Loco Smokers

Loco Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2026).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1520

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 22 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 27, 2014

latest Jul 17, 2026 · 12.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 50% of the time

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

75% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 23%

overall standings

Best overall

694.2056 / 720

Competitor Series · IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.12 · weakest Chicken (159.24)

Road miles

1,348

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,288 mi

Master avg

649.91 / 720

2 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork Ribs ×1
Pork ×1

Signature meat

75% pork ribs entries won

3 wins from 4 entries

When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 75% of their entries (3 of 4).

best 180.0000
average 170.12
3 calls

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 18%

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 3 category wins at IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (Jun 20, 2025).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

High-water mark

694.2056 career-best overall

96.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.2056 at IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) — 96.4% of a perfect 720.

Competitor Series
Jun 20, 2025

The comeback

10.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 10.2 years, then back at IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (May 3, 2024).

last seen Feb 27, 2014
back May 3, 2024

In the record book (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

#7 💪 Widest championship margin 29.0968 points clear of the runner-up · over Rubbed The Wrong Way · Jul 17, 2026

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	3	2	2	166.8112	148.5028	159.24	top 35%
Pork Ribs	4	3	3	3	180 🔥	160.5256	170.12	top 19%
Pork	4	3	1	2	180 🔥	161.7028	167.85	top 27%
Brisket	4	3	0	3	167.9656	151.4400	160.97	top 34%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	3	2	top 16%
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	3	2	top 16%
TX	1	0	top 43%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)	2	1	1	top 18%	Jun 20, 2025

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

First title Jun 20, 2025 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

Opponents faced 62 finished ahead 50 times, behind 17

Longest layoff 10.2 yrs Feb 27, 2014 → May 3, 2024

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Jul 17 Most recent contest IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

20255 milestones

Jun 20 First Grand Championship IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Jun 20 First multi-meat day IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Jun 20 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Jun 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score694.2056 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Jun 20 Career-best overall score694.2056 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

20244 milestones

May 3 First call IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
May 3 First category win (Pork Ribs) IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
May 3 First overall top-10 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
May 3 First overall podium IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

20141 milestone

Feb 27 First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown

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)
2026	1	1	1	2	100%	top 11%	93.2%	93.2%
2025	1	1	1	3	100%	top 7%	96.4%	96.4%
2024	1	0	1	1	100%	top 30%	88.7%	88.7%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	top 43%	87.4%	87.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 17, 2026	IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) Santa Ana, CA	1 / 9 (670.7428)	1 (166.8112)	1 (171.9772)	2 (166.2744)	2 (165.6800)
Jun 20, 2025	IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA	1 / 15 (694.2056)	1 (166.2400)	1 (180)	1 (180)	2 (167.9656)
May 3, 2024	IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA	3 / 10 (638.6856)	7 (148.5028)	1 (167.9772)	4 (163.4056)	3 (158.8000)
Feb 27, 2014	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	16 / 37 (629.0740)	19 (155.4056)	18 (160.5256)	15 (161.7028)	26 (151.4400)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.