Giant slayer
31
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 31-team field at Almost Heaven BBQ Bash.
- Jun 7, 2019
North Meats / South Smoke
North Meats / South Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “NORTH MEATS SOUTH SMOKE”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1542
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2019
latest Oct 25, 2019
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 25% of the time
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 12%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.55 · weakest Pork (161.11)
Road miles
443
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
328.50 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 1 GC
Backyard (3-meat) avg
497.65 / 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 163.9428 | 170.55 | top 9% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 173.1316 | 159.3828 | 166.26 | top 19% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 161.1084 | 161.11 | top 25% |
“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 | 1 | top 9% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WV
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
First title
Jun 7, 2019
Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
Opponents faced
125
finished ahead 125 times, behind 22
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
201912 milestones
- First overall top-10 Interstate BBQ Festival
- First call Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- First overall podium Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- First Grand Championship Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- First state championship Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.0744 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- Biggest field won (31 teams) Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score497.6456 Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)
- Peak power rating (1542) Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)
- Most recent contest Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.8 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Jun 7, 2019 |
| +12.2 | Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) | Oct 25, 2019 |
| +11.6 | Interstate BBQ Festival | Apr 19, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 67% | top 12% | 93.6% | 91.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) 🏅 Wytheville, VA | 3 / 20 (497.6456) | 1 (177.1544) | 7 (159.3828) | 5 (161.1084) | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV | 1 / 31 (337.0744) | 4 (163.9428) | 1 (173.1316) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 10 / 54 (319.9316) | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV | — | — | — | — | — |