POLISH SMOKE
POLISH SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 19th of 48 at the Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival (2018). They finished #1808 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jul 21, 2017
latest Sep 14, 2018 · 1.1 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.12 · weakest Brisket (157.97)
Road miles
138
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Master avg
640.71 / 720
2 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 155.9428 | 163.12 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 146.2172 | 159.67 | top 52% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 158.2400 | 159.96 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 147.3828 | 157.97 | top 50% |
“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
Opponents faced
68
finished ahead 37 times, behind 46
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Jul 21, 2017 → Sep 14, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20184 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.2912 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score659.2912 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ & BREWS
- First call BBQ & BREWS
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2018 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 19 / 48 (659.2912) | 26 (155.9428) | 3 (173.1200) | 21 (161.6800) | 12 (168.5484) |
| Jul 21, 2017 | BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI | 29 / 37 (622.1372) | 6 (170.2972) | 36 (146.2172) | 23 (158.2400) | 28 (147.3828) |