Northern Smoke BBQ

Northern Smoke BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 10th of 55 at the Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 (2014). They finished #1589 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1493

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 19, 2013

latest Jul 21, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1589

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

666.7428 / 720

Master · Taste of Grand Rapids 2014

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2972

Chicken · Taste of Grand Rapids

Consistency

±17.38

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.86 · weakest Pork (155.38)

Road miles

432

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 377 mi

Schedule strength

21%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Master avg

641.07 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

666.7428 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.7428 at Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 25, 2014

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ON THE FLAT in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Up in Smoke BBQ Bash (Jul 21, 2017).

last seen Jul 25, 2014
back Jul 21, 2017

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014 ↗	Master	#1589 (150 pts)	#1579 (170 pts)	#2048 (95 pts)	#1785 (140 pts)	#1573 (170 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	3	174.2972	159.4172	167.86	top 31%
Pork Ribs	4	0	161.6800	146.8684	157.41	top 64%
Pork	4	0	167.9656	149.6684	155.38	top 76%
Brisket	4	1	167.9772	153.7256	160.41	top 52%

“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 63%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MI	3	0	top 48%
IA	1	0	top 96%

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 127 finished ahead 73 times, behind 97

Longest layoff 3 yrs Jul 25, 2014 → Jul 21, 2017

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20171 milestone

Jul 21 Most recent contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

20144 milestones

Jul 25 First overall top-10 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7428 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 Career-best overall score666.7428 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 Peak power rating (1505) Taste of Grand Rapids 2014

20133 milestones

Jul 19 First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids
Jul 19 First call Taste of Grand Rapids
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Taste of Grand Rapids

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.8	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014	Jul 25, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 21, 2017
-3.4	Dam Good BBQ Championship	Aug 9, 2013
-3	Taste of Grand Rapids	Jul 19, 2013

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0%	top 96%	86.1%	86.1%
2014	1	1	100%	top 18%	92.6%	92.6%
2013	2	0	100%	top 63%	89.7%	88.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 21, 2017	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	47 / 49 (619.9428)	37 (159.4172)	47 (146.8684)	47 (153.6684)	34 (159.9888)
Jul 25, 2014	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI	10 / 55 (666.7428)	8 (169.1200)	21 (161.6800)	12 (167.9656)	8 (167.9772)
Aug 9, 2013	Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	20 / 31 (631.9884)	7 (168.6172)	18 (159.4172)	27 (150.2284)	23 (153.7256)
Jul 19, 2013	Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI	24 / 39 (645.5884)	4 (174.2972)	25 (161.6800)	39 (149.6684)	20 (159.9428)