A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dead Last BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dead Last BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKESIDE BBQ
SMOKESIDE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 40th of 61 at the East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival (2016). They finished #2274 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 26, 2016
latest Jun 21, 2019 · 2.8 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 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.10 · weakest Pork (158.99)
Road miles
30
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.19 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 158.2284 | 161.10 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 148.5144 | 160.70 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 145.1428 | 158.99 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 152.5372 | 159.41 | top 47% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
284
finished ahead 327 times, behind 282
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20184 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8628 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best overall score651.8628 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Peak power rating (1507) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Jun 22, 2018 |
| +3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -3.7 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Aug 26, 2016 |
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 | 0% | top 64% | 88% | 88% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 27% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 118 / 183 (633.6684) | 50 (166.2628) | 29 (169.7256) | 177 (145.1428) | 132 (152.5372) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 50 / 185 (651.8628) | 81 (161.0856) | 161 (148.5144) | 11 (173.7028) | 24 (168.5600) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 78 / 184 (639.3604) | 91 (158.8116) | 14 (171.4400) | 142 (153.6800) | 101 (155.4288) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 40 / 61 (635.8628) | 45 (158.2284) | 53 (153.1200) | 31 (163.4172) | 29 (161.0972) |