High-water mark
339.9544
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 339.9544 at Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 94.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
Smok'n M
Smok'n M is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 37 at the Bring'n Home the Bacon (2019). They are ranked #2926 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1527 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2019
latest Jun 11, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
50% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
321.54 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 323.95 (-2.41)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.03
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.02)
Road miles
0
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
323.95 / 360
6 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smok'n M, each with one reason worth a look.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,920 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,939 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Smok'n M on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,917 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smok'n M's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,929 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Smok'n M's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,945 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Smok'n M's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Grefe! | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Ten Bones | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 147.9200 | 162.92 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 146.8000 | 161.02 | top 47% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 38% | Jun 10, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
177
finished ahead 164 times, behind 144
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Jun 21, 2019 → Oct 16, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20201 milestone
- Peak power rating (1527) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
20191 milestone
- First overall podium Bring'n Home the Bacon
—6 milestones
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score339.9544 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score339.9544 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon | Jun 21, 2019 |
| +11.8 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 | Oct 16, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | Oct 15, 2021 |
| -6 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 11, 2022 |
| -3.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 10, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 62% | 87.4% | 87.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87% | 87% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 8% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 24 / 37 (313.0744) | 23 (158.8228) | 24 (154.2516) | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 23 / 39 (314.7544) | 27 (147.9200) | 7 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 33 / 40 (313.0744) | 11 (166.2744) | 40 (146.8000) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 7 / 40 (326.8344) | 13 (161.6800) | 6 (165.1544) | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI | 3 / 37 (335.9888) | 5 (170.2744) | 6 (165.7144) | — | — |
| — | Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 7 / 23 (339.9544) | 7 (172.5600) | 15 (167.3944) | — | — |