BIG STEVE'S SMOKEM & CHOKEM BBQ
BIG STEVE'S SMOKEM & CHOKEM BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 7th of 40 at the Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2019
latest Jul 19, 2019
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Best overall
481.0744 / 540
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
168.5600
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.58 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.58)
Road miles
113
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
311.05 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
481.07 / 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 151.9312 | 159.58 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 147.9200 | 155.58 | top 42% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 157.6800 | 157.68 | top 68% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
140
finished ahead 102 times, behind 50
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
—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)
- Career-best overall score481.0744 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5600 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2019 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL | 16 / 40 (299.8512) | 12 (151.9312) | 18 (147.9200) | — | — |
| May 24, 2019 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 🏅 Westmont, IL | 7 / 40 (322.2400) | 13 (158.2628) | 7 (163.9772) | — | — |
| — | Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY) Decatur, IL | 9 / 22 (481.0744) | 7 (168.5600) | 14 (154.8344) | 15 (157.6800) | — |