GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN

GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 19 at the Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days (2018). Also listed in KCBS results as “Grandbaby Roys R Smokin”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1475

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 31, 2017

latest Oct 3, 2025 · 8.5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

642.1944 / 720

Master · Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1428

Pork · Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days

Consistency

±4.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.45 · weakest Brisket (151.00)

Road miles

114

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

71%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)

Purse competed for

$2,700

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

635.52 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

302.16 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

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

UNFAMOUS DAVE'S ahead in 100% of their meetings

UNFAMOUS DAVE'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

6.3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 6.3 years, then back at Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (Oct 3, 2025).

last seen Jul 5, 2019
back Oct 3, 2025

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	162.8228	150.7884	155.27	top 86%
Pork Ribs	4	0	165.7144	151.3716	161.83	top 62%
Pork	3	1	169.1428	155.9544	162.45	top 66%
Brisket	3	0	159.9428	144.5144	151.00	top 83%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 74%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 90%
Large (40+)	1	top 75%

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 124 finished ahead 27 times, behind 107

Longest layoff 6.3 yrs Jul 5, 2019 → Oct 3, 2025

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

20251 milestone

Oct 3 Most recent contest Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)

20183 milestones

Sep 7 First call Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days
Sep 7 Career-best overall score642.1944 Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days
Sep 7 Career-best single call (Pork)169.1428 Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days

20172 milestones

Mar 31 First tracked contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Mar 31 Peak power rating (1495) Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 3, 2025
-5.7	Johnson County BBQ Challenge	Jul 5, 2019
-4.7	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Mar 31, 2017
-3.5	Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days	Sep 7, 2018

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)
2025	1	0%	top 96%	83.9%	83.9%
2019	1	0%	top 84%	87.8%	87.8%
2018	1	100%	top 74%	89.2%	89.2%
2017	1	0%	top 75%	87.8%	87.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 3, 2025	Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO	22 / 23 (302.1600)	23 (150.7884)	21 (151.3716)	—	—
Jul 5, 2019	Johnson County BBQ Challenge 🏅 Warrensburg, MO	31 / 37 (632.4916)	32 (156.0116)	18 (165.6800)	29 (162.2628)	35 (148.5372)
Sep 7, 2018	Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days Butler, MO	14 / 19 (642.1944)	12 (162.8228)	11 (165.7144)	7 (169.1428)	19 (144.5144)
Mar 31, 2017	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Pleasant Hill, MO	44 / 59 (631.8860)	55 (151.4400)	29 (164.5488)	48 (155.9544)	32 (159.9428)