High-water mark
678.7312
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7312 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 29, 2022
IMPRACTICAL SMOKERS
IMPRACTICAL SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 147th of 249 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Sep 29, 2022
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.26 · weakest Chicken (165.12)
Road miles
599
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 599 mi
Master avg
673.02 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 162.2628 | 165.12 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 167.3944 | 170.26 | top 39% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 163.3828 | 169.11 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 162.7884 | 168.53 | top 49% |
“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
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
505
finished ahead 353 times, behind 399
Longest layoff
6.5 yrs
Apr 8, 2016 → Sep 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7312 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best overall score678.7312 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8456 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 254 / 505 (667.3028) | 372 (162.2628) | 248 (167.3944) | 341 (163.3828) | 58 (174.2628) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 147 / 249 (678.7312) | 183 (167.9772) | 71 (173.1200) | 58 (174.8456) | 216 (162.7884) |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.