High-water mark
351.4288
career-best overall
97.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 351.4288 at 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam — 97.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Jan 9, 2025
Whachu Smokin
Whachu Smokin is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 38 at the 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam (2025). They finished #203 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 5, 2023
latest Jan 9, 2026 · 2.3 years on the trail
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.80
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.40 · weakest Brisket (155.93)
Road miles
342
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 334 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$61K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
329.08 / 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 150.2172 | 163.77 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 153.0744 | 165.31 | top 42% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 163.3944 | 169.40 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 149.0516 | 155.93 | top 46% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
208
finished ahead 106 times, behind 144
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Oct 5, 2023 → Jan 9, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1514) 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Most recent contest 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
20256 milestones
- First call 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- First overall top-10 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- First overall podium 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score351.4288 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Career-best overall score351.4288 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest Poosa Q
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2026 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL | 14 / 38 (332.5144) | 14 (165.6800) | 16 (166.8344) | 7 (175.4056) | 16 (162.8116) |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 3 / 38 (351.4288) | 3 (175.4172) | 2 (176.0116) | 12 (163.3944) | 19 (149.0516) |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 58 / 73 (303.2916) | 60 (150.2172) | 58 (153.0744) | — | — |