HARDBALL SMOKERS
HARDBALL SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2015. Their best overall finish is 35th of 49 at the Smoke on the River (2015). They finished #2158 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 18, 2015
latest Sep 18, 2015
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.11 · weakest Brisket (141.14)
Road miles
2
across 2 mapped stops
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1758 (125 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7256 | 157.7256 | 157.73 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 165.1088 | 165.11 | top 24% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2628 | 150.2628 | 150.26 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.1428 | 141.1428 | 141.14 | top 88% |
“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
48
finished ahead 14 times, behind 34
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 5, 2014 → Sep 18, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20153 milestones
- Career-best overall score614.2400 Smoke on the River
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1088 Smoke on the River
- Most recent contest Smoke on the River
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the River
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2015 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 35 / 49 (614.2400) | 28 (157.7256) | 12 (165.1088) | 41 (150.2628) | 43 (141.1428) |
| Sep 5, 2014 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | — | — | — | — | — |