Ironside Smokers

Ironside Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 9th of 31 at the Puckaway Pigfest (2018).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1495

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 7, 2018

latest Sep 9, 2022 · 4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

662.1600 / 720

Master · Puckaway Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4056

Brisket · Puckaway Pigfest

Consistency

±13.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.55)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$17K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

645.59 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TOPPGATOR BBQ has finished one call ahead of Ironside Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUE U ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUE U has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Low Rent Bbq in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Puckaway Pigfest (Sep 10, 2021).

last seen Sep 6, 2019
back Sep 10, 2021

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	167.9772	157.6684	163.67	top 54%
Pork Ribs	4	0	164.5488	145.6800	156.55	top 69%
Pork	4	1	168.5372	160.5372	163.96	top 49%
Brisket	4	1	171.4056	143.9656	161.41	top 48%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Puckaway Pigfest	3	9	0	top 62%	Sep 9, 2022

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WI 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 78 finished ahead 53 times, behind 81

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 6, 2019 → Sep 10, 2021

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

20221 milestone

Sep 9 Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest

20187 milestones

Sep 7 First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 7 First call Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 7 First overall top-10 Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1600 Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 7 Career-best overall score662.1600 Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 7 Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4056 Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 7 Peak power rating (1509) Puckaway Pigfest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.9	Puckaway Pigfest	Sep 7, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	Puckaway Pigfest	Sep 9, 2022
-2.2	Puckaway Pigfest	Sep 6, 2019
-0.1	Puckaway Pigfest	Sep 10, 2021

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0%	top 95%	87.3%	87.3%
2021	1	0	0%	top 53%	90.9%	90.9%
2019	1	0	100%	top 62%	88.6%	88.6%
2018	1	1	100%	top 29%	92%	92%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 9, 2022	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	36 / 38 (628.4572)	19 (167.9772)	33 (155.9772)	31 (160.5372)	37 (143.9656)
Sep 10, 2021	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	16 / 30 (654.1484)	21 (162.8112)	17 (159.9772)	15 (163.9428)	11 (167.4172)
Sep 6, 2019	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	24 / 39 (637.5772)	9 (166.2400)	36 (145.6800)	15 (162.8228)	17 (162.8344)
Sep 7, 2018	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	9 / 31 (662.1600)	23 (157.6684)	12 (164.5488)	8 (168.5372)	4 (171.4056)