High-water mark
331.3832
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 331.3832 at Atlanta BBQ Store Classic — 92.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Nov 14, 2025
Smokin' Possums
Smokin' Possums is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 32 at the BBQ & Boogie (2025). They finished #234 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Apr 25, 2025
latest Mar 6, 2026
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Consistency
±4.94
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.41 · weakest Pork (158.80)
Road miles
65
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
326.80 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 157.6800 | 163.39 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9888 | 162.2516 | 163.41 | top 43% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 158.8000 | 158.80 | top 47% |
“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
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
140
finished ahead 92 times, behind 114
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1505) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ & Boogie
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3832 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best overall score331.3832 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.3944 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 23 / 44 (329.0744) | 23 (165.0972) | 22 (163.9772) | — | — |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 21 / 56 (331.3832) | 17 (167.3944) | 20 (163.9888) | — | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | BBQ & Boogie 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 16 / 32 (319.9316) | 17 (157.6800) | 14 (162.2516) | 15 (158.8000) | — |