High-water mark
664.9944
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.9944 at Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 16, 2016
Smoke-In-Law BBQ
Smoke-In-Law BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 14th of 25 at the Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival (2016). They finished #1667 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2016
latest May 25, 2019 · 2.7 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.45 · weakest Chicken (158.64)
Road miles
1,296
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 650 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
654.18 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1667 (109 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #1144 (234 pts) | #1915 (79 pts) | #1734 (104 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 157.1428 | 158.64 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 157.0628 | 165.31 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 159.3944 | 166.45 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 155.3828 | 163.78 | top 59% |
“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
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
1 of 3 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
102
finished ahead 34 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
Sep 16, 2016 → Jan 25, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
20166 milestones
- First tracked contest Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First call Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.9944 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score664.9944 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2019 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 15 / 34 (657.6916) | 25 (157.1428) | 3 (174.8800) | 21 (159.3944) | 16 (166.2744) |
| Jan 25, 2019 | The Golden State Battle 🏅 Santa Ynez, CA | 44 / 48 (639.8628) | 45 (157.6800) | 34 (163.9772) | 33 (162.8228) | 43 (155.3828) |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Nampa, ID | 14 / 25 (664.9944) | 23 (161.1088) | 22 (157.0628) | 4 (177.1428) | 10 (169.6800) |