A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BEER TIME BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BEER TIME BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Smokin Heart BBQ
Smokin Heart BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 23 at the Rekindled Ironman (2025). They finished #274 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 7, 2022
latest Apr 3, 2026 · 3.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.97 · weakest Brisket (149.93)
Road miles
30
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
602.14 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.21 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #274 (110 pts) | #259 (120 pts) | #272 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #306 (119 pts) | #292 (129 pts) | #318 (119 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1073 (86 pts) | #1186 (76 pts) | #1171 (96 pts) | #1060 (101 pts) | #1137 (76 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1697 (51 pts) | #1694 (51 pts) | #1739 (51 pts) | #1690 (51 pts) | #1648 (56 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 129.1428 | 151.41 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 146.8228 | 155.81 | top 69% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 151.3940 | 155.97 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9312 | 147.9316 | 149.93 | top 91% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rekindled Ironman | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 55% | Apr 3, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
56
finished ahead 22 times, behind 75
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Oct 7, 2022 → Apr 5, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Rekindled Ironman
20252 milestones
- First call Rekindled Ironman
- First overall top-10 Rekindled Ironman
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score624.9948 The Ironman
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.8344 The Ironman
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.1 | Rekindled Ironman | Apr 4, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | Oct 7, 2022 |
| -7.8 | The Ironman | Apr 5, 2024 |
| -6.8 | Rekindled Ironman | Apr 3, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2026 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 10 / 14 (322.7772) | 9 (162.8228) | 9 (159.9544) | — | — |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 9 / 23 (313.6344) | 8 (159.9884) | 9 (153.6460) | — | — |
| Apr 5, 2024 | The Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 17 / 21 (624.9948) | 19 (153.6916) | 15 (162.8344) | 14 (160.5372) | 19 (147.9316) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 26 / 26 (579.2908) | 26 (129.1428) | 26 (146.8228) | 26 (151.3940) | 24 (151.9312) |