High-water mark
338.2512
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 338.2512 at Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) — 94.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
SMOKIN' ROAMERS
SMOKIN' ROAMERS is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 4th of 15 at the Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They are ranked #3742 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 16, 2020
latest Aug 22, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
324.19 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 321.66 (+2.52)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.52
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.77)
Road miles
386
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 99 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
321.66 / 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 SMOKIN' ROAMERS, each with one reason worth a look.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2014, 6 years before SMOKIN' ROAMERS's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before SMOKIN' ROAMERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with SMOKIN' ROAMERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before SMOKIN' ROAMERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,753 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before SMOKIN' ROAMERS'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! | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Porket About It | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 155.4172 | 161.90 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 147.8968 | 159.77 | top 50% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
148
finished ahead 78 times, behind 148
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Big Island BBQ Backyard
20201 milestone
- Peak power rating (1499) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
—6 milestones
- First tracked contest Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.2512 Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score338.2512 Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.2 | Big Island BBQ Backyard | Aug 22, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | Minnesota in May | May 7, 2021 |
| -4.9 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 7, 2021 |
| -1.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 | Oct 16, 2020 |
| -1.1 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 21, 2021 |
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 27% | 94% | 94% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 62% | 91.4% | 89.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2021 | Big Island BBQ Backyard Albert Lea, MN | 8 / 15 (329.0856) | 12 (162.2744) | 7 (166.8112) | — | — |
| Aug 21, 2021 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 11 / 18 (323.4060) | 14 (160.5716) | 8 (162.8344) | — | — |
| Aug 7, 2021 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 15 / 21 (321.6456) | 4 (167.4172) | 17 (154.2284) | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 38 / 60 (308.5372) | 36 (155.4172) | 36 (153.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 21 / 40 (309.0512) | 14 (161.1544) | 23 (147.8968) | — | — |
| — | Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Bancroft, IA | 4 / 15 (338.2512) | 6 (164.5484) | 2 (173.7028) | — | — |