Giant slayer
31
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 31-team field at Clayton BBQ Cook-off.
- Jul 12, 2019
Smoke It Like It's Hot
Smoke It Like It's Hot is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Clayton BBQ Cook-off (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Jul 12, 2019
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 8%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.44)
Road miles
44
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
329.70 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 1 GC
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 | 0 | 2 | 172.5484 | 159.9656 | 166.26 | top 13% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 165.7256 | 161.1544 | 163.44 | top 11% |
“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 · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
First title
Jul 12, 2019
Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Opponents faced
64
finished ahead 64 times, behind 1
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
201912 milestones
- First call Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.6912 Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
- First Grand Championship Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- First state championship Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Biggest field won (31 teams) Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score333.7028 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5484 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest Clayton BBQ Cook-off
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2019 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 1 / 31 (333.7028) | 2 (172.5484) | 5 (161.1544) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) Elk Grove, CA | 2 / 15 (325.6912) | 3 (159.9656) | 1 (165.7256) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | — | — | — | — | — |