#MINDIFWESMOKE
#MINDIFWESMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 10th of 16 at the D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival (2019). They finished #1607 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “MIND IF WE SMOKE”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2018
latest Feb 22, 2019
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.54 · weakest Chicken (149.11)
Road miles
1,723
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 861 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
620.23 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 136.5488 | 149.11 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8572 | 154.2056 | 160.54 | top 53% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 146.8456 | 158.83 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 142.7772 | 151.75 | top 77% |
“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
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
75
finished ahead 19 times, behind 60
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20192 milestones
- First overall top-10 D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
- Most recent contest D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival
20185 milestones
- First tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- First call Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- Career-best overall score630.6172 Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- Peak power rating (1492) Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8572 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2019 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival 🏅 Diberville, MS | 10 / 16 (629.5884) | 10 (160.5484) | 10 (156.5600) | 4 (169.7028) | 15 (142.7772) |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 29 / 29 (600.4804) | 29 (136.5488) | 2 (170.8572) | 28 (146.8456) | 29 (146.2288) |
| May 4, 2018 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 15 / 19 (630.6172) | 19 (150.2288) | 17 (154.2056) | 14 (159.9428) | 7 (166.2400) |