The comeback
3.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).
- last seen May 4, 2018
- back Aug 13, 2021
SmartAsh Smokers
SmartAsh Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 25th of 49 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021). Also listed in KCBS results as “Smart Ash Smokers”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2021
latest Aug 13, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.47 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.07)
Road miles
116
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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SmartAsh Smokers has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with SmartAsh Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,149 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before SmartAsh Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,157 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before SmartAsh Smokers'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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 151.9656 | 162.47 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 153.7144 | 158.07 | top 64% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 158.2856 | 162.01 | top 67% |
“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
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
101
finished ahead 52 times, behind 48
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
May 4, 2018 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score310.2284 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD)
- First call Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4400 Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 25 / 49 (310.2284) | 32 (151.9656) | 21 (158.2628) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 27 (164) | 25 (162.2400) | 37 (158.2856) | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 10 (171.4400) | 37 (153.7144) | 18 (165.7256) | — |