🏆 Serial winner
SmokeMasters has taken 2 grand championships from 32 contests — a 6% strike rate.
SmokeMasters
Competes out of MS
Contests
32
Grand championships
2
6.3% strike rate
Reserve champion
4
Average finish
5.7
best: 1st
Power rating
1650
#5 of 340
Career points
785
⭐ Signature category
Their strongest board is Whole Hog — an average finish of 3.4 across 28 entries.
🎯 Room to make up
Ribs lags behind at 12.6 average — 9.3 places worse than their best category.
📍 Happy hunting ground
16 of their 32 contests came in MS.
😤 The measuring stick
Poker Porkers has the edge: 12–10 across 22 shared contests.
📅 First seen
Their earliest result here is Conquistador Challenge on March 10, 2018.
By category
| Category | Entries | Wins | Top 3 | Best | Avg finish | Best finals score | Best prelim score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Hog | 28 | 9 | 17 | 1st | 3.4 | 450.0000 | 599.7000 |
| Pulled Pork | 31 | 2 | 7 | 1st | 6.7 | 446.0000 | 600.0000 |
| Ribs | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1st | 12.6 | 447.7000 | 599.1000 |
Familiar foes
Head-to-head across shared contests, four meetings or more.
| Team | Meetings | Ahead | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poker Porkers | 22 | 10 | 12 |
| Budro's BBQ | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| BLUE COLLAR BBQ | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Heath Riles BBQ | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Hank's BBQ | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 901 Q | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| HOGFAT | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| GRILLBILLIES | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 Phat's BBQ | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| UPigs BBQ | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Fireside Smokers | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| M&W Smokers | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Big Whit & The Boys | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| MAVERICK'S BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Sweet & Smokey | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Lickman BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Ole Booger Bear's BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| SLABS A SMOKIN | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| RIB-KA-TEERS | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Will-Be-Que | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Contest by contest
| Contest | Date | Where | Finish | Finals score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THUNDER ON WATER | Jun 13, 2026 | Grenada, MS | 7th | — |
| PEAVINE FESTIVAL | Apr 18, 2026 | Boyle, MS | 3rd | — |
| Smokin’ the Coast | Nov 1, 2025 | Biloxi, MS | 14th | — |
| Fire on the Water | Oct 25, 2025 | Lake Village, AR | 1st | — |
| Arlington BBQ Burnout | Oct 4, 2025 | Arlington, TN | 7th | — |
| Praise the Lard | Sep 20, 2025 | Murphysboro, IL | 5th | — |
| Watermelon Carnival Train Tracks Pork Attack | Aug 3, 2024 | Water Valley, MS | 2nd | — |
| Thunder on the Water | Jun 15, 2024 | Grenada, MS | 5th | — |
| The South MS Boucherie | Mar 23, 2024 | Tylertown, MS | 3rd | — |
| Smoking for Downs Syndrome | Mar 16, 2024 | Marion, AR | 4th | — |
| Thunder on the Water | Jun 10, 2023 | Grenada, MS | 14th | — |
| Biloxi Bay BBQ & Blues Festival | Nov 12, 2022 | Biloxi, MS | 7th | — |
| Bolivar BBQ Blowout | Oct 22, 2022 | Bolivar, TN | 2nd | — |
| Smoke on the Rails | Jun 12, 2022 | Newbern, TN | 1st | — |
| Biloxi Bay BBQ Festival | Nov 13, 2021 | Biloxi, MS | 2nd | — |
| Bolivar BBQ Blowout | Oct 23, 2021 | Boivar, TN | 3rd | — |
| Arlington BBQ Burnout | Oct 16, 2021 | Arlington, TN | 5th | — |
| ARLINGTON BBQ FALLFEST | Oct 19, 2019 | ARLINGTON, TN | 5th | — |
| WATERMELON CARNIVAL | Aug 3, 2019 | WATER VALLEY, MS | 8th | — |
| SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN | Jul 20, 2019 | GALAX, VA | 6th | — |
| QUE ON THE YAZOO | May 4, 2019 | GREENWOOD, MS | 4th | — |
| CONQUISTADOR CHALLENGE | Mar 9, 2019 | 3rd | — | |
| Arlington BBQ Fall Fest | Oct 21, 2018 | Arlington, TN | 4th | — |
| Cleveland Octoberfest | Oct 14, 2018 | Cleveland, MS | 9th | — |
| Smokin on the White | Sep 9, 2018 | Batesville, AR | 5th | — |
| Watermelon Carnival | Aug 5, 2018 | Water Valley, MS | 4th | — |
| Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 22, 2018 | Galax, VA | 10th | — |
| World’s Oldest BBQ Festival | Jun 3, 2018 | Covington, TN | 3rd | — |
| Que on the Yazoo | May 7, 2018 | Greenwood, MS | 16th | — |
| Southaven Springfest | Apr 29, 2018 | Southaven, MS | 13th | — |
| Conquistador Challenge | Mar 10, 2018 | Marion, AR | 2nd | — |
| Ham Jam | Philadelphia, MS | 6th | — |