Furlongs Smoke & Seafood MN
Rating
1759
peak 1786
Contests
65
in the data
First seen
2019-05-10
latest 2026-05-08
Best ToY finish
#44
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
12
6 reserve
Category wins
20
45 podiums
Overall top-10s
40
of 65 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
5 🔥
Current form
411.04 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 374.14 (+36.90)
Walk rate
78%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
21
best run (overall)
Consistency
±97.85
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.81 · weakest Pork (166.20)
Road miles
21540
mi across 65 mapped stops · furthest 902 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Sensuous BBQ has finished one call ahead of Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Big Racks BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 14 of their 16 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Big Ten Bones in 21 of their 27 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: 3 Grand Championships in 4 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Finished level on points with the champion at The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023-05-19) — the Grand Championship went to the KCBS tiebreaker.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 100-team field at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) (2022-04-22) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Hickory Hangover.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 61 | 41 | 14 | 26 | 180.0000 🔥 | 134.7428 | 171.81 | top 22% |
| Pork Ribs | 63 | 40 | 5 | 18 | 178.8572 | 150.7888 | 169.34 | top 27% |
| Pork | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 157.0628 | 166.20 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 157.0628 | 168.32 | top 47% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 15 | 4 | top 19% |
| WI | 13 | 1 | top 24% |
| TN | 7 | 1 | top 12% |
| AL | 7 | 2 | top 23% |
| MO | 5 | 1 | top 23% |
| IA | 4 | 1 | top 20% |
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 52% |
| IL | 3 | 1 | top 8% |
| WV | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 8 | 4 | top 13% |
| Medium (20–39) | 24 | 5 | top 19% |
| Large (40+) | 29 | 3 | top 28% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (23 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MN (17 of 65 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (63 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021-08-21)
- Wins it all in 18% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 374.14
- 5 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 672.4916 | 450.61 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 357.7144 | 348.67 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 350.8344 | 344.64 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 687.3256 | 384.42 |
| 2022 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 659.2688 | 369.11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 354.8572 | 337.96 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 656.5024 | 556.21 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 310.2516 | 310.25 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 60 / 77 (672.4916) | 51 (169.6800) | 36 (169.1316) | 73 (161.6800) | 23 (172.0000) |
| 2026-04-24 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 13 / 24 (333.0744) | 16 (165.6800) | 12 (167.3944) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 12 / 125 (346.2516) | 16 (173.1316) | 9 (173.1200) | 36 (165.1084) | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 3 / 42 (351.9656) | 1 (180.0000) | 10 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN | 7 / 70 (351.4172) | 8 (175.4172) | 10 (176.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 8 / 58 (342.8572) | 1 (178.8572) | 23 (164.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 8 / 24 (339.3828) | 13 (165.6684) | 3 (173.7144) | — | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 1 / 100 (357.7144) | 2 (178.8572) | 1 (178.8572) | 22 (169.6684) | — |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 19 / 59 (344.5372) | 21 (172.5600) | 18 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2024-08-17 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 1 / 18 (346.2284) | 3 (173.1200) | 2 (173.1084) | — | — |
| 2024-07-05 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 2 / 16 (350.8344) | 3 (174.2628) | 1 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 8 / 47 (347.9888) | 14 (174.2744) | 10 (173.7144) | — | — |
| 2024-05-10 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 16 / 58 (338.8456) | 26 (166.8456) | 6 (172.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-03-29 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 14 / 42 (339.3944) | 16 (170.2744) | 15 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2023-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 13 / 40 (340.5028) | 5 (175.4056) | 14 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2023-10-27 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 1 / 47 (350.8228) | 6 (176.5600) | 2 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 1 / 73 (355.4172) | 4 (176.5600) | 1 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 270 / 487 (669.6112) | 361 (163.3828) | 155 (171.9656) | 334 (163.4056) | 131 (170.8572) |
| 2023-08-19 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 1 / 16 (347.4400) | 1 (174.2856) | 2 (173.1544) | — | — |
| 2023-08-12 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS | 17 / 29 (343.9544) | 18 (171.9772) | 15 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2023-08-11 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS | 39 / 90 (687.3256) | 24 (174.8456) | 42 (173.1200) | 65 (167.3944) | 37 (171.9656) |
| 2023-07-14 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Eureka, IL | 1 / 25 (346.2744) | 3 (175.4172) | 2 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2023-07-07 | Art of the Que Spencer, IA | 2 / 28 (341.6800) | 4 (172.0000) | 4 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2023-06-16 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV | 1 / 28 (348.5600) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2023-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 12 / 40 (330.8116) | 15 (166.2400) | 12 (164.5716) | — | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 13 / 43 (327.8856) | 12 (168.5256) | 22 (159.3600) | — | — |
| 2023-05-19 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 2 / 34 (353.1200) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 8 / 59 (339.9656) | 3 (174.8456) | 17 (165.1200) | — | — |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 22 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 16 / 47 (330.1944) | 9 (167.3828) | 19 (162.8116) | — | — |
| 2023-03-17 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 17 / 80 (337.0972) | 1 (178.8572) | 36 (158.2400) | — | — |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL | 4 / 49 (348.5256) | 22 (170.8228) | 3 (177.7028) | — | — |
| 2022-11-11 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL | 83 / 91 (659.2688) | 6 (177.7144) | 57 (167.4288) | 89 (157.0628) | 84 (157.0628) |
| 2022-10-29 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 Oak Grove, MO | 3 / 32 (348.0000) | 4 (174.2744) | 5 (173.7256) | — | — |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Oak Grove, MO | 17 / 40 (174.8456) | 1 (174.8456) | — | — | — |
| 2022-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI | 7 / 20 (338.8000) | 3 (174.2628) | 14 (164.5372) | — | — |
| 2022-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (One Meat Ribs) West Salem, WI | — | — | 13 (157.0744) | — | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI | 4 / 22 (341.1088) | 6 (170.2744) | 3 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 6 / 38 (347.9772) | 2 (176.0000) | 12 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2022-09-16 | Smokin' For Garrett Mt. Carmel, IL | 4 / 27 (517.1428) | 1 (180.0000) | 7 (169.1428) | 10 (168.0000) | — |
| 2022-09-10 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 4 / 30 (343.9656) | 4 (174.8456) | 8 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2022-08-20 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 3 / 15 (343.9772) | 2 (173.1200) | 3 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2022-08-05 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 2 / 21 (343.9772) | 6 (171.4172) | 3 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2022-07-22 | Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Preston, MN | 3 / 13 (341.1428) | 2 (173.7256) | 6 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2022-07-15 | Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) Bancroft, IA | 1 / 14 (355.4172) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) Belvidere, IL | 2 / 36 (343.3828) | 1 (173.1200) | 3 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 7 / 37 (337.6916) | 1 (176.5600) | 19 (161.1316) | — | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 3 / 39 (339.9656) | 2 (173.7028) | 9 (166.2628) | — | — |
| 2022-06-03 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) Owatonna, MN | 1 / 33 (340.5600) | 1 (169.1200) | 1 (171.4400) | — | — |
| 2022-05-20 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 5 / 29