High-water mark
671.9540
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.9540 at Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 14, 2017
SMOKIN' 101 BBQ
SMOKIN' 101 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 11th of 29 at the Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash (2013). They finished #2212 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Feb 15, 2013
latest Jul 14, 2017 · 4.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.51
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.55 · weakest Pork (158.27)
Road miles
1,356
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 981 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
647.23 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2118 (85 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2055 (95 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 157.6456 | 164.55 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 137.6800 | 159.99 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5714 | 149.7140 | 158.27 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1426 | 154.8572 | 164.43 | top 42% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 54% | Feb 16, 2013 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AZ
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
121
finished ahead 65 times, behind 80
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jul 24, 2014 → Jul 14, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20173 milestones
- Career-best overall score671.9540 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- First call Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2850 Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1505) Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | Jul 14, 2017 |
| +4.7 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash | Feb 15, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash | Feb 16, 2013 |
| -6.4 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown | Jul 24, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 90.9% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2017 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 28 / 58 (671.9540) | 20 (169.7028) | 13 (173.7028) | 50 (159.4056) | 18 (169.1428) |
| Jul 24, 2014 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT | 23 / 31 (615.2684) | 24 (157.6456) | 28 (137.6800) | 20 (159.3828) | 14 (160.5600) |
| Feb 16, 2013 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ | 22 / 31 (647.4286) | 17 (167.4284) | 23 (160.5716) | 18 (164.5714) | 26 (154.8572) |
| Feb 15, 2013 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ | 11 / 29 (654.2850) | 12 (163.4284) | 7 (168) | 29 (149.7140) | 2 (173.1426) |