MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING

MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 7th of 33 at the Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza (2013). They are ranked #2126 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,126

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1534

peak 1558 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Jun 1, 2018 · 5.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#346

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

19% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

656.4568 / 720

Master · Que for the Troops

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.62 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 634.71 (-1.09)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172

Pork · Que for the Troops

Consistency

±12.23

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.12 · weakest Chicken (154.93)

Road miles

1,579

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 139 mi

Schedule strength

21%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Master avg

634.71 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

7 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

15–1 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.19 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 33%.

Chicken avg 154.93
Pork Ribs avg 163.12
1 call in 21 entries

A strong matchup

9–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

10 of 16 shared pork ribs entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 16 shared pork ribs entries.

A May team

Top 34% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 34% across 4 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.70% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.70% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.2% of a perfect score
21 contests

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1803 (105 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2004 (110 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2167 (95 pts)	#2061 (110 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1167 (240 pts)	#1112 (285 pts)	#1041 (320 pts)	#849 (430 pts)	#1219 (240 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#553 (676 pts)	#646 (586 pts)	#294 (1,206 pts)	#501 (766 pts)	#641 (581 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#346 (888 pts)	#408 (753 pts)	#339 (893 pts)	#327 (923 pts)	#362 (863 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BABY GOT BUTT BBQ MD

#2,130 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1534

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING)

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 8, 2016

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE N DUDES

#2,134 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1537

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING)

Fewer contests behind them than MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING has cooked, 6 to 21, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 27, 2021

⚔ Head-to-head

Richmond County Pit Bros

#2,128 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1539

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Aces

#2,138 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1646

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING)

They've been 1646 at their best, 112 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 89 contests
last seen May 25, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

ABS of SQUEAL

#2,139 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1557

22 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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2 ROLLING BONES

#2,142 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1556

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2017

⚔ Compare careers

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
QUEGASM	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	1	0	1	169.1656	141.6456	154.93	top 63%
Pork Ribs	21	7	1	2	172	151.4284	163.12	top 31%
Pork	21	7	0	2	172	151.4056	161.61	top 35%
Brisket	21	1	0	0	163.3828	146.2744	155.06	top 51%

“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)	4	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	11	top 49%
MD	5	top 38%
DE	2	top 42%
NJ	2	top 46%
VA	1	top 21%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Que for the Troops	4	7	top 45%	Jun 1, 2018
New Holland Summer Fest	3	19	top 47%	Aug 26, 2016
DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2	18	top 46%	Oct 3, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 11 of 21 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 15 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 506 finished ahead 719 times, behind 555

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

20181 milestone

Jun 1 Most recent contest Que for the Troops

20152 milestones

Jun 5 Career-best overall score656.4568 Que for the Troops
Jun 5 Career-best single call (Pork)172 Que for the Troops

20144 milestones

May 9 First category win (Pork Ribs) Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
Jun 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5144 Que for the Troops
Jun 6 10th tracked contest Que for the Troops
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1558) New Holland Summer Fest

20133 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 25 First call The Memorial Day Pignic
May 25 First overall top-10 The Memorial Day Pignic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.6	Que for the Troops	May 31, 2013
+10.6	Que for the Troops	Jun 6, 2014
+9.8	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza	Jul 26, 2013
+9.3	The Memorial Day Pignic	May 25, 2013
+8.9	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	Oct 5, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	Que for the Troops	Jun 1, 2018
-7.9	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	Oct 3, 2014
-6.7	Que for the Troops	Jun 2, 2017
-5.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 15, 2014
-5	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 26, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 80%	86.8%	86.8%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 70%	86.5%	86.5%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	87.6%	87.6%
2015	4	0	0	50%	top 46%	91.2%	89.3%
2014	7	1	1	71%	top 45%	90.1%	87.8%
2013	7	3	0	71%	top 31%	89.8%	88.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 1, 2018	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	49 / 61 (625.1316)	57 (147.4400)	32 (159.3944)	16 (165.1772)	49 (153.1200)
Jun 2, 2017	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	44 / 63 (622.7200)	55 (151.3484)	15 (165.1544)	36 (156.5372)	49 (149.6800)
Aug 26, 2016	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	42 / 66 (630.7772)	59 (149.7144)	18 (166.2628)	15 (168.5256)	56 (146.2744)
Aug 28, 2015	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	35 / 70 (633.0172)	32 (160.5716)	40 (159.9656)	42 (156.5372)	39 (155.9428)
Jun 5, 2015	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	27 / 54 (656.4568)	38 (160.5028)	20 (165.7028)	9 (172)	39 (158.2512)
May 8, 2015	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	27 / 57 (636.5140)	52 (147.4056)	14 (164.0228)	7 (168.5372)	27 (156.5484)
Apr 10, 2015	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	36 / 99 (644.4800)	16 (169.1656)	28 (163.9772)	37 (162.2400)	74 (149.0972)
Oct 3, 2014	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	46 / 65 (608.3996)	56 (145.6684)	25 (159.9772)	38 (155.9656)	43 (146.7884)
Aug 22, 2014	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	19 / 70 (644.9712)	46 (154.8228)	3 (172)	25 (159.9312)	29 (158.2172)
Aug 15, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	19 / 28 (628.9712)	26 (153.7144)	22 (151.9312)	2 (170.2628)	18 (153.0628)
Aug 8, 2014	MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD	20 / 54 (647.3024)	18 (162.8800)	4 (168.5600)	18 (162.2628)	31 (153.5996)
Jun 6, 2014	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	10 / 65 (648.5144)	14 (164.5716)	5 (166.3200)	34 (156.5256)	15 (161.0972)
May 9, 2014	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD	21 / 43 (621.5428)	40 (141.6572)	1 (170.8572)	18 (158.2284)	28 (150.8000)
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	51 / 109 (623.3484)	101 (141.6456)	21 (163.4516)	36 (159.4400)	36 (158.8112)
Oct 5, 2013	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	18 / 85 (636.5256)	28 (162.2972)	16 (161.7028)	50 (151.4056)	13 (161.1200)
Sep 6, 2013	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA	17 / 31 (629.0628)	20 (154.3200)	5 (166.2744)	24 (151.9428)	14 (156.5256)
Aug 9, 2013	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	16 / 60 (644.4568)	20 (161.7144)	8 (167.9656)	10 (165.6684)	39 (149.1084)
Jul 26, 2013	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza Bluemont, VA	7 / 33 (645.0056)	2 (168)	26 (151.9428)	10 (161.6800)	5 (163.3828)
May 31, 2013	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	7 / 46 (640.5710)	22 (156)	13 (162.2858)	2 (166.2856)	13 (155.9996)
May 25, 2013	The Memorial Day Pignic Fort Ritchie, MD	9 / 38 (646.8568)	22 (157.7144)	8 (166.2856)	8 (166.8570)	18 (155.9998)
Apr 19, 2013	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	59 / 106 (614.2852)	101 (142.2854)	59 (151.4284)	41 (157.7142)	14 (162.8572)

MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING

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

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

A May team

The metronome

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 — 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)