SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M

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

Power ranking

#3188

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1500

peak 1538 · rated over 42 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-09

latest 2021-06-11

Best ToY finish

#465

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 45 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

693.0972 / 720

Master · Mid-South Barbecue Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

660.55 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 667.58 (-7.03)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · Smoke in the House(JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±14.33

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.95)

Road miles

5,528

mi across 45 mapped stops · furthest 577 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$6K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

667.58 / 720

42 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (14 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 45 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 45 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.0972 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.0972 at Mid-South Barbecue Festival — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-17

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Chokin "N" tha Smoke has finished one call ahead of SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 48%.

8 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 48%

A tough matchup

29–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 29 of their 29 shared contests.

A strong matchup

10–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SNORING HOGS BBQ in 10 of their 14 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2021-06-11).

last seen 2019-06-07
back 2021-06-11

Pork nemesis

24 of 31 shared pork entries lost

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has out-cooked them in 24 of 31 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 43% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 43% across 6 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

6 June contests
top 59% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,528 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,528 miles across 45 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 577 miles to VA BBQ Championships.

45 mapped stops
furthest 577 mi

The metronome

±1.99% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.99% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.7% of a perfect score
45 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked High on the Hog Festival every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 29th

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CLOUD OF SMOKE BBQ

#3172 of the rated field

1501 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1550 at their best, 50 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2026-01-16

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Cold Beer BBQ

#3195 of the rated field

1500 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M has cooked, 21 to 45, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

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Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ

#3192 of the rated field

1500 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 21 contests, alongside a 19% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

All Four Aces BBQ

#3177 of the rated field

1501 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2024-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

WOODSHED BBQ

#3174 of the rated field

1501 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

HEAVY D BBQ

#3197 of the rated field

1500 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1543

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2019-06-15

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	31	3	28	10%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	29	0	29	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	28	0	28	0%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	27	16	11	59%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	25	10	15	40%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	25	1	24	4%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	22	3	19	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
RT QUE KUSINE	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	18	6	12	33%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
WILD BOAR SMOKERS	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	44	10	0	1	176.0344	152.5260	166.77	top 61%
Pork Ribs	44	10	1	2	180.0000 🔥	145.6460	165.95	top 57%
Pork	44	15	0	2	177.1428	152.5484	167.92	top 50%
Brisket	42	11	0	2	177.1544	141.0512	166.66	top 52%

“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
TN	39	top 60%
KY	3	top 66%
OH	2	top 21%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 44%
Medium (20–39)	25	top 61%
Large (40+)	16	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
High on the Hog Festival	5	29	top 72%	2018-04-20
*Mid-South BBQ Festival	3	19	top 83%	2018-10-19
Smokin in McMinnville	3	13	top 68%	2017-08-11
The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)	2	6	top 54%	2021-06-11
*Smoke in the House	2	5	top 27%	2018-06-15
Smoke on the Shores	2	20	top 61%	2018-03-09
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	19	top 76%	2017-05-12
Smoke in the Valley	2	8	top 60%	2016-08-26
Smokin' In McMinnville	2	11	top 54%	2016-08-12
Mid-South Barbecue Festival	2	7	top 45%	2015-10-16
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2	21	top 64%	2015-09-11
Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2	17	top 68%	2015-05-22

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.8 yrs 2013-08-09 → 2021-06-11

Busiest season 2017 9 contests

Contests a season 5.6 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 39 of 45 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 27 12 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 44 entries · 0 wins · 10 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.95)

Walk rate 62% a top-10 call in 28 of 45 contests

Overall top-10 rate 18% 8 of 45 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 667.58 out of 720 · 42 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 545 662–901 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,528 45 mapped stops · furthest 577 mi

Schedule strength 1574 average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests

Purse competed for $6,050 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2019-06-07 → 2021-06-11

