High-water mark
685.1428
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.1428 at Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 3, 2013
THROWIN' SMOKE
THROWIN' SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 6th of 88 at the Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival (2013). They finished #1308 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “THROWIN SMOKE”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2013
latest May 27, 2016 · 3.1 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.85 · weakest Brisket (155.66)
Road miles
796
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 796 mi
Master avg
654.46 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 153.0628 | 165.10 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1430 | 164.5488 | 168.85 | top 32% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5714 | 161.1200 | 164.85 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 145.0400 | 155.66 | top 64% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 83 times, behind 66
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
May 3, 2013 → May 27, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- First call Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- First overall top-10 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.1428 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score685.1428 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2016 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 62 / 66 (623.7716) | 64 (153.0628) | 37 (164.5488) | 45 (161.1200) | 62 (145.0400) |
| May 3, 2013 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 6 / 88 (685.1428) | 6 (177.1428) | 7 (173.1430) | 21 (168.5714) | 30 (166.2856) |