High-water mark
689.6800
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6800 at Big Island BBQ — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 22, 2014
SMOKIN MOOSE BBQ TEAM
SMOKIN MOOSE BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 8th of 54 at the Big Island BBQ (2014). They finished #2274 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 16, 2014
latest Mar 4, 2016 · 1.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.30
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.41 · weakest Chicken (163.69)
Road miles
270
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
662.40 / 720
3 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) | #1512 (185 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 158.8116 | 163.69 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 154.2400 | 164.69 | top 34% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 159.9772 | 168.41 | top 24% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 154.2628 | 165.53 | top 35% |
“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
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
135
finished ahead 107 times, behind 61
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Feb 27, 2015 → Mar 4, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20162 milestones
- Peak power rating (1517) Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- Most recent contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
20146 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Big Island BBQ
- First overall top-10 Big Island BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.6800 Big Island BBQ
- Career-best overall score689.6800 Big Island BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176 Big Island BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Big Island BBQ | Aug 22, 2014 |
| +2.4 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | Mar 4, 2016 |
| +1.4 | Minnesota in May | May 16, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 32% | 95.8% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2016 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN | 27 / 59 (649.6228) | 26 (164.5484) | 5 (170.8344) | 33 (159.9772) | 41 (154.2628) |
| Feb 27, 2015 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship (Competitor's Series) Isle, MN | — | 24 (161.7144) | 14 (164.5372) | 6 (170.2628) | — |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 8 / 54 (689.6800) | 24 (169.7028) | 13 (169.1316) | 3 (174.8456) | 3 (176) |
| May 16, 2014 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 29 / 58 (647.9088) | 37 (158.8116) | 42 (154.2400) | 12 (168.5372) | 18 (166.3200) |