High-water mark
675.8976
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.8976 at Border War Barbeque — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 21, 2022
SMOKEY BOTTOM BOYS
SMOKEY BOTTOM BOYS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 12th of 29 at the International Goat Days Championship BBQ (2016). They finished #1932 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 16, 2013
latest Oct 21, 2022 · 9.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.55 · weakest Brisket (162.10)
Road miles
487
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 420 mi
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$7,595
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
660.31 / 720
4 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 162.8456 | 167.55 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 158.8344 | 163.68 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 162.8228 | 166.98 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 154.7768 | 162.10 | top 65% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
147
finished ahead 54 times, behind 112
Longest layoff
6.1 yrs
Sep 9, 2016 → Oct 21, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- Career-best overall score675.8976 Border War Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Border War Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1494) Border War Barbeque
- Most recent contest Border War Barbeque
20161 milestone
- First call International Goat Days Championship BBQ
20141 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3256 The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.6 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | Sep 9, 2016 |
| +1.8 | Border War Barbeque | Oct 21, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Stand By Your Grill | Aug 16, 2013 |
| -2.4 | The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off | Jun 20, 2014 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2022 | Border War Barbeque 🏅 Osawatomie, KS | 18 / 30 (675.8976) | 4 (178.8572) | 25 (163.4060) | 15 (170.8344) | 23 (162.8000) |
| Sep 9, 2016 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN | 12 / 29 (666.7544) | 22 (164.5372) | 8 (167.3944) | 18 (163.9656) | 5 (170.8572) |
| Jun 20, 2014 | The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS | 31 / 49 (659.3256) | 35 (163.9656) | 30 (165.0972) | 16 (170.2972) | 39 (159.9656) |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 55 / 62 (639.2796) | 47 (162.8456) | 48 (158.8344) | 42 (162.8228) | 53 (154.7768) |