The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smokin' Ain't EZ has finished one call ahead of SOUTHERN-OINK-N-DOINK 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SOUTHERN-OINK-N-DOINK
SOUTHERN-OINK-N-DOINK is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 16th of 53 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2020). Also listed in KCBS results as “Southern Oink-N-Doink”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 24, 2020
latest Jan 27, 2023 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.49
spread of their Backyard (4-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.44 · weakest Brisket (153.37)
Road miles
69
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.18 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
631.87 / 720
3 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 143.3484 | 154.53 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 162.3200 | 167.44 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 157.0972 | 160.11 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 146.8000 | 153.37 | top 62% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 3 | 16 | 0 | top 53% | Jan 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
243
finished ahead 143 times, behind 192
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Mar 6, 2020 → Jan 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20205 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1507) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score646.1828 Fire it up Frostproof!
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.1 | Fire it up Frostproof! | Mar 6, 2020 |
| -5.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -1.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 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 | 0% | top 76% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 85% | 85% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 39 / 51 (638.1940) | 37 (160) | 22 (169.7256) | 32 (161.6684) | 47 (146.8000) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 32 / 60 (611.8284) | 42 (143.3484) | 21 (162.3200) | 27 (157.0972) | 32 (149.0628) |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL | 25 / 32 (646.1828) | 26 (159.3600) | 20 (165.7144) | 27 (157.1084) | 17 (164) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 16 / 53 (645.6000) | 36 (155.3944) | 5 (172) | 16 (164.5828) | 26 (153.6228) |