High-water mark
673.1200
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.1200 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 29, 2022
STEEL SMOKE
STEEL SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 180th of 249 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Sep 29, 2022
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.13 · weakest Chicken (163.68)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
664.23 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 163.3944 | 163.68 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 162.2972 | 163.98 | top 75% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 179.4400 | 162.8228 | 171.13 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 162.8800 | 165.43 | top 59% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.1200 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best overall score673.1200 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
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 | 333 / 505 (655.3368) | 344 (163.9656) | 307 (165.6684) | 353 (162.8228) | 298 (162.8800) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 180 / 249 (673.1200) | 229 (163.3944) | 223 (162.2972) | 6 (179.4400) | 147 (167.9884) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.