The long haul
7,330
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,330 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,336 miles to Lassen County Annual BBQ Cook-Off.
- 11 mapped stops
- furthest 2,336 mi
WE BE SMOKIN
WE BE SMOKIN is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 10th of 16 at the Bootleggin' BBQ (2013).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2013
latest Aug 18, 2017 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
9% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
9%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.10)
Road miles
7,330
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 2,336 mi
Master avg
542.48 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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WE BE SMOKIN has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 157 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,961 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Fewer contests behind them than WE BE SMOKIN has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with WE BE SMOKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
They turned up 8 years after WE BE SMOKIN did, first appearing in 2021.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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⚔ Compare careers#4,003 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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⚔ Compare careers#3,955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 145.1656 | 155.14 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 139.9656 | 151.10 | top 72% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.9656 | 145.1540 | 158.56 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3600 | 155.3600 | 155.36 | top 75% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
7 of 11 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
29
finished ahead 6 times, behind 23
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lassen County Annual BBQ Cook-Off
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Bootleggin' BBQ
- First call Bootleggin' BBQ
- First overall top-10 Bootleggin' BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.6740 Bootleggin' BBQ
- Career-best overall score654.6740 Bootleggin' BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9656 Bootleggin' BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 59.8% | 59.8% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2017 | Lassen County Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA | 15 / 15 (430.2852) | 13 (145.1656) | 14 (139.9656) | 15 (145.1540) | — |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30, 2015 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21, 2014 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23, 2014 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Bootleggin' BBQ Garden City, CO | 10 / 16 (654.6740) | 7 (165.1084) | 8 (162.2400) | 3 (171.9656) | 12 (155.3600) |