Power rating 1500 peak 1538 · #3188 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 9 First tracked contest Smokin' in McMinnville
Aug 23 First call Music City Festival & BBQ Championship
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2172 Music City Festival & BBQ Championship
Oct 18 First overall top-10 Ohio Smoke Meat Festival
2014
Oct 3 10th tracked contest Smokin' At The Market
Oct 17 Career-best overall score693.0972 Mid-South Barbecue Festival
2016
Apr 15 25th tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
Jul 8 Peak power rating (1538) Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In
2017
Jun 16 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the House(JUDGES FULL)
Jun 16 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the House(JUDGES FULL)
2021
Jun 11 Most recent contest The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival	2013-10-18
+13.3	Blues Hog Barbecue, Music & Craft Festival	2015-07-03
+12.2	Mid-South Barbecue Festival	2014-10-17
+10.4	Smoke in the House(JUDGES FULL)	2017-06-16
+9.4	Smokin' in McMinnville	2015-08-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.3	Piggin' Around	2013-09-27
-10.5	Smokin' in McMinnville	2013-08-09
-9.2	Mid-South BBQ Festival	2017-10-20
-8.4	High on the Hog Festival	2015-04-17
-7.7	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2015-09-11

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)
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 75%	—	—
2019	1	1	0	100%	top 33%	—	—
2018	4	1	0	25%	top 70%	95.1%	91.8%
2017	9	1	1	44%	top 69%	95.6%	92.3%
2016	9	3	0	89%	top 54%	95.9%	93.7%
2015	9	0	0	67%	top 59%	95.2%	92.7%
2014	8	1	0	63%	top 48%	96.3%	93.7%
2013	4	1	0	50%	top 57%	95%	90.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-06-11	The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN	15 / 20 (637.6684)	9 (166.8916)	11 (167.4056)	17 (152.5484)	—
2019-06-07	The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN	6 / 18 (502.8456)	4 (172.0000)	4 (169.1772)	8 (161.6684)	—
2018-10-19	*Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	19 / 22 (657.6116)	19 (166.2628)	15 (163.9660)	11 (166.8572)	18 (160.5256)
2018-06-15	*Smoke in the House White House, TN	5 / 16 (684.5140)	3 (175.4400)	4 (170.8572)	7 (169.6912)	8 (168.5256)
2018-04-20	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	35 / 42 (650.6628)	34 (165.6684)	33 (162.8116)	32 (161.6800)	37 (160.5028)
2018-03-09	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	70 / 87 (650.6852)	66 (163.3828)	39 (166.2512)	66 (164.5484)	71 (156.5028)
2017-11-10	Brew B Q Nashville, TN	20 / 26 (659.2912)	25 (164.5256)	18 (166.8344)	20 (162.8228)	16 (165.1084)
2017-10-20	Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	26 / 28 (653.5884)	21 (169.6912)	26 (159.4172)	12 (170.2628)	27 (154.2172)
2017-08-11	Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	30 / 35 (645.5080)	32 (154.7884)	16 (171.9772)	31 (160.5368)	29 (158.2056)
2017-07-08	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) Jamestown, TN	26 / 36 (670.1828)	10 (175.4056)	35 (158.8116)	24 (167.4400)	20 (168.5256)
2017-06-16	Smoke in the House(JUDGES FULL) White House, TN	5 / 22 (688.4796)	4 (176.0000)	1 (180.0000)	15 (163.9312)	9 (168.5484)
2017-05-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	25 / 29 (655.8512)	28 (156.5028)	26 (159.9428)	16 (169.1428)	16 (170.2628)
2017-04-21	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	29 / 41 (667.8856)	19 (170.8344)	5 (176.0000)	41 (157.0856)	29 (163.9656)
2017-04-07	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off(TEAMS FULL) Bowling Green, KY	19 / 40 (677.1080)	33 (161.1312)	18 (170.2512)	12 (173.7256)	12 (172.0000)
2017-03-10	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	39 / 62 (665.0856)	61 (155.4172)	31 (166.8456)	32 (166.8228)	8 (176.0000)
2016-10-14	Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	19 / 27 (674.1600)	18 (169.6916)	14 (170.8228)	7 (172.5600)	23 (161.0856)
2016-08-26	Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN	8 / 12 (678.7656)	6 (171.4172)	7 (170.8344)	4 (171.9656)	11 (164.5484)
2016-08-12	Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN	25 / 32 (662.6968)	27 (163.9540)	10 (173.1200)	23 (167.4172)	31 (158.2056)
2016-07-08	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In Jamestown, TN	9 / 22 (681.6344)	12 (169.6800)	16 (162.2400)	4 (174.2972)	2 (175.4172)
