High-water mark
522.8116
career-best overall
96.8% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 522.8116 at Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 — 96.8% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Oct 8, 2022
WHO LET THE SMOKE OUT
WHO LET THE SMOKE OUT is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 32 at the Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 (2022). They finished #2830 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 8, 2014
latest Oct 8, 2022 · 8.2 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.16 · weakest Chicken (161.10)
Road miles
247
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 165 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
450.18 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
512.21 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 134.7884 | 161.10 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 151.9888 | 162.27 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 163.4056 | 168.16 | top 48% |
“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
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
60
finished ahead 45 times, behind 42
Longest layoff
8.2 yrs
Aug 8, 2014 → Oct 7, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20228 milestones
- First call Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score501.6112 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1
- First overall top-10 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- First overall podium Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Career-best overall score522.8116 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Peak power rating (1503) Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Most recent contest Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2022 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 Tahlequah, OK | 3 / 32 (522.8116) | 5 (176.5600) | 4 (174.2744) | 10 (171.9772) | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK | 16 / 32 (501.6112) | 8 (171.9656) | 27 (160.5372) | 19 (169.1084) | — |
| Aug 8, 2014 | CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK | 26 / 26 (450.1828) | 26 (134.7884) | 22 (151.9888) | 14 (163.4056) | — |