High-water mark
689.1432
career-best overall
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.1432 at Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival — 95.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 16, 2016
TWISTED BLUE SMOKE
TWISTED BLUE SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 25 at the Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival (2016). They finished #1471 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2016
latest Sep 13, 2019 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.42
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.53)
Road miles
1,184
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 592 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
668.91 / 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 166.2284 | 170.13 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 139.3256 | 161.53 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 169.6912 | 173.98 | top 22% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 155.9544 | 163.26 | top 57% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ID
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
87
finished ahead 73 times, behind 37
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 15, 2017 → Sep 13, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Bands brews & BBQ
20168 milestones
- First tracked contest Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First call Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.1432 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score689.1432 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 USA Barbecue Championship
- Peak power rating (1528) USA Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | Sep 16, 2016 |
| +13 | USA Barbecue Championship | Oct 27, 2016 |
| +2.5 | Bands brews & BBQ | Sep 13, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | Sep 15, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 95.7% | 95.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2019 | Bands brews & BBQ 🏅 Boise, ID | 11 / 25 (671.2800) | 18 (166.2284) | 8 (173.7028) | 8 (173.1200) | 20 (158.2288) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Boise, ID | 20 / 28 (635.2684) | 9 (170.2972) | 28 (139.3256) | 8 (169.6912) | 22 (155.9544) |
| Oct 27, 2016 | USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 7 / 36 (679.9316) | 18 (170.2628) | 20 (162.8344) | 2 (176.5600) | 8 (170.2744) |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Nampa, ID | 3 / 25 (689.1432) | 6 (173.7144) | 8 (170.2744) | 5 (176.5600) | 12 (168.5944) |