Forged In Smoke BBQ
Forged In Smoke BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 49 at the Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 16, 2020
latest Jun 25, 2021
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 11%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.83)
Road miles
49
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 49 mi
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
322.82 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 158.8572 | 165.99 | top 7% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.1316 | 156.5260 | 156.83 | top 20% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.6460 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)
- Career-best overall score329.6460 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)
- Most recent contest Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)
20203 milestones
- First tracked contest Best of the Midwest BBQ
- First call Best of the Midwest BBQ
- First overall top-10 Best of the Midwest BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2021 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 5 / 49 (329.6460) | 3 (173.1200) | 14 (156.5260) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 6 / 50 (315.9888) | 4 (158.8572) | 6 (157.1316) | — | — |