The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Meat Smokin' Stories has finished one call ahead of Karma Kru 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Karma Kru
Karma Kru is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 11 at the Twin Smoke (2025). They finished #895 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 11, 2021
latest May 17, 2025 · 3.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.11 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Road miles
1
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
614.93 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #895 (155 pts) | #1034 (125 pts) | #737 (265 pts) | #1170 (105 pts) | #1103 (115 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 146.2628 | 155.69 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 174.8572 | 143.9544 | 158.11 | top 59% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161.7372 | 135.4516 | 154.72 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 151.9428 | 140.6172 | 146.41 | top 71% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 57% | May 17, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
34
finished ahead 25 times, behind 30
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Jul 2, 2022 → May 18, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score641.0512 Twin Smoke
- Most recent contest Twin Smoke
20223 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Twin Smoke
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Twin Smoke
- Peak power rating (1504) Twin Smoke
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Twin Smoke
- First call Twin Smoke
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.2 | Twin Smoke | Jul 2, 2022 |
| +0.9 | Twin Smoke | May 17, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Twin Smoke | May 18, 2024 |
| -1.2 | Twin Smoke | Sep 11, 2021 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 89% | 89% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 40% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2025 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 6 / 11 (641.0512) | 9 (161.7256) | 5 (167.3944) | 6 (161.6912) | 11 (150.2400) |
| May 18, 2024 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 13 / 18 (606.6512) | 16 (148.4800) | 15 (146.2400) | 8 (159.9884) | 8 (151.9428) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 6 / 15 (599.4172) | 9 (146.2628) | 1 (174.8572) | 12 (135.4516) | 10 (142.8456) |
| Sep 11, 2021 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 9 / 15 (612.5832) | 6 (166.2744) | 15 (143.9544) | 7 (161.7372) | 11 (140.6172) |