Smoking Guns
Smoking Guns is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2015. Their best overall finish is 16th of 16 at the Oak Grove BBQ & Lemonade Festival (2015).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2015
latest Sep 25, 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.30 · weakest Chicken (149.10)
Road miles
1,901
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 950 mi
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0972 | 149.0972 | 149.10 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 170.2972 | 170.30 | top 25% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2512 | 158.2512 | 158.25 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2284 | 150.2284 | 150.23 | top 88% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
15
finished ahead 0 times, behind 15
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Aug 8, 2014 → Sep 25, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
20153 milestones
- First call Oak Grove BBQ & Lemonade Festival
- Career-best overall score627.8740 Oak Grove BBQ & Lemonade Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 Oak Grove BBQ & Lemonade Festival
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2016 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Oak Grove BBQ & Lemonade Festival Oak Grove, MO | 16 / 16 (627.8740) | 16 (149.0972) | 4 (170.2972) | 15 (158.2512) | 14 (150.2284) |
| Aug 8, 2014 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2013 | 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |