High-water mark
662.7544
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.7544 at Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) — 92.0% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Jun 9, 2023
Smokin Hot Guys BBQ
Smokin Hot Guys BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 15th of 30 at the Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2023). Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Hot Guys BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 22 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2023
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Best overall
662.7544 / 720
Competitor Series · Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
173.1544
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.82)
Road miles
68
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
315.58 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Smokin Hot Guys BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 102 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,027 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Smokin Hot Guys BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,016 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Smokin Hot Guys BBQ's first contest.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with Smokin Hot Guys BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before Smokin Hot Guys BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before Smokin Hot Guys BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 157.0972 | 163.51 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 147.4056 | 156.82 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.2172 | 165.38 | top 48% |
“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 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 43 | 0 | top 41% | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 61% | Jun 7, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
251
finished ahead 165 times, behind 217
Longest layoff
4.6 yrs
Oct 19, 2018 → Jun 9, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20241 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1544 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20233 milestones
- First call Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7544 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score662.7544 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL)
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 92% | 92% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 92% | 92% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 49 / 125 (314.7200) | 49 (159.9544) | 50 (154.7656) | 15 (171.9772) | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 43 / 100 (316.4460) | 44 (160.5028) | 44 (155.9432) | 37 (162.8000) | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 72 (147.4056) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 24 / 33 (497.0632) | 6 (173.1544) | 32 (155.3716) | 19 (168.5372) | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 15 / 30 (662.7544) | 17 (166.8344) | 4 (173.1544) | 26 (158.2172) | — |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) Clarksville, TN | — | 11 (157.0972) | 13 (154.2860) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.