The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smokin-N-Pokin has finished one call ahead of Henry's Kitchen 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Henry's Kitchen
Henry's Kitchen is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 24th of 25 at the Grills Gone Wild (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1456
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Feb 9, 2024
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 99%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±203.16
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 149.78 · weakest Pork Ribs (103.35)
Road miles
86
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$77K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
317.26 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7828 | 149.7828 | 149.78 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1200 | 20 | 103.35 | top 98% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0856 | 141.6228 | 149.35 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1200 | 112.8800 | 135.71 | top 98% |
“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 98% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 40 | 0 | top 100% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Grills Gone Wild | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 98% | Feb 7, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
174
finished ahead 12 times, behind 251
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score575.9656 Grills Gone Wild
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest Grills Gone Wild
- Career-best single call (Pork)157.0856 Grills Gone Wild
- Peak power rating (1488) Grills Gone Wild
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 9, 2024 |
| -11.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
| -10.1 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 7, 2025 |
| -9.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
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 100% | 18.5% | 18.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 80% | 47.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 63.2% | 63.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 63 / 63 (132.8800) | — | 63 (20) | — | 61 (112.8800) |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 24 / 25 (575.9656) | 25 (149.7828) | 24 (139.4172) | 25 (141.6228) | 24 (145.1428) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 40 / 40 (104.8572) | — | 39 (104.8572) | — | — |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 28 / 28 (455.3256) | — | 28 (149.1200) | 28 (157.0856) | 28 (149.1200) |