High-water mark
679.4976
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.4976 at Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 22, 2026
Ye Olde Smokers
Ye Olde Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 10 at the Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #880 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1516
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2022
latest Aug 22, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.56 · weakest Brisket (165.46)
Road miles
2
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
666.86 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #880 (161 pts) | #1014 (131 pts) | #1046 (141 pts) | #985 (141 pts) | #899 (161 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 166.2628 | 168.56 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.2860 | 162.2516 | 166.27 | top 42% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 162.8572 | 166.58 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.0572 | 162.8572 | 165.46 | top 33% |
“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
Opponents faced
17
finished ahead 14 times, behind 5
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Aug 13, 2022 → Aug 22, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- First overall podium Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
- First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score679.4976 Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
20224 milestones
- First tracked contest Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First call Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2288 Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff Little Brook, NS | 2 / 10 (679.4976) | 5 (170.8572) | 2 (170.2860) | 5 (170.2972) | 2 (168.0572) |
| Aug 13, 2022 | Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival Nova Scotia | 5 / 11 (654.2288) | 8 (166.2628) | 7 (162.2516) | 7 (162.8572) | 5 (162.8572) |