The Institute of Smoke
The Institute of Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 27th of 28 at the Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars (2019). They finished #1117 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Nov 4, 2019
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.86 · weakest Brisket (145.10)
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1544 | 149.1544 | 149.15 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6800 | 149.6800 | 149.68 | top 96% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 162.8572 | 162.86 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.0972 | 145.0972 | 145.10 | top 100% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2019 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne | 27 / 28 (606.7888) | 28 (149.1544) | 27 (149.6800) | 14 (162.8572) | 28 (145.0972) |