Smoke and No Mirrors
Smoke and No Mirrors is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 34 at the Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2025
their only contest in the data
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contest
Avg finish
top 6%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.30 · weakest Chicken (161.68)
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 161.6800 | 161.68 | top 18% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.2972 | 166.2972 | 166.30 | top 6% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 2 / 34 (327.9772) | 6 (161.6800) | 2 (166.2972) | — | — |