Holy Smoke BBQ MO
Holy Smoke BBQ MO is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 13 at the Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They finished #330 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Oct 10, 2025
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.43)
Purse competed for
$4,400
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 | #330 (98 pts) | #331 (98 pts) | #337 (103 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 161.1200 | 161.12 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4288 | 159.4288 | 159.43 | top 92% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 163.4056 | 163.41 | top 62% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Stover, MO | 13 / 13 (320.5488) | 13 (161.1200) | 12 (159.4288) | 8 (163.4056) | — |