Smokin' Dad's Barbecue
Smokin' Dad's Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 9 at the Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They finished #321 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Dads Barbecue”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 26, 2025
latest Oct 11, 2025
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.12)
Road miles
196
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 196 mi
Purse competed for
$3,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
316.54 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #321 (106 pts) | #265 (151 pts) | #334 (106 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 153.6800 | 159.42 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 142.8344 | 157.12 | top 44% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20257 milestones
- First tracked contest Fire in the Foothills
- First call Fire in the Foothills
- First overall top-10 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.0856 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score325.0856 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4056 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2025 | Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Luray, VA | 9 / 9 (325.0856) | 9 (153.6800) | 4 (171.4056) | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Fire in the Foothills 🏅 King, NC | 11 / 25 (307.9888) | 6 (165.1544) | 11 (142.8344) | — | — |