2016-06-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	9 / 29 (690.1828)	16 (173.1200)	11 (173.1200)	19 (168.5256)	6 (175.4172)
2016-04-15	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	35 / 56 (669.5656)	46 (163.9312)	24 (169.1200)	39 (163.9544)	19 (172.5600)
2016-04-08	Sixth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	14 / 27 (665.0860)	20 (161.7028)	6 (171.9888)	11 (169.1428)	21 (162.2516)
2016-04-01	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	24 / 61 (672.5144)	27 (169.1428)	45 (161.6916)	37 (165.6800)	4 (176.0000)
2016-03-11	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	20 / 49 (675.3484)	41 (165.6800)	36 (165.6800)	8 (174.2856)	17 (169.7028)
2015-10-16	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	22 / 31 (666.7544)	30 (152.5260)	13 (172.0000)	13 (173.1084)	13 (169.1200)
2015-09-11	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	24 / 31 (665.6228)	29 (160.0000)	29 (158.2288)	10 (174.2856)	12 (173.1084)
2015-08-28	Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN	14 / 26 (670.1600)	13 (172.0000)	11 (171.4172)	21 (159.3600)	12 (167.3828)
2015-08-07	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	11 / 37 (685.1316)	29 (165.7028)	23 (169.1316)	9 (173.1428)	4 (177.1544)
2015-07-03	Blues Hog Barbecue, Music & Craft Festival Jackson, TN	11 / 51 (680.4912)	21 (169.1200)	19 (169.6800)	29 (165.1084)	2 (176.5828)
2015-06-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	19 / 29 (662.7656)	29 (157.1084)	10 (170.8572)	6 (171.9656)	19 (162.8344)
2015-05-22	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	17 / 28 (675.4176)	7 (176.0344)	24 (162.2744)	7 (174.8572)	23 (162.2516)
2015-04-17	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	48 / 59 (654.1256)	31 (169.7028)	55 (156.5144)	40 (166.2284)	48 (161.6800)
2015-04-03	Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	30 / 41 (647.8744)	31 (161.1200)	41 (145.6460)	17 (166.8456)	4 (174.2628)
2014-10-17	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	11 / 36 (665.5888)	16 (167.4172)	10 (168.5372)	21 (165.0972)	11 (164.5372)
2014-10-17	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	7 / 35 (693.0972)	11 (174.8572)	14 (169.1200)	2 (177.1428)	12 (171.9772)
2014-10-03	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	17 / 29 (687.3716)	13 (172.0000)	17 (171.9772)	9 (176.5600)	23 (166.8344)
2014-09-05	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	21 / 41 (670.2056)	23 (168.0000)	26 (164.5600)	19 (169.6800)	22 (167.9656)
2014-08-22	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	—	—	—	—	—
2014-08-08	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	13 / 40 (681.6800)	7 (173.1200)	32 (161.1200)	5 (172.5600)	5 (174.8800)
2014-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	31 / 41 (660.9600)	37 (159.9428)	29 (163.9544)	3 (175.4172)	32 (161.6456)
2014-04-18	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	40 / 62 (661.6460)	26 (170.8800)	51 (157.6688)	46 (163.9772)	25 (169.1200)
2013-10-18	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival Nelsonville, OH	4 / 35 (683.9428)	10 (169.7144)	3 (173.7028)	8 (169.1084)	7 (171.4172)
2013-09-27	Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN	24 / 24 (624.9024)	15 (163.9772)	24 (150.2056)	15 (169.6684)	24 (141.0512)
2013-08-23	Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN	17 / 55 (662.2172)	8 (172.5600)	21 (165.1316)	26 (166.2628)	27 (158.2628)
2013-08-09	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	32 / 37 (642.1252)	33 (159.9312)	36 (150.8000)	31 (161.7256)	13 (169.6684)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#858 (363 pts)	#822 (413 pts)	#849 (408 pts)	#863 (383 pts)	#942 (338 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#577 (685 pts)	#506 (780 pts)	#394 (970 pts)	#516 (760 pts)	#466 (865 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#465 (859 pts)	#535 (764 pts)	#427 (949 pts)	#336 (1089 pts)	#331 (1114 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#484 (795 pts)	#557 (695 pts)	#515 (760 pts)	#347 (1010 pts)	#271 (1240 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#515 (742 pts)	#524 (737 pts)	#621 (617 pts)	#330 (1082 pts)	#512 (732 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#712 (441 pts)	#705 (466 pts)	#744 (446 pts)	#844 (391 pts)	#775 (416 pts)