SMOKIN WALLY'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4957

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1463

peak 1500 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-08

latest 2022-03-18

Best ToY finish

#576

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

646.8232 / 720

Master · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.30 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 627.08 (+11.22)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5712

Pork · Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship

Consistency

±20.00

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 159.81 · weakest Brisket (151.29)

Road miles

3,933

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1071 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Purse competed for

$22K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

627.08 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 61%.

6 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 61%

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

WILDCATTERS Q CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings

WILDCATTERS Q CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.52 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 10%.

Brisket avg 151.29
Pork Ribs avg 159.81
1 calls in 10 entries

The comeback

3.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.4 years, then back at Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) (2020-02-07).

last seen 2016-09-02
back 2020-02-07

The long haul

3,933 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,933 miles across 10 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,071 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

10 mapped stops
furthest 1,071 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

Ain't it the Life

#4966 of the rated field

1463 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1463

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN WALLY'S BBQ)

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2023-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ JUNKIES

#4939 of the rated field

1464 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1464

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 2023-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Q 12 Barbecue

#4954 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

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 2023-03-31

⚔ Head-to-head

THE COWBOY WAY AZ

#4945 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1463

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before SMOKIN WALLY'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Pharr Moore BBQ

#4969 of the rated field

1463 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

KinFolks Smokin Butts

#4959 of the rated field

1463 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	168.5600	141.7144	158.11	top 70%
Pork Ribs	10	1	1	170.8570	143.9998	159.81	top 62%
Pork	10	2	2	172.5712	142.8572	157.87	top 66%
Brisket	10	1	0	168.6056	134.8568	151.29	top 70%

“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	3	top 42%
TN	2	top 82%
GA	1	top 94%
MI	1	top 80%
IL	1	top 87%
KS	1	top 92%
OK	1	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 87%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 88%
Large (40+)	5	top 53%

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

On the trail 9 yrs 2013-03-08 → 2022-03-18

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 3 of 10 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 0 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 159.81 · weakest Brisket (151.29)

Walk rate 30% a top-10 call in 3 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 627.08 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 380 171–257 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,933 10 mapped stops · furthest 1,071 mi

Schedule strength 1551 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Purse competed for $22,000 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.4 yrs 2016-09-02 → 2020-02-07

Power rating 1463 peak 1500 · #4957 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 22 First call Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Mar 22 First overall top-10 Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Mar 22 Career-best single call (Pork)172.5712 Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Mar 22 Peak power rating (1500) Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Aug 31 Career-best overall score646.8232 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
2022
Mar 18 10th tracked contest Smoke on The Shores
Mar 18 Most recent contest Smoke on The Shores

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.6	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship	2013-03-22
+10.6	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2013-08-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship	2013-04-26
-11.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-08
-8.9	Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff	2013-07-13
-7.1	Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2020-02-07
-6.8	Smoke on The Shores	2022-03-18

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)
2022	1	0	0%	top 89%	87.8%	87.8%
2021	1	0	0%	top 75%	89.3%	89.3%
2020	1	0	0%	top 94%	87.3%	87.3%
2016	1	0	0%	top 80%	89%	89%
2013	6	1	50%	top 61%	89.8%	86.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-03-18	Smoke on The Shores 🏅 Lebanon, TN	56 / 63 (632.4688)	55 (163.4400)	61 (154.2288)	53 (159.9656)	54 (154.8344)
2021-04-09	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN	33 / 44 (642.7312)	34 (162.2628)	13 (170.8456)	41 (151.3828)	32 (158.2400)
2020-02-07	Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Young Harris, GA	30 / 32 (628.9144)	31 (156.5144)	27 (157.6800)	26 (161.0972)	29 (153.6228)
2016-09-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	24 / 30 (640.5376)	25 (159.4400)	22 (160.0116)	25 (156.5488)	13 (164.5372)
2013-08-31	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	20 / 89 (646.8232)	22 (164.5716)	38 (159.9544)	56 (153.6916)	8 (168.6056)
2013-07-13	Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff Peoria, IL	13 / 15 (631.8516)	7 (168.5600)	15 (158.8344)	2 (168.5600)	15 (135.8972)
2013-04-26	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship Arkansas City, KS	23 / 25 (634.2860)	14 (166.8574)	15 (165.1428)	23 (158.2856)	24 (144.0002)
2013-04-05	Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon Stillwater, OK	33 / 52 (582.2858)	40 (141.7144)	36 (143.9998)	39 (142.8572)	20 (153.7144)
2013-03-22	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX	10 / 59 (635.4282)	38 (147.4284)	3 (170.8570)	3 (172.5712)	37 (144.5716)
2013-03-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX	25 / 29 (595.4282)	25 (150.2858)	16 (156.5716)	21 (153.7140)	28 (134.8568)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1023 (120 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#1089 (57 pts)	#1098 (57 pts)	#1113 (57 pts)	#1102 (57 pts)	#1092 (57 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2916 (55 pts)	#2292 (70 pts)	#2918 (55 pts)	#2015 (115 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#576 (539 pts)	#603 (544 pts)	#474 (689 pts)	#416 (774 pts)	#589 (544 pts)