Smoking Goat
Smoking Goat is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 38 at the Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) (2022). They finished #1065 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Strongest meat
Road miles
Schedule strength
Purse competed for
Master avg
Backyard avg
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4060 | 159.4060 | 161.50 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 153.0972 | 160.93 | top 73% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 161.6572 | 164.82 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 156.5144 | 159.68 | top 77% |
“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
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2060 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Career-best overall score654.2060 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9772 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Peak power rating (1489) BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Most recent contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2022 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 23 / 38 (327.4172) | 28 (161.7028) | 18 (165.7144) | — | — |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 24 / 25 (634.6748) | 19 (163.4060) | 24 (153.0972) | 20 (161.6572) | 21 (156.5144) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 32 / 37 (654.2060) | 36 (159.4060) | 28 (163.9772) | 22 (167.9772) | 26 (162.8456) |