A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Jury's Out ahead in 100% of their meetings
Jury's Out has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin' Temptations
Smokin' Temptations is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 21st of 23 at the Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin Temptations”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2021
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 4.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.92
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.12 · weakest Chicken (153.30)
Road miles
63
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
310.42 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin' Temptations, each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin' Temptations has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,503 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin' Temptations)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin' Temptations has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,474 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin' Temptations)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
Level with Smokin' Temptations on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Smokin' Temptations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Smokin' Temptations's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 147.9540 | 153.30 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8460 | 154.2628 | 157.12 | top 73% |
“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 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 91% | Jun 12, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
144
finished ahead 27 times, behind 125
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Jun 10, 2022 → Jun 12, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score321.1204 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.2744 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20211 milestone
- Peak power rating (1492) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 12, 2026 |
| -9.5 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 10, 2022 |
| -7.6 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
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 90% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 28 / 31 (321.1204) | 26 (162.2744) | 29 (158.8460) | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 21 / 23 (307.9084) | 22 (149.6684) | 16 (158.2400) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 40 / 49 (302.2168) | 40 (147.9540) | 28 (154.2628) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |