Lumbee Smokers

Lumbee Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 26th of 27 at the Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off (2018).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1460

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 13, 2013

latest Sep 14, 2018 · 5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 97%

overall standings

Best overall

638.6744 / 720

Master · Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

168.5600

Pork · Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival

Consistency

±21.84

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 154.65 · weakest Brisket (151.53)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

81%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)

Master avg

612.36 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Deep South East has finished one call ahead of Lumbee Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

3.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off (Jul 28, 2017).

last seen Sep 13, 2013
back Jul 28, 2017

They cook the hard rooms

1606 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.

4 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Neon Lilly LLC has landed one call behind them 2 times.

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	156.5256	149.6572	152.38	top 94%
Pork Ribs	4	162.2628	137.0172	153.79	top 90%
Pork	4	168.5600	143.9084	154.65	top 83%
Brisket	4	159.9544	143.3716	151.53	top 90%

“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 95%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 100%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off	2	26	0	top 96%	Jul 27, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 111 finished ahead 4 times, behind 158

Longest layoff 3.9 yrs Sep 13, 2013 → Jul 28, 2017

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

20183 milestones

Sep 14 Career-best overall score638.6744 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
Sep 14 Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
Sep 14 Most recent contest Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival

20132 milestones

Sep 13 First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1485) Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.3	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest	Sep 13, 2013
-8.9	Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival	Sep 14, 2018
-8.4	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off	Jul 28, 2017
-7.5	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off	Jul 27, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	2	0%	top 95%	88.7%	87.2%
2017	1	0%	top 96%	85.6%	85.6%
2013	1	0%	top 100%	80.3%	80.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 14, 2018	Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL	30 / 32 (638.6744)	30 (156.5256)	29 (153.6344)	15 (168.5600)	26 (159.9544)
Jul 27, 2018	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL	26 / 27 (616.3888)	27 (149.6572)	23 (162.2628)	25 (153.0628)	25 (151.4060)
Jul 28, 2017	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL	26 / 27 (616.3888)	27 (149.6572)	23 (162.2628)	25 (153.0628)	25 (151.4060)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	80 / 80 (577.9772)	67 (153.6800)	80 (137.0172)	80 (143.9084)	75 (143.3716)