High-water mark
338.8572
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 338.8572 at Big Island BBQ Backyard — 94.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Aug 22, 2021
Poke'em and Smoke'em BBQ
Poke'em and Smoke'em BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 4th of 15 at the Big Island BBQ Backyard (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 21, 2021
latest Aug 22, 2021
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.54)
Road miles
72
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Purse competed for
$2,550
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
325.97 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #101 (308 pts) | #117 (238 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 164 | 167.43 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 149.0856 | 158.54 | top 67% |
“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)
20217 milestones
- First tracked contest Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Big Island BBQ Backyard
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.8572 Big Island BBQ Backyard
- Career-best overall score338.8572 Big Island BBQ Backyard
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 Big Island BBQ Backyard
- Most recent contest Big Island BBQ Backyard
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 | 4 / 15 (338.8572) | 4 (170.8572) | 6 (168) | — | — |
| Aug 21, 2021 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 15 / 18 (313.0856) | 10 (164) | 17 (149.0856) | — | — |