2013 ↗	Master	#296 (1035 pts)	#323 (935 pts)	#285 (1045 pts)	#306 (975 pts)	#234 (1200 pts)