High-water mark
501.6000
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 501.6000 at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) — 92.9% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Aug 6, 2021
BLOWIN' SMOKE - TONEY, AL
BLOWIN' SMOKE - TONEY, AL is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 9, 2021
latest Aug 6, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.13
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.41 · weakest Pork (160.50)
Road miles
219
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$8,150
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
339.95 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
501.60 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #66 (576 pts) | #69 (476 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 170.8228 | 172.41 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 162.2628 | 167.83 | top 48% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 160.5028 | 160.50 | top 84% |
“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.
More numbers
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 109 times, behind 62
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20218 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.7884 Smoke on the Falls
- First call Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score501.6000 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
- Peak power rating (1523) Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 23, 2021 |
| +7.3 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 9, 2021 |
| +3.9 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Aug 6, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.9 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 11, 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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2021 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 14 / 31 (501.6000) | 8 (173.7028) | 17 (167.3944) | 26 (160.5028) | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 19 / 31 (333.0856) | 9 (170.8228) | 23 (162.2628) | — | — |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 4 / 29 (347.9772) | 7 (173.7028) | 3 (174.2744) | — | — |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 15 / 38 (338.7884) | 12 (171.4172) | 20 (167.3712) | — | — |