Smoky Mountain Smokers

Smoky Mountain Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 7th of 46 at the West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff (2013).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1519

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest May 19, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 35%

overall standings

Best overall

681.1428 / 720

Master · Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork · West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±10.55

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.75 · weakest Chicken (166.08)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Master avg

666.99 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

681.1428 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.1428 at Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 17, 2013

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Cookin Possums in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass (May 19, 2017).

last seen May 17, 2013
back May 19, 2017

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	0	171.9998	160.5140	166.08	top 50%
Pork Ribs	3	0	0	169.1426	164.0002	166.08	top 40%
Pork	3	1	1	174.8572	164.5256	168.75	top 43%
Brisket	3	1	0	173.1432	159.4286	166.09	top 45%

“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 2013 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 103 finished ahead 92 times, behind 47

Longest layoff 4 yrs May 17, 2013 → May 19, 2017

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20171 milestone

May 19 Most recent contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass

20137 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
May 3 First call West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
May 3 First overall top-10 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.0002 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
May 3 Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
May 17 Career-best overall score681.1428 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
May 17 Peak power rating (1522) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 19, 2017	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	34 / 49 (655.8280)	39 (160.5140)	26 (165.0972)	32 (164.5256)	31 (165.6912)
May 17, 2013	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	9 / 47 (681.1428)	10 (171.9998)	13 (169.1426)	27 (166.8572)	10 (173.1432)
May 3, 2013	West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN	7 / 46 (664.0002)	23 (165.7142)	18 (164.0002)	3 (174.8572)	23 (159.4286)