Hardwood Smokers
Hardwood Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 14th of 36 at the Up In Smoke on the Square (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 23, 2016
latest May 31, 2019 · 2.7 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (140.77)
Road miles
165
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi
Purse competed for
$9,525
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
478.77 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
263.25 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5372 | 141.6572 | 147.10 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 121.5892 | 140.77 | top 61% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 166.2856 | 166.29 | top 59% |
“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
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 23 times, behind 89
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Sep 23, 2016 → May 31, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Up In Smoke on the Square
20163 milestones
- First tracked contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score478.7656 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2856 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2019 | Up In Smoke on the Square 🏅 Lincoln, IL | 14 / 36 (263.2464) | 14 (141.6572) | 15 (121.5892) | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 64 / 64 (478.7656) | 62 (152.5372) | 51 (159.9428) | 38 (166.2856) | — |