Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 32 at their very first tracked contest, Tri City BBQ Fest (Sep 15, 2023).
- Sep 15, 2023
- 32-team field
Smokin' Fools
Smokin' Fools is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 32 at the Tri City BBQ Fest (2023). They finished #1093 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin Fools”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2023
latest May 31, 2025 · 1.7 years on the trail
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.28 · weakest Pork (146.22)
Road miles
1,325
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1,325 mi
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
605.50 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
343.39 / 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.
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 | #1093 (75 pts) | #1147 (80 pts) | #1250 (75 pts) | #1128 (80 pts) | #1107 (80 pts) |
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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
57
finished ahead 34 times, behind 22
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Sep 15, 2023 → May 31, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score605.4972 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)
20237 milestones
- First tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
- First call Tri City BBQ Fest
- First category win (Chicken) Tri City BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Tri City BBQ Fest
- First overall podium Tri City BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score343.3944 Tri City BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Tri City BBQ Fest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 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) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 3 / 32 (343.3944) | 1 (178.2972) | 6 (165.0972) | — | — |