The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HEFTY LEFTY BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin at Noonish 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Smokin at Noonish
Smokin at Noonish is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 40 at the Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (2019). They finished #1404 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' At Noonish”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2019
latest May 16, 2025 · 5.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.02
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.61 · weakest Chicken (155.26)
Road miles
188
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.76 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
306.79 / 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 | #1404 (58 pts) | #1441 (58 pts) | #1506 (58 pts) | #1423 (58 pts) | #1158 (68 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin at Noonish, each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin at Noonish has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 153 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with Smokin at Noonish on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Smokin at Noonish's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,418 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Smokin at Noonish's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smokin at Noonish's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Smokin at Noonish's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 150.2400 | 155.26 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 149.1316 | 157.67 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 163.9656 | 167.61 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 162.2972 | 165.88 | top 66% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 84% | Jul 14, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
134
finished ahead 46 times, behind 125
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jul 19, 2019 → Jul 15, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest King of the Corn
20233 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7656 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score658.7656 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7144 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1506) Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 19, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 15, 2022 |
| -11.4 | King of the Corn | May 16, 2025 |
| -7.7 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 14, 2023 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA | 33 / 33 (647.2684) | 33 (150.2400) | 30 (166.2400) | 29 (163.9656) | 23 (166.8228) |
| Sep 1, 2024 | Rib Double Dip (1) (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL | — | — | 15 (162.8000) | — | — |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 18 / 25 (658.7656) | 19 (165.7372) | 21 (154.7884) | 13 (169.7144) | 11 (168.5256) |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 24 / 25 (634.2404) | 25 (153.6572) | 25 (149.1316) | 13 (169.1544) | 21 (162.2972) |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL | 12 / 40 (306.7888) | 14 (151.4056) | 12 (155.3832) | — | — |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL | — | — | — | — | — |