High-water mark
666.1600
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1600 at 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 12, 2019
Smokin' Tinman
Smokin' Tinman is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Ribs on the River (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2019
latest Apr 6, 2020
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 24%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
174.2628
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.82 · weakest Pork (165.68)
Road miles
358
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.16 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
327.36 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
503.87 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 161.6572 | 166.05 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 169.1084 | 162.8228 | 165.68 | top 32% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 160.5028 | 165.68 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 170.8228 | 170.82 | top 29% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 6% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
184
finished ahead 159 times, behind 32
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
20194 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Ribs on the River
- First overall podium Ribs on the River
- First Reserve Championship Ribs on the River
- Career-best overall score666.1600 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)
—5 milestones
- First tracked contest Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score503.8740 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 6% | 97.4% | 97.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 34% | 92.5% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 7 / 109 (175.4056) | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2019 | 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 21 / 35 (666.1600) | 31 (161.6572) | 23 (162.8228) | 17 (170.8572) | 10 (170.8228) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Ribs on the River 🏅 Louisiana, MO | 2 / 26 (327.3600) | 3 (162.2400) | 1 (165.1200) | — | — |
| — | Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY) Decatur, IL | 5 / 22 (503.8740) | 4 (174.2628) | 6 (169.1084) | 12 (160.5028) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.