DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS

DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 30 at the Big Blue BBQ Championship (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #985 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#985

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1607

peak 1609 · rated over 19 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest Jun 9, 2017 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#348

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

47% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

680.5260 / 720

Master · Big Blue BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.91 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.57 (+9.34)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Battle of the Brisket

Consistency

±36.21

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.10 · weakest Brisket (165.14)

Road miles

1,597

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 174 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

658.57 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5256 points from the title

Came within 0.5256 points of the Grand Championship at Big Blue BBQ Championship (Jun 5, 2015).

Happy hunting ground

Top 10% average finish here

Big Blue BBQ Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 10%

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

680.5260 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.5260 at Big Blue BBQ Championship — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 5, 2015

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

TRUEBUD BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

TRUEBUD BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Theslabs.com in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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A March team

Top 19% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.

3 March contests
top 30% the rest of the year

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
2015 ↗	Master	#931 (340 pts)	#1020 (325 pts)	#1214 (255 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#903 (390 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#701 (511 pts)	#868 (416 pts)	#574 (671 pts)	#1008 (341 pts)	#1281 (231 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#348 (879 pts)	#426 (724 pts)	#553 (599 pts)	#308 (964 pts)	#395 (794 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

HOGZ GONE WILD GA

#986 of the rated field

1607 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1607

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2014

⚔ Head-to-head

PORK ME PURPLE

#982 of the rated field

1607 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1607

3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 28 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

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NATIVE SMOKERS BBQ

#987 of the rated field

1607 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1607

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Apr 25, 2025

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Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ

#989 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1618

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 30 contests, alongside a 47% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2026

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TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS

#990 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1609

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

rated over 58 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2016

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Pappy Q

#988 of the rated field

1607 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1695

Level with DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 62 contests
last seen May 10, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Theslabs.com	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
TRUEBUD BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
NICKLE BOYS BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
LIL' FIDDLER'S	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
FRONT DOOR GANG	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Three Brothers Different Mothers	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SMOKERS WILD	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SWEET BEAVER BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BLUE BUCKET BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON WHEELS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	6	1	2	178.8572	160.5712	169.10	top 26%
Pork Ribs	19	6	1	2	178.8572	158.8000	166.96	top 36%
Pork	19	6	1	1	177.7144	151.9656	166.06	top 37%
Brisket	18	7	0	1	172.5484	153.6112	165.14	top 36%

“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)	6	0	top 30%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 30%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	14	top 28%
MO	4	top 37%
NE	1	top 34%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Battle of the Brisket	3	5	0	top 15%	Sep 16, 2016
Big Blue BBQ Championship	2	2	0	top 10%	Jun 5, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 9 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 14 of 19 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 16 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,111 finished ahead 972 times, behind 860

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Jul 31, 2015 → Sep 16, 2016

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

20172 milestones

Mar 10 Peak power rating (1609) Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off
Jun 9 Most recent contest Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge

20153 milestones

Jun 5 First overall podium Big Blue BBQ Championship
Jun 5 First Reserve Championship Big Blue BBQ Championship
Jun 5 Career-best overall score680.5260 Big Blue BBQ Championship

20142 milestones

Mar 14 10th tracked contest NKC MO State Championship BBQ
Sep 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Battle of the Brisket

20135 milestones

Mar 15 First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Mar 15 First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4282 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Apr 12 First category win (Pork) Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First overall top-10 Smoke In The Spring

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	Smoke In The Spring	Apr 12, 2013
+13.3	Big Blue BBQ Championship	Jun 5, 2015
+12.9	NKC MO State Championship BBQ	Mar 14, 2014
+12.2	Big Blue BBQ Championship	May 31, 2013
+11.9	NKC MO State BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-17.7	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014
-2.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Sep 27, 2013
-2.3	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge	Jun 9, 2017

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)
2017	2	0	0	0%	top 45%	93%	91.9%
2016	1	1	0	100%	top 18%	93.7%	93.7%
2015	2	1	0	100%	top 25%	94.5%	93.2%
2014	5	3	2	80%	top 33%	93.4%	88.4%
2013	9	4	1	67%	top 27%	94.4%	92.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 9, 2017	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS	23 / 42 (653.5772)	18 (165.6800)	28 (162.2744)	33 (159.3828)	15 (166.2400)
Mar 10, 2017	Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS	12 / 34 (669.7028)	11 (168.5944)	12 (166.8456)	17 (166.2744)	15 (167.9884)
Sep 16, 2016	Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS	6 / 33 (674.6968)	11 (167.3712)	16 (165.0856)	9 (170.8344)	3 (171.4056)
Jul 31, 2015	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	20 / 46 (661.0512)	13 (169.6800)	16 (168.5712)	42 (151.9656)	5 (170.8344)
Jun 5, 2015	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	2 / 30 (680.5260)	4 (169.6916)	8 (170.2972)	5 (167.9888)	4 (172.5484)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	540 / 552 (508.5028)	46 (174.8572)	292 (163.3712)	122 (170.2744)	—
Sep 19, 2014	Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS	5 / 46 (671.3372)	1 (178.8572)	19 (165.1200)	23 (161.1316)	7 (166.2284)
Jul 18, 2014	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	15 / 41 (661.6344)	9 (169.1316)	14 (166.8800)	8 (172.0116)	31 (153.6112)
May 9, 2014	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	8 / 54 (672.4456)	15 (167.4056)	3 (174.2628)	19 (165.6800)	22 (165.0972)
Mar 14, 2014	NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO	4 / 61 (666.7428)	12 (166.2856)	1 (178.8572)	25 (162.2284)	27 (159.3716)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	160 / 535 (652.4000)	187 (165.0972)	288 (158.8000)	81 (169.1428)	256 (159.3600)
Sep 27, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	17 / 29 (666.1372)	14 (167.4172)	12 (169.6916)	18 (166.2400)	20 (162.7884)
Sep 13, 2013	Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS	8 / 53 (671.9428)	23 (164.0228)	17 (166.8228)	6 (170.2744)	4 (170.8228)
Aug 9, 2013	Cass County Weeping Water, NE	15 / 44 (664.5716)	11 (169.1772)	15 (166.8572)	14 (162.8572)	15 (165.6800)
Jul 19, 2013	9th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	10 / 40 (673.5884)	4 (175.4056)	6 (171.4172)	21 (165.1200)	21 (161.6456)
May 31, 2013	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	4 / 30 (667.9996)	20 (160.5712)	9 (166.2858)	4 (170.8570)	6 (170.2856)
May 3, 2013	Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Lansing, KS	15 / 33 (657.1426)	6 (171.9998)	9 (168)	22 (160.5716)	23 (156.5712)
Apr 12, 2013	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	6 / 71 (679.4282)	3 (176)	33 (163.4284)	1 (177.7144)	39 (162.2854)
Mar 15, 2013	NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO	11 / 79 (659.4282)	15 (165.7142)	40 (159.4286)	19 (164.5712)	8 (169.7142)

DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

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)