High-water mark
339.9428
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 339.9428 at American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest — 94.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Mar 12, 2021
Smokey Red's
Smokey Red's is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 6th of 24 at the American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Apr 6, 2020
latest Mar 12, 2021
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.67)
Road miles
209
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 126 mi
Purse competed for
$5,300
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1284 (68 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 170.2628 | 170.26 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 165.6684 | 167.67 | top 56% |
“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
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
135
finished ahead 88 times, behind 46
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20215 milestones
- First call American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest
- First overall top-10 American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest
- Career-best overall score339.9428 American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2628 American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest
- Most recent contest Boo-B-Que - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest
20202 milestones
- First tracked contest Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score166.2856 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2021 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Unity Village, MO | — | — | 22 (165.6684) | — | — |
| Mar 12, 2021 | American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest Kansas City, MO | 6 / 24 (339.9428) | 8 (170.2628) | 8 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 38 / 109 (166.2856) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.