Smoke Rings Barbecue

Smoke Rings Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 29th of 30 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2019).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1465

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 9, 2019

latest Oct 10, 2025 · 6.2 years on the trail

Avg finish

top 118%

overall standings

Best overall

289.5544 / 360

Backyard · MD State BBQ Bash

Best single call

147.4056

Chicken · MD State BBQ Bash

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 147.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.08)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Purse competed for

$38K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

288.46 / 360

2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (2 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

Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

5.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.2 years, then back at MD State BBQ Bash (Oct 11, 2024).

last seen Aug 9, 2019
back Oct 11, 2024

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	2	0	0	0	147.4056	147.3600	147.38	top 126%
Pork Ribs	2	0	0	0	142.1944	139.9656	141.08	top 127%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
MD State BBQ Bash	2	33	0	top 129%	Oct 10, 2025

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MD 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 144 finished ahead 15 times, behind 179

Longest layoff 5.2 yrs Aug 9, 2019 → Oct 11, 2024

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

20252 milestones

Oct 10 Career-best single call (Chicken)147.4056 MD State BBQ Bash
Oct 10 Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash

20241 milestone

Oct 11 Career-best overall score289.5544 MD State BBQ Bash

20192 milestones

Aug 9 First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Aug 9 Peak power rating (1491) Maryland State BBQ Bash

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 10, 2025	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	38 / 29 (287.3712)	36 (147.4056)	39 (139.9656)	—	—
Oct 11, 2024	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	33 / 26 (289.5544)	33 (147.3600)	31 (142.1944)	—	—
Aug 9, 2019	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	29 / 30 (286.3428)	—	—	—	—