High-water mark
694.7884
career-best overall
96.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.7884 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 96.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 28, 2022
Keepin It Smokin
Keepin It Smokin is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 60 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1528
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 6, 2020
latest Jul 10, 2025 · 5.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 15%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 175.41 · weakest Pork (170.83)
Road miles
1,328
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 897 mi
Purse competed for
$70K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
693.63 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 175.41 | top 16% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 170.8344 | 171.98 | top 34% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 167.4056 | 170.83 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 175.41 | top 15% |
“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
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
262
finished ahead 236 times, behind 38
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 28, 2022 → Jan 26, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20225 milestones
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First category win (Chicken) Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score694.7884 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Lakeland Pig Festival
20202 milestones
- First tracked contest Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score172.0116 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 20% | 96.2% | 96.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 12% | 96.5% | 96.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 14% | 95.6% | 95.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2025 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 13 / 66 (692.4800) | 20 (173.1200) | 29 (170.8344) | 14 (174.2628) | 15 (174.2628) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 7 / 60 (694.7884) | 1 (177.7028) | 14 (173.1200) | 32 (167.4056) | 4 (176.5600) |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 15 / 109 (172.0116) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.