DELTA SMOKE

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

Power ranking

#2307

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1526

peak 1526 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2014-06-20

Best ToY finish

#402

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

685.7140 / 720

Master · Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.45 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 669.71 (-1.26)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Chicken · Four State BBQ Championship Presented by Downstream Casino

Consistency

±12.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.70 · weakest Pork (165.62)

Road miles

1,145

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 339 mi

Schedule strength

13%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)

Master avg

669.71 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

685.7140 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.7140 at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-06-07

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BBQR'S DELIGHT has finished one call ahead of DELTA SMOKE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.08 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.

Pork avg 165.62
Chicken avg 169.70
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Ginuswine in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

4 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

South Pork ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, South Pork has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 31% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 42% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.79% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.79% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.0% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

MCFRANKENBOO BBQ

#2295 of the rated field

1527 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1527

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DELTA SMOKE)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

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GOOBY'S BBQ

#2297 of the rated field

1527 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1533

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DELTA SMOKE)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 16 contests to 8.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2017-04-21

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Bucking Knockout

#2301 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1542

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-06-13

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Big shot BBQ

#2299 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-05-24

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Lakeland BBQ Company

#2315 of the rated field

1526 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

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Creek Smoke BBQ

#2304 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after DELTA SMOKE did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FIRE DANCER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
LOTTA BULL BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
South Pork	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	4	1	177.7028	159.4286	169.70	top 34%
Pork Ribs	8	3	1	173.1428	157.1088	166.19	top 46%
Pork	8	0	0	170.8572	159.3712	165.62	top 53%
Brisket	8	3	0	177.1428	159.3828	168.20	top 37%

“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
MS	5	top 48%
AR	2	top 26%
OK	1	top 47%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 47%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 42%

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.3 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2014-06-20

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 4 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.70 · weakest Pork (165.62)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 2 of 8 contests

Master average 669.71 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 309 231–187 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,145 8 mapped stops · furthest 339 mi

Schedule strength 1519 average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests

Power rating 1526 peak 1526 · #2307 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1422 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Jun 7 First call Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 7 Career-best overall score685.7140 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 14 First overall top-10 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
Aug 30 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Four State BBQ Championship Presented by Downstream Casino
2014
Jun 20 Peak power rating (1526) The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off
Jun 20 Most recent contest The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.1	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest	2013-09-27
+9.6	The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff	2013-06-14
+6.1	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)	2013-06-07
+4.8	The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off	2014-06-20
+2.7	Four State BBQ Championship Presented by Downstream Casino	2013-08-30

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.6	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival	2013-09-20
-3.2	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2013-03-15
-1.4	Stand By Your Grill	2013-08-16

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)
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 37%	94.3%	94.3%
2013	7	0	2	0	71%	top 43%	95.2%	92.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-06-20	The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS	18 / 49 (678.7768)	20 (169.1200)	25 (166.2512)	29 (166.2628)	8 (177.1428)
2013-09-27	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest Jonesboro, AR	8 / 48 (681.0400)	9 (170.2628)	9 (170.8344)	12 (169.1200)	8 (170.8228)
2013-09-20	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS	34 / 53 (654.0796)	30 (165.0856)	22 (168.5256)	41 (161.0856)	33 (159.3828)
2013-08-30	Four State BBQ Championship Presented by Downstream Casino Quapaw, OK	17 / 36 (666.2172)	2 (177.7028)	32 (157.1088)	13 (170.8572)	24 (160.5484)
2013-08-16	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	35 / 62 (662.1136)	6 (175.4400)	46 (159.3484)	53 (159.3712)	26 (167.9540)
2013-06-14	The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando, MS	9 / 40 (680.5710)	5 (173.1428)	3 (173.1428)	20 (165.1428)	14 (169.1426)
2013-06-07	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR	14 / 40 (685.7140)	23 (167.4284)	10 (173.1428)	17 (170.2856)	6 (174.8572)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	60 / 100 (649.1422)	72 (159.4286)	62 (161.1426)	48 (162.8570)	44 (165.7140)

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	#402 (764 pts)	#282 (1024 pts)	#365 (839 pts)	#482 (679 pts)	#410 (759 pts)