High-water mark
500.4688
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 500.4688 at Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) — 92.7% of a perfect 540.
- Competitor Series
- May 1, 2026
Smokin Hot Guys
Smokin Hot Guys is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 39 at the Great Americana BBQ Festival (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Hot Guys”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2019
latest May 1, 2026 · 6.7 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.82 · weakest Chicken (153.66)
Road miles
34
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
335.44 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
458.71 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0744 | 150.2516 | 153.66 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 153.1088 | 160.82 | top 66% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3484 | 155.3484 | 155.35 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Americana BBQ Festival | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 56% | Aug 27, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
122
finished ahead 69 times, behind 71
Longest layoff
4.7 yrs
Aug 27, 2021 → May 1, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score500.4688 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5372 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Great Americana BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Great Americana BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.4404 Great Americana BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 14 / 23 (500.4688) | 18 (157.0744) | 13 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 22 / 25 (458.7088) | 24 (150.2516) | 19 (153.1088) | 22 (155.3484) | — |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 9 / 39 (335.4404) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.