Team of the Year

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SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS

Listed under another spelling in the results: Susquehanna Smokers.

Contests
54
Grand Championships GC
1
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
1
Overall top 10s
25
Average overall score
673.213
Best overall score
701.097
Seasons active
2019–2026
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 50%

Entries
53
Firsts
2
Top 10s
18

Ribs

Typical finishTop 46%

Entries
53
Firsts
1
Top 10s
19

Pork

Typical finishTop 46%

Entries
53
Firsts
1
Top 10s
24

Brisket

Typical finishTop 49%

Entries
52
Firsts
1
Top 10s
21

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 SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2019 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2026 with 19 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 05101520 2019: 3 contests, 1 top 10 3 2019 2020: 0 contests 2020 2021: 1 contest 1 2021 2022: 3 contests 3 2022 2023: 7 contests, 2 top 10s 7 2023 2024: 6 contests, 1 top 10 6 2024 2025: 14 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 10 top 10s 14 2025 2026: 19 contests, 11 top 10s 19 2026
Overall contests by year for SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2019301624.812
2021100616.446
2022300650.339
2023702667.567
2024601671.674
202514110681.059
202619011684.24
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 684.24 in 2026. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 600620640660680700 2019: average overall score 624.812624.8 2019 2020 2021: average overall score 616.446616.4 2021 2022: average overall score 650.339650.3 2022 2023: average overall score 667.567667.6 2023 2024: average overall score 671.674671.7 2024 2025: average overall score 681.059681.1 2025 2026: average overall score 684.24684.2 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  • Corrected: the scores changed after KCBS certified them.
  1. 4th

    MD State BBQ Bash

    Oct 9, 2026KCBS Bel Air, MD 28 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 12).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 12).
    698.788
  2. 8th

    Keystone Classic Cookoff

    Oct 2, 2026KCBS Harrisburg, PA 25 teams

    Results status: Corrected. KCBS certified these scores, then they changed (first seen Oct 8). These are the corrected scores.KCBS certified these scores, then they changed (first seen Oct 8). These are the corrected scores.
    680.457
  3. 2ndRGC

    First State BBQ Bash

    Sep 25, 2026KCBS Milford, DE 39 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    701.097
  4. 4th

    Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout

    Aug 28, 2026KCBS Saxonburg, PA 16 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    690.229
  5. 17th

    Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 21, 2026KCBS Edinburg, VA 26 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    678.194
  6. 14th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

    Jul 25, 2026KCBS PA 39 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    690.8
  7. 29th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

    Jul 24, 2026KCBS PA 43 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    674.148
  8. 17th

    Grizzly BBQ Brawl

    Jun 26, 2026KCBS Lorain County Fairgrounds 23000 Fairgrounds Rd Wellington, OH 39 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    680.48
  9. 7th

    York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)

    Jun 13, 2026KCBS Delta, PA 13 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    687.337
  10. 10th

    York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)

    Jun 12, 2026KCBS Delta, PA 25 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    687.932
  11. 74th

    8th Annual KCBS World Invitational:

    May 24, 2026KCBS James E. Ward Agricultural Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds) 945 E Baddour Pkwy Lebanon, TN 82 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    679.326
  12. 50th

    8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026)

    May 23, 2026KCBS James E. Ward Agricultural Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds) 945 E Baddour Pkwy Lebanon, TN 117 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    686.743

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