A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKE TROOPERS
SMOKE TROOPERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 10 at the Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food (2019). They finished #1754 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smoketroopers”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 13, 2019
latest Oct 25, 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Best overall
643.9772 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
171.4628
Consistency
±15.02
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.97 · weakest Brisket (145.87)
Road miles
4,552
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 3,691 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$78K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
626.59 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
289.58 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | #1754 (90 pts) | #1824 (95 pts) | #1820 (95 pts) | #1761 (105 pts) | #1805 (90 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 151.9428 | 160.97 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 137.6344 | 153.25 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 148.5712 | 158.29 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 149.6916 | 139.3828 | 145.87 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
TN
1 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
167
finished ahead 44 times, behind 126
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20197 milestones
- First tracked contest Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food
- First call Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food
- First overall top-10 Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food
- Peak power rating (1505) Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food
- Career-best overall score643.9772 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4628 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Most recent contest 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food | Jul 13, 2019 |
| +3.9 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | Sep 13, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | Smoke on the Waters | Sep 7, 2019 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 87 / 97 (643.9772) | 52 (169.1316) | 42 (171.4628) | 69 (164) | 97 (139.3828) |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 12 / 35 (289.5772) | 12 (151.9428) | 18 (137.6344) | — | — |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Waters Devon | 15 / 15 (607.3368) | 14 (159.4400) | 14 (150.8000) | 12 (148.5712) | 15 (148.5256) |
| Jul 13, 2019 | Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food Glenarm, Billobo | 5 / 10 (628.4456) | 5 (163.3828) | 7 (153.0856) | 3 (162.2856) | 7 (149.6916) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.