High-water mark
666.1712
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1712 at Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 19, 2018
Smart's Smokin' BBQ
Smart's Smokin' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 15th of 35 at the Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival (2018). Also listed in KCBS results as “Smarts Smokin BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 20, 2017
latest Sep 19, 2025 · 7.9 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 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.63
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.11 · weakest Brisket (161.85)
Road miles
139
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 54 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)
Purse competed for
$9,580
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
657.59 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smart's Smokin' BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Smart's Smokin' BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 122 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smart's Smokin' BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smart's Smokin' BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,100 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
Level with Smart's Smokin' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Smart's Smokin' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,102 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smart's Smokin' 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 162.2628 | 167.11 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 159.3484 | 163.95 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 162.8228 | 164.68 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 155.9432 | 161.85 | top 63% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 52% | Oct 19, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
104
finished ahead 62 times, behind 91
Longest layoff
6.9 yrs
Oct 19, 2018 → Sep 19, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge
20183 milestones
- Career-best overall score666.1712 Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
- Peak power rating (1511) Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
20172 milestones
- First call Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1712 Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | Oct 19, 2018 |
| +2.9 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) | Nov 10, 2017 |
| +0.9 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | Oct 20, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | Sep 19, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 91% | 91% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 91.4% | 90.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2025 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC | 32 / 36 (655.3144) | 30 (165.6684) | 31 (162.8116) | 29 (164.5484) | 28 (162.2860) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC | 15 / 35 (666.1712) | 12 (171.9656) | 11 (170.2628) | 25 (163.3828) | 25 (160.5600) |
| Nov 10, 2017 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) Concord, NC | 24 / 47 (650.6976) | 23 (168.5488) | 24 (163.3828) | 21 (162.8228) | 32 (155.9432) |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC | 24 / 39 (658.1712) | 31 (162.2628) | 33 (159.3484) | 10 (167.9656) | 13 (168.5944) |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC | — | — | — | — | — |