RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY

RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the Montana BBQ Cook-Off (2015). They are ranked #1791 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,791

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1548

peak 1548 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 9, 2013

latest Sep 18, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#572

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

45% of 11 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

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

Best single call

176.5716

Pork Ribs · Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

Consistency

±13.88

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.95 · weakest Brisket (160.63)

Road miles

1,201

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 161 mi

Schedule strength

29%

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

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

656.22 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

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
Aug 14, 2015

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 (Aug 9, 2013).

Aug 9, 2013
25-team field

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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

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	#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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY, each with one reason worth a look.

61 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

#1,784 of the rated field

1548 power rating

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

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 Aug 21, 2026

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TRIPLE 5 COMPETITION BBQ

#1,798 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1548

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 23, 2022

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Big Pig Inc

#1,790 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1559

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Feb 22, 2019

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Slice to Meat You

#1,786 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1548

They turned up 8 years after RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE

#1,783 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 70%
Peak: 1556

6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 1, 2026

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Smoke 44

#1,799 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1552

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 Sep 30, 2026

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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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
WY	8	top 41%
SD	2	top 52%
MT	1	top 14%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin' on the Prairie	3	4	0	top 44%	Aug 7, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WY 8 of 11 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 144 finished ahead 165 times, behind 101

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

20155 milestones

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

20135 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.8	Smokin' on the Prairie	Aug 9, 2013
+12.3	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 3, 2015
+6.9	Best of the West BBQ Fest	Sep 5, 2014
+6.7	Best of the West BBQ Fest	Sep 6, 2013
+6.2	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	Aug 14, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.5	Smokin' on the Prairie	Aug 7, 2015
-0.2	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships	Sep 18, 2015
-0.1	Smokin' on the Prairie	Aug 8, 2014

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)
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
Sep 18, 2015	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD	16 / 30 (668.4340)	12 (171.9656)	4 (175.4400)	18 (167.9656)	30 (153.0628)
Aug 21, 2015	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	13 / 26 (663.8744)	13 (163.9544)	9 (168.5944)	18 (160.5028)	6 (170.8228)
Aug 14, 2015	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)
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	17 / 26 (647.2344)	17 (163.3828)	21 (159.9544)	13 (166.2400)	21 (157.6572)
Jul 3, 2015	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	4 / 29 (667.9084)	2 (173.7028)	10 (163.9772)	18 (158.8000)	4 (171.4284)
Sep 5, 2014	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	8 / 25 (629.5776)	18 (148.5488)	8 (161.1088)	3 (164.5716)	9 (155.3484)
Aug 15, 2014	Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY	12 / 25 (653.5884)	17 (161.6800)	9 (161.6800)	12 (162.2400)	4 (167.9884)
Aug 8, 2014	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	13 / 25 (649.5428)	23 (151.3600)	10 (166.8344)	5 (173.1200)	15 (158.2284)
Sep 6, 2013	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	5 / 15 (665.0284)	2 (173.1316)	7 (163.3828)	7 (164.5484)	4 (163.9656)
Aug 16, 2013	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)
Aug 9, 2013	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	4 / 25 (668.5028)	1 (173.1200)	3 (170.8456)	5 (166.8228)	11 (157.7144)

RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY

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)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Announced themselves early

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)