Starla's Sinister Smoke
Starla's Sinister Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Also listed in KCBS results as “Starlas Sinister Smoke”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2024
latest Jul 12, 2025 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
—
overall standings
Best overall
—
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
197
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 70 mi
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MA
5 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Connecticut Barbecue Challenge
20241 milestone
- First tracked contest Massachusetts in May (Day 1)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2025 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 17, 2025 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 16, 2025 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Weekend of Giving 🏅 Wrentham, MA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Operation Up in Smoke 🏅 Epping, NH | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 18, 2024 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 17, 2024 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | — | — | — | — | — |