GX Smokin' BBQ
GX Smokin' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 307th of 401 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 30, 2024
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.81 · weakest Brisket (153.09)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$143K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.29 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 149.6572 | 159.11 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 161.6916 | 162.29 | top 80% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 163.9544 | 164.81 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 144.4916 | 153.09 | top 86% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 307 | 0 | top 84% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
565
finished ahead 129 times, behind 714
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Oct 30, 2024 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6000 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score657.6000 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5600 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20241 milestone
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 307 / 401 (657.6000) | 229 (168.5600) | 327 (161.6916) | 285 (165.6684) | 307 (161.6800) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 409 / 444 (620.9832) | 428 (149.6572) | 346 (162.8800) | 314 (163.9544) | 421 (144.4916) |