SMOKE'N ICE

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

Power ranking

#1960

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1543 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-08

latest 2016-09-03

Best ToY finish

#308

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

668.5714 / 720

Master · Smokelawn

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.94 (+0.60)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

175.4400

Pork · Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship

Consistency

±10.25

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.30)

Road miles

7,934

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 846 mi

Schedule strength

15%

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

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.94 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 15 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

668.5714 career-best overall

92.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 668.5714 at Smokelawn — 92.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-05-03

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.23 points below their pork, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 53%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.30
Pork avg 168.53
1 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FULL DRAW BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

4 of 6 shared pork entries lost

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BARRY & ERICA has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A March team

Top 30% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 30% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

3 March contests
top 42% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,934 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,934 miles across 15 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 846 miles to Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing.

15 mapped stops
furthest 846 mi

The metronome

±1.42% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.42% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.1% of a perfect score
15 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.

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

2-CAN-Q

#1974 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1552

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SMOKE'N ICE)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKE'N ICE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2022-03-19

⚔ Head-to-head

She Thinks My Slabs R Sexy

#1978 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1539

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKE'N ICE)

Fewer contests behind them than SMOKE'N ICE has cooked, 5 to 15, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2016-07-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Que or be Qued

#1966 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1554

No shared contest yet.

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Belly Buss Barbeque

#1971 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2021-09-25
on a 6-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Little E's Que

#1959 of the rated field

1539 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after SMOKE'N ICE did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2025-07-25

⚔ Head-to-head

B Lee's BBQ

#1969 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKE'N ICE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-01-16

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
WILDCATTERS Q CREW	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	3	0	169.7144	154.8228	161.74	top 47%
Pork Ribs	15	1	0	166.2972	150.8000	159.30	top 57%
Pork	15	8	2	175.4400	158.8570	168.53	top 27%
Brisket	15	3	0	172.5714	149.0284	159.36	top 47%

“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
TX	6	top 37%
SD	3	top 59%
NM	3	top 32%
OK	2	top 60%
AR	1	top 15%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 34%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	25	top 44%	2016-09-03
Cookin' on Kampeska	2	11	top 48%	2015-07-17
Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship	2	14	top 35%	2015-07-03

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.5 yrs 2013-03-08 → 2016-09-03

Busiest season 2013 8 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 6 of 15 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 168.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.30)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 9 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 27% 4 of 15 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 648.94 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 466 414–263 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 7,934 15 mapped stops · furthest 846 mi

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

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2015-07-17 → 2016-09-03

Power rating 1539 peak 1543 · #1960 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 8 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4288 Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
May 3 Career-best overall score668.5714 Smokelawn
2014
Jul 4 10th tracked contest Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
Jul 4 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
2015
Jul 3 Peak power rating (1543) Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
2016
Sep 3 Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.8	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship	2013-03-22
+11.3	Smokelawn	2013-05-03
+10.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-08
+8.2	Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship	2013-07-05
+6.5	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2013-08-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.5	Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing	2013-07-19
-3.7	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition	2013-08-09
-3.4	Cookin' on Kampeska	2015-07-17
-3.1	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2013-04-19
-3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-03-14

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0%	top 52%	89.8%	89.8%
2015	2	0	50%	top 47%	90.2%	89.9%
2014	4	0	100%	top 46%	92.6%	90.1%
2013	8	4	50%	top 37%	92.9%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-09-03	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	30 / 58 (646.8004)	28 (165.1888)	54 (150.8000)	20 (169.6916)	31 (161.1200)
2015-07-17	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	23 / 38 (649.6688)	8 (169.7144)	28 (157.7144)	5 (171.4172)	30 (150.8228)
2015-07-03	Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM	15 / 44 (644.5372)	15 (159.4288)	14 (164.5944)	12 (166.2856)	24 (154.2284)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	39 / 76 (639.8284)	48 (158.2744)	47 (158.8228)	3 (173.7028)	61 (149.0284)
2014-07-18	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	11 / 31 (666.8460)	12 (166.8572)	16 (166.2972)	10 (170.2972)	17 (163.3944)
2014-07-04	Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM	14 / 38 (654.2632)	24 (157.6916)	30 (156.5488)	3 (175.4400)	15 (164.5828)
2014-03-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	17 / 29 (635.3256)	22 (158.2284)	26 (150.8228)	4 (167.4400)	11 (158.8344)
2013-08-31	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	25 / 89 (643.3368)	57 (154.8228)	16 (165.1084)	11 (169.7028)	57 (153.7028)
2013-08-09	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK	19 / 30 (640.4004)	15 (165.6916)	18 (160.5144)	17 (165.1316)	23 (149.0628)
2013-07-19	Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing Watertown, SD	21 / 26 (636.5032)	21 (158.8344)	21 (157.1316)	12 (163.4172)	12 (157.1200)
2013-07-05	Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship Rio Rancho, NM	10 / 42 (662.8568)	17 (160.5714)	24 (156.5712)	4 (173.1428)	4 (172.5714)
2013-05-03	Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR	6 / 41 (668.5714)	5 (169.7144)	14 (164.5714)	9 (170.2854)	16 (164.0002)
2013-04-19	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	36 / 63 (641.7138)	45 (155.4282)	36 (160.5712)	38 (161.7142)	23 (164.0002)
2013-03-22	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX	6 / 59 (655.4288)	16 (159.4286)	26 (155.4286)	5 (171.4286)	5 (169.1430)
2013-03-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX	6 / 29 (647.9994)	4 (166.2858)	8 (163.9998)	17 (158.8570)	9 (158.8568)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1981 (94 pts)	#2563 (69 pts)	#2794 (54 pts)	#1443 (204 pts)	#1892 (124 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#308 (988 pts)	#319 (948 pts)	#409 (773 pts)	#262 (1093 pts)	#304 (1008 pts)