Team of the Year

Team profile

SMELLAQUE

  • KCBS
  • 2014–2026

Listed under another spelling in the results: SmellaQue.

Contests
113
Grand Championships GC
22
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
22
Overall top 10s
92
Average overall score
673.427
Best overall score
710.297
Seasons active
2014–2026
Sanctioning bodies
KCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 32%

Entries
111
Firsts
10
Top 10s
66

Ribs

Typical finishTop 27%

Entries
112
Firsts
13
Top 10s
75

Pork

Typical finishTop 33%

Entries
113
Firsts
5
Top 10s
68

Brisket

Typical finishTop 27%

Entries
112
Firsts
20
Top 10s
77

Sauce

Typical finishTop 16%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

Chef's Choice / Homeland

Typical finishTop 74%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

Dessert

Typical finishTop 25%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for SMELLAQUE Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2014 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2019 with 14 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 051015 2014: 3 contests, 2 top 10s 3 2014 2015: 4 contests, 3 top 10s 4 2015 2016: 11 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 8 top 10s 11 2016 2017: 13 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 11 top 10s 13 2017 2018: 10 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 8 top 10s 10 2018 2019: 14 contests, 4 Grand Championships, 10 top 10s 14 2019 2020: 1 contest, 1 top 10 1 2020 2021: 4 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 4 top 10s 4 2021 2022: 7 contests, 7 top 10s 7 2022 2023: 9 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 8 top 10s 9 2023 2024: 11 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 9 top 10s 11 2024 2025: 13 contests, 5 Grand Championships, 13 top 10s 13 2025 2026: 11 contests, 4 Grand Championships, 8 top 10s 11 2026
Overall contests by year for SMELLAQUE
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2014302645.131
2015403661.291
20161118663.65
201713111669.08
20181028670.493
201914410634.167
2020101657.2
2021424681.88
2022707673.467
2023918688.703
20241129692.484
202513513693.01
20261148696.782
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for SMELLAQUE Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 696.782 in 2026. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 620640660680700720 2014: average overall score 645.131 2014 2015: average overall score 661.291 2015 2016: average overall score 663.65 2016 2017: average overall score 669.08 2017 2018: average overall score 670.493 2018 2019: average overall score 634.167 2019 2020: average overall score 657.2 2020 2021: average overall score 681.88 2021 2022: average overall score 673.467 2022 2023: average overall score 688.703 2023 2024: average overall score 692.484 2024 2025: average overall score 693.01 2025 2026: average overall score 696.782 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  1. 1stGC

    Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

    Oct 9, 2026KCBS Wiseman Park Lynchburg, TN 99 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    709.714
  2. 73rd

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

    Sep 30, 2026KCBS Kansas City, KS 158 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).
    688.457
  3. 57th

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

    Sep 30, 2026KCBS Kansas City, KS 360 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 6).
    693.623
  4. 10th

    Meat & Tater BBQ Fest

    Sep 4, 2026KCBS Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park 1900 Records Way Meridian, ID 52 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    698.217
  5. 2ndRGC

    Montana Pitmaster Classic

    Aug 28, 2026KCBS Bozeman, MT 39 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    703.406
  6. 2ndRGC

    Big Smoke Bonnyville

    Aug 14, 2026KCBS Unit 103 Bonnyville, AB T9N2L1 15 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    685.669
  7. 19th

    Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off

    Jul 3, 2026KCBS Depot Park S Montana Street Dillon, MT 26 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    685.623
  8. 1stGC

    Smoke-N-Wings

    Jun 26, 2026KCBS ID 31 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    709.177
  9. 1stGC

    Montana BBQ Cookoff

    Jun 12, 2026KCBS Main Street Absarokee, MT 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    691.943
  10. 4th

    Small Town Smoke Down

    May 30, 2026KCBS Bassano, AB T0J 0B0 24 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    688.48
  11. 1stGC

    Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship

    May 23, 2026KCBS 260 Calmar, AB T0C 0V0 23 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    710.297
  12. 8th

    "Spooky Q" 1792

    Oct 31, 2025KCBS Wayne County Fair Grounds Highway 92 Monticello, KY 23 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    686.16

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