A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Boot Leg Smokers
Boot Leg Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 15th of 39 at the High on the Hog Festival (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “BOOTLEG SMOKERS”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2019
latest May 19, 2023 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±1.62
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.48 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.84)
Road miles
1
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
316.32 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Boot Leg Smokers has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 168 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They turned up 5 years after Boot Leg Smokers did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#3,921 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Level with Boot Leg Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Boot Leg Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8460 | 156.5944 | 162.48 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6456 | 149.6688 | 153.84 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 90% | May 19, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
98
finished ahead 38 times, behind 83
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Apr 19, 2019 → May 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score318.2056 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20193 milestones
- First call High on the Hog Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8460 High on the Hog Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) High on the Hog Festival
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | High on the Hog Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 19, 2023 |
| -9.4 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 20, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2023 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 32 / 34 (318.2056) | 29 (163.9884) | 31 (154.2172) | — | — |
| May 20, 2022 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 25 / 29 (314.2400) | 25 (156.5944) | 24 (157.6456) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN | 15 / 39 (316.5148) | 8 (166.8460) | 19 (149.6688) | — | — |
| Apr 20, 2018 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 15, 2016 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2015 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |