A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B&R SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
B&R SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMQKE
SMQKE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 24th of 39 at the Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown (2018).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 4, 2017
latest Aug 5, 2022 · 5 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 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.72
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.78 · weakest Brisket (154.62)
Road miles
1
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
635.51 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1772 | 154.2168 | 162.45 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 141.1088 | 154.66 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 158.8228 | 163.78 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6688 | 152.5144 | 154.62 | top 83% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All American BBQ Throwdown | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 85% | Aug 5, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 28 times, behind 87
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Aug 3, 2018 → Aug 5, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
20183 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.0116 Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score648.0116 Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1772 Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest All American BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1490) All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 4, 2017 |
| -5.7 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 5, 2022 |
| -0.6 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 3, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90% | 90% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2022 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 40 / 50 (642.1028) | 48 (154.2168) | 28 (165.1316) | 30 (165.0856) | 40 (157.6688) |
| Aug 5, 2022 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 24 / 39 (648.0116) | 16 (169.1772) | 33 (157.7372) | 11 (167.4172) | 32 (153.6800) |
| Aug 4, 2017 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 26 / 29 (616.4116) | 14 (163.9656) | 28 (141.1088) | 22 (158.8228) | 25 (152.5144) |