SUCK KNUCKLE SMOKERS

SUCK KNUCKLE SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 43 at the Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2017).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1527

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 4, 2017

latest Nov 5, 2018 · 1.7 years on the trail

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

672.5372 / 720

Master · Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · World Barbecue Championship

Consistency

±6.08

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.01)

Road miles

18,834

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 9,424 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

667.37 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

672.5372 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.5372 at Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 5, 2018

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 43 at their very first tracked contest, Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival (Feb 4, 2017).

Feb 4, 2017
43-team field

The long haul

18,834 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 18,834 miles across 3 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,424 miles to Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival.

3 mapped stops
furthest 9,424 mi

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	3	0	175.4172	166.8572	170.29	top 18%
Pork Ribs	3	1	1	171.9772	158.2400	163.01	top 48%
Pork	3	1	0	168.5712	160.4912	165.48	top 45%
Brisket	3	2	0	171.4744	164.6056	168.59	top 23%

“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 2017 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 1 of 3 contests

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 148 finished ahead 103 times, behind 51

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20183 milestones

Nov 5 Career-best overall score672.5372 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
Nov 5 Peak power rating (1527) Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
Nov 5 Most recent contest Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars

20176 milestones

Feb 4 First tracked contest Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Feb 4 First call Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Feb 4 First overall top-10 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Feb 4 First overall podium Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Feb 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8340 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Nov 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 World Barbecue Championship

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 5, 2018	Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria	7 / 21 (672.5372)	7 (168.5944)	2 (171.9772)	14 (160.4912)	5 (171.4744)
Nov 8, 2017	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	44 / 93 (670.7428)	6 (175.4172)	83 (158.2400)	48 (167.3828)	29 (169.7028)
Feb 4, 2017	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne	3 / 43 (658.8340)	6 (166.8572)	20 (158.8000)	7 (168.5712)	6 (164.6056)