SINISTER SMOKE BBQ

SINISTER SMOKE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 19th of 31 at the Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q (2016).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1494

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 10, 2015

latest May 5, 2017 · 1.8 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

657.5768 / 720

Master · BBQ and Fly In on the River

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Chicken · Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q

Consistency

±12.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.55)

Road miles

133

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)

Master avg

646.73 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

4 LEGS UP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

4 LEGS UP BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Grandpa Smokeys in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BULLETS AND BUTTS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	172.5600	155.3712	162.97	top 56%
Pork Ribs	4	0	169.1428	153.7144	160.55	top 65%
Pork	4	0	168.5372	156.5028	162.11	top 61%
Brisket	4	0	164.5372	154.2056	161.10	top 55%

“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)	3	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	3	0	top 59%
NE	1	0	top 87%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q	2	19	0	top 60%	May 5, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 124 finished ahead 61 times, behind 103

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

20172 milestones

May 5 Peak power rating (1494) Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q
May 5 Most recent contest Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q

20162 milestones

May 6 First call Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q
May 6 Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q

20153 milestones

Jul 10 First tracked contest Sauce & Cycles
Aug 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5768 BBQ and Fly In on the River
Aug 14 Career-best overall score657.5768 BBQ and Fly In on the River

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+1	BBQ and Fly In on the River	Aug 14, 2015
+0.6	Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q	May 5, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.8	Sauce & Cycles	Jul 10, 2015
-0.1	Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q	May 6, 2016

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0%	top 59%	90.3%	90.3%
2016	1	100%	top 61%	90.9%	90.9%
2015	2	0%	top 72%	91.3%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 5, 2017	Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q St. Joseph, MO	23 / 39 (650.1140)	30 (155.3712)	23 (161.6684)	15 (168.5372)	17 (164.5372)
May 6, 2016	Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q St. Joseph, MO	19 / 31 (654.1828)	6 (172.5600)	25 (157.6800)	21 (162.2400)	18 (161.7028)
Aug 14, 2015	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	38 / 67 (657.5768)	23 (167.9656)	21 (169.1428)	51 (156.5028)	29 (163.9656)
Jul 10, 2015	Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE	27 / 31 (625.0628)	29 (156)	28 (153.7144)	19 (161.1428)	23 (154.2056)