High-water mark
669.6460
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6460 at Marietta River City BBQ — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 29, 2022
Smokin Blue Barbeque
Smokin Blue Barbeque is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 13th of 25 at the Marietta River City BBQ (2022). They finished #856 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 18, 2020
latest Apr 29, 2022 · 1.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.69 · weakest Pork (156.12)
Road miles
539
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 250 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.96 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
484.50 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1109 (110 pts) | #913 (165 pts) | #1107 (120 pts) | #1312 (70 pts) | #1001 (125 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #156 (168 pts) | #234 (93 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1048 (106 pts) | #715 (226 pts) | #1194 (91 pts) | #1164 (86 pts) | #930 (126 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 155.3712 | 168.69 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 154.2400 | 158.95 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 147.9772 | 156.12 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 155.9316 | 162.45 | top 54% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' in the Hills | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 71% | Sep 24, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
110
finished ahead 46 times, behind 86
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 18, 2020 → Sep 24, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6460 Marietta River City BBQ
- Career-best overall score669.6460 Marietta River City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1497) Marietta River City BBQ
- Most recent contest Marietta River City BBQ
20212 milestones
- First call Smokin' in the Hills
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Smokin' in the Hills
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin in the Hills
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 29, 2022 |
| +1.9 | Smokin' in the Hills | Sep 24, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Smokin in the Hills | Sep 18, 2020 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 93% | 93% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 89.7% | 89.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 13 / 25 (669.6460) | 6 (175.4056) | 11 (167.9772) | 21 (157.1088) | 10 (169.1544) |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 14 / 27 (484.5028) | 5 (168) | 15 (155.3600) | 15 (161.1428) | — |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Smokin' in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 14 / 26 (640.4800) | 3 (176) | 17 (154.2400) | 18 (147.9772) | 10 (162.2628) |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smokin in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 36 / 41 (627.7600) | 38 (155.3712) | 36 (158.2172) | 32 (158.2400) | 34 (155.9316) |