SMOKIN' GAVEL BBQ
SMOKIN' GAVEL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 47th of 48 at the Original SD BBQ Championships (2025). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jun 6, 2025
latest Jun 6, 2025
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.58 · weakest Brisket (119.77)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
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 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1095 (114 pts) | #1148 (70 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9544 | 151.9544 | 151.95 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 151.9428 | 156.51 | top 88% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 168.5828 | 168.58 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119.7716 | 119.7716 | 119.77 | top 100% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs)
- Career-best overall score601.3944 Original SD BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5828 Original SD BBQ Championships
- Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 47 / 48 (601.3944) | 46 (151.9544) | 38 (161.0856) | 23 (168.5828) | 48 (119.7716) |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD | — | — | 28 (151.9428) | — | — |