SMOKE & ASH
SMOKE & ASH is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2018. Their best overall finish is 39th of 51 at the Porkapalooza BBQ Festival (2018). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jun 16, 2018
latest Jun 16, 2018
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 156.61 · weakest Pork (142.29)
Road miles
2,375
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 2,375 mi
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 | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1776 (105 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2744 | 146.2744 | 146.27 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5600 | 152.5600 | 152.56 | top 65% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.2856 | 142.2856 | 142.29 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.6056 | 156.6056 | 156.61 | top 31% |
“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
50
finished ahead 12 times, behind 38
Longest layoff
4.6 yrs
Jun 16, 2018 → Jan 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20183 milestones
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score597.7256 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)156.6056 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 16, 2018 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton | 39 / 51 (597.7256) | 44 (146.2744) | 33 (152.5600) | 47 (142.2856) | 16 (156.6056) |