High-water mark
673.6572
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6572 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 25, 2021
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 12th of 51 at the 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off (2015). They are ranked #2775 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 15, 2015
latest Sep 16, 2021 · 6.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.57 · weakest Pork (161.36)
Road miles
53
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$148K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.74 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
120 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1519
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Level with SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,754 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Compare careers#2,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ'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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 154.2972 | 162.26 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 162.8572 | 168.57 | top 33% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 153.0968 | 161.36 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 151.3828 | 164.56 | top 40% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
859
finished ahead 392 times, behind 789
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
May 15, 2015 → Apr 12, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- Career-best overall score673.6572 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8572 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1522) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
- First call 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3828 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 25, 2021 |
| +10.5 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | May 15, 2015 |
| +3.1 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Apr 12, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| -2.5 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 50% | 93.6% | 90% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 91.8% | 91.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 390 / 467 (621.6340) | 396 (154.2972) | 305 (162.8572) | 408 (153.0968) | 389 (151.3828) |
| Jun 25, 2021 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 24 / 145 (673.6572) | 56 (163.9772) | 33 (170.2628) | 61 (164.5600) | 6 (174.8572) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 225 / 468 (661.1316) | 257 (164.5256) | 183 (166.8916) | 297 (162.2744) | 172 (167.4400) |
| Apr 12, 2019 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO | 27 / 54 (659.9088) | 35 (162.8228) | 16 (168.5372) | 19 (168.5716) | 31 (159.9772) |
| May 15, 2015 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 12 / 51 (667.3828) | 25 (165.6684) | 3 (174.2972) | 34 (158.2744) | 9 (169.1428) |