RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY

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

Power ranking

#1777

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1548

peak 1548 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-09

latest 2015-09-18

Best ToY finish

#572

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

670.7316 / 720

Master · Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.22 (+7.41)

Walk rate

91%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.5716

Pork Ribs · Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

Consistency

±13.88

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.95 · weakest Brisket (160.63)

Road miles

1,201

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 161 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

656.22 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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

91% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 91% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

670.7316 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.7316 at Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-08-14

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.32 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 55% of the time against 82%.

Brisket avg 160.63
Pork Ribs avg 165.95
6 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WYOMING BS BBQ in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 10 shared pork ribs entries lost

LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared pork ribs entries.

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 25 at their very first tracked contest, Smokin' on the Prairie (2013-08-09).

2013-08-09
25-team field

The metronome

±1.93% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.1% of a perfect score
11 contests

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

K-10 BBQ

#1771 of the rated field

1548 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

OnlyCans Competition BBQ

#1781 of the rated field

1548 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1566

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 33% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE

#1775 of the rated field

1548 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 70%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-01
on a 6-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Phantom Smoke & BBQ

#1773 of the rated field

1548 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-05-24

⚔ Head-to-head

PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO.

#1779 of the rated field

1548 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

Level with RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Sizzlin Bones BBQ

#1780 of the rated field

1548 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2015-07-10

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
WYOMING BS BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' MAGNUM BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
ROLLING HOGS	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Up In Smoke BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SCORCH AND RESQUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	5	1	3	173.7028	148.5488	165.42	top 42%
Pork Ribs	11	9	1	2	176.5716	157.0972	165.95	top 36%
Pork	11	5	0	1	173.1200	151.9084	164.22	top 43%
Brisket	11	6	0	0	171.4284	151.3600	160.63	top 46%

“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
WY	8	top 41%
SD	2	top 52%
MT	1	top 14%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 33%
Medium (20–39)	10	0	top 41%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin' on the Prairie	3	4	0	top 44%	2015-08-07

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2013-08-09 → 2015-09-18

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WY 8 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 165.95 · weakest Brisket (160.63)

Walk rate 91% a top-10 call in 10 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 45% 5 of 11 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 656.22 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 144 165–101 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,201 11 mapped stops · furthest 161 mi

Schedule strength 1539 average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1548 peak 1548 · #1777 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 9 First tracked contest Smokin' on the Prairie
Aug 9 First call Smokin' on the Prairie
Aug 9 First category win (Chicken) Smokin' on the Prairie
Aug 9 First overall top-10 Smokin' on the Prairie
Aug 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5028 Smokin' on the Prairie
2015
Aug 14 Career-best overall score670.7316 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Aug 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5716 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Aug 21 10th tracked contest Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Aug 21 Peak power rating (1548) Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Sep 18 Most recent contest Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.8	Smokin' on the Prairie	2013-08-09
+12.3	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	2015-07-03
+6.9	Best of the West BBQ Fest	2014-09-05
+6.7	Best of the West BBQ Fest	2013-09-06
+6.2	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	2015-08-14

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.5	Smokin' on the Prairie	2015-08-07
-0.2	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships	2015-09-18
-0.1	Smokin' on the Prairie	2014-08-08

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	5	2	1	80%	top 43%	93.2%	92.2%
2014	3	1	0	100%	top 44%	90.8%	89.5%
2013	3	2	1	100%	top 31%	92.8%	91.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-09-18	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD	16 / 30 (668.4340)	12 (171.9656)	4 (175.4400)	18 (167.9656)	30 (153.0628)
2015-08-21	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	13 / 26 (663.8744)	13 (163.9544)	9 (168.5944)	18 (160.5028)	6 (170.8228)
2015-08-14	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	9 / 26 (670.7316)	6 (173.1200)	1 (176.5716)	5 (169.6800)	18 (151.3600)
2015-08-07	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	17 / 26 (647.2344)	17 (163.3828)	21 (159.9544)	13 (166.2400)	21 (157.6572)
2015-07-03	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	4 / 29 (667.9084)	2 (173.7028)	10 (163.9772)	18 (158.8000)	4 (171.4284)
2014-09-05	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	8 / 25 (629.5776)	18 (148.5488)	8 (161.1088)	3 (164.5716)	9 (155.3484)
2014-08-15	Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY	12 / 25 (653.5884)	17 (161.6800)	9 (161.6800)	12 (162.2400)	4 (167.9884)
2014-08-08	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	13 / 25 (649.5428)	23 (151.3600)	10 (166.8344)	5 (173.1200)	15 (158.2284)
2013-09-06	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	5 / 15 (665.0284)	2 (173.1316)	7 (163.3828)	7 (164.5484)	4 (163.9656)
2013-08-16	9th Annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY	11 / 25 (634.0224)	7 (165.6684)	15 (157.0972)	16 (151.9084)	10 (159.3484)
2013-08-09	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	4 / 25 (668.5028)	1 (173.1200)	3 (170.8456)	5 (166.8228)	11 (157.7144)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#572 (642 pts)	#526 (742 pts)	#474 (817 pts)	#689 (552 pts)	#641 (582 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#890 (370 pts)	#1293 (235 pts)	#902 (405 pts)	#737 (515 pts)	#814 (435 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#643 (485 pts)	#479 (670 pts)	#709 (470 pts)	#796 (415 pts)	#746 (435 pts)