Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Panama BBQ Fest is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 2nd
- average top 14%
Los Smokies
Los Smokies is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 19 at the Panama BBQ Fest (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1536
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jan 28, 2023
latest Apr 26, 2025 · 2.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 15%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.10
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.83 · weakest Pork (152.36)
Road miles
92
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
4%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
644.34 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173.1084 | 161.1428 | 166.83 | top 17% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 167.4172 | 160.5944 | 164.59 | top 21% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 143.9656 | 152.36 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.2856 | 153.6916 | 160.57 | top 27% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama BBQ Fest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 14% | Mar 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
47
finished ahead 54 times, behind 7
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Mar 2, 2024 → Apr 26, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1536) BBQ Fest Panama
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Panama
20239 milestones
- First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
- First call Panama BBQ Fest
- First category win (Chicken) Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall podium Panama BBQ Fest
- First Reserve Championship Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3596 Panama BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score663.3596 Panama BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1084 Panama BBQ Fest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2025 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 4 / 23 (640.0228) | 6 (161.1428) | 8 (160.5944) | 12 (156.5600) | 5 (161.7256) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City | 4 / 22 (629.6456) | 4 (166.2284) | 3 (165.7600) | 15 (143.9656) | 11 (153.6916) |
| Jan 28, 2023 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City | 2 / 19 (663.3596) | 1 (173.1084) | 3 (167.4172) | 10 (156.5484) | 2 (166.2856) |