High-water mark
673.6340
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6340 at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 14, 2018
THE ORIGINAL SMOKE RINGERS
THE ORIGINAL SMOKE RINGERS is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 12th of 35 at the Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out (2018). They finished #1500 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 29, 2016
latest Sep 14, 2018 · 1.9 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.09
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.22 · weakest Pork (159.20)
Road miles
49
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Master avg
653.23 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1500 (125 pts) | #1802 (105 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1781 (110 pts) | #1462 (155 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2014 (105 pts) | #2244 (70 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 166.2744 | 167.22 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 165.0856 | 167.22 | top 44% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 155.4172 | 159.20 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 144.5144 | 159.59 | top 54% |
“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 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
623
finished ahead 323 times, behind 325
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Jun 2, 2017 → Sep 14, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20185 milestones
- First call Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best overall score673.6340 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5828 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Peak power rating (1510) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Most recent contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2404 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2018 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 12 / 35 (673.6340) | 16 (169.1084) | 26 (165.7028) | 15 (166.2400) | 8 (172.5828) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 33 / 61 (631.8060) | 16 (166.2744) | 23 (165.0856) | 33 (155.9316) | 51 (144.5144) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 283 / 557 (654.2404) | 229 (166.2860) | 107 (170.8572) | 461 (155.4172) | 302 (161.6800) |