Smokin' Fools CA
Rating
1502
peak 1514 · rated over 2 contests
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2023-09-15
latest 2025-05-31
Best ToY finish
#1093
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.28 · weakest Pork (146.22)
Road miles
1325
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1325 mi
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
605.50 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
343.39 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 32 at their very first tracked contest, Tri City BBQ Fest (2023-09-15).
Teams like this (closest power rating, CA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 154.2628 | 166.28 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 154.8000 | 159.95 | top 57% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2172 | 146.2172 | 146.22 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2172 | 150.2172 | 150.22 | top 90% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in CA (1 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (2 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 605.50 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 343.39 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2023-09-15 — First tracked contest · Tri City BBQ Fest
- 📣 2023-09-15 — First call · Tri City BBQ Fest
- ⭐ 2025-05-31 — Career-best overall score (605.4972) · Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)
Category scores over time
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 95% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 9% | 95.4% | 95.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Norco, CA | 19 / 20 (605.4972) | 18 (154.2628) | 19 (154.8000) | 18 (146.2172) | 18 (150.2172) |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 3 / 32 (343.3944) | 1 (178.2972) | 6 (165.0972) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1093 (75 pts) | #1147 (80 pts) | #1250 (75 pts) | #1128 (80 pts) | #1107 (80 pts) |