High-water mark
663.3716
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3716 at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 4, 2018
HOT SMOKIN ASH BBQ
HOT SMOKIN ASH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 24th of 38 at the Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival (2022). They finished #1291 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2018
latest May 6, 2022 · 4 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 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.99
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.11)
Road miles
126
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.86 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1291 (65 pts) | #1306 (70 pts) | #1240 (100 pts) | #1220 (95 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1729 (111 pts) | #1541 (131 pts) | #1767 (111 pts) | #1378 (176 pts) | #1224 (221 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 152.4800 | 159.53 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 139.3944 | 156.11 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 165.1200 | 168.69 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 147.9316 | 158.53 | top 66% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 51% | May 6, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
3 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
128
finished ahead 66 times, behind 118
Longest layoff
3 yrs
May 3, 2019 → May 6, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
20186 milestones
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- First call Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3716 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score663.3716 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1506) Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.5 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | May 4, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival | May 18, 2018 |
| -8 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | May 3, 2019 |
| -0.8 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | May 6, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 84% | 84% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 67% | 92.1% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2022 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK | 24 / 38 (658.7196) | 23 (166.2628) | 17 (167.4056) | 18 (168.5256) | 28 (156.5256) |
| May 3, 2019 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 | 47 / 56 (604.9260) | 48 (152.4800) | 54 (139.3944) | 29 (165.1200) | 48 (147.9316) |
| May 18, 2018 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK | 25 / 26 (644.4340) | 21 (165.1428) | 25 (150.2056) | 14 (171.4400) | 24 (157.6456) |
| May 4, 2018 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 26 / 68 (663.3716) | 59 (154.2400) | 25 (167.4400) | 23 (169.6916) | 7 (172) |