High-water mark
677.0516
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0516 at Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 13, 2023
Smoke Show AZ
Smoke Show AZ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 14th of 45 at the Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (2023). They finished #609 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 27, 2022
latest Jan 13, 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.37
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.83 · weakest Pork (164.95)
Road miles
551
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 167 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$55K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.16 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2512 | 163.4516 | 167.69 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 165.1088 | 168.68 | top 35% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 160.5028 | 164.95 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 167.9656 | 168.83 | top 38% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AZ
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 65 times, behind 54
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.0516 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4172 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Peak power rating (1514) Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Best Dam Barbeque
- First call Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1832 Best Dam Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | Jan 13, 2023 |
| +4.1 | Western Legends BBQ Contest | Sep 9, 2022 |
| +2.4 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 27, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival | Sep 30, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 94% | 94% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 93.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2023 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 14 / 45 (677.0516) | 22 (167.3944) | 6 (170.2744) | 15 (171.4172) | 17 (167.9656) |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ | 14 / 21 (675.2796) | 13 (170.2512) | 7 (170.8228) | 18 (166.2400) | 13 (167.9656) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 16 / 31 (670.1140) | 16 (169.6800) | 12 (168.5256) | 26 (160.5028) | 6 (171.4056) |
| May 27, 2022 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 14 / 26 (658.1832) | 17 (163.4516) | 14 (165.1088) | 14 (161.6456) | 9 (167.9772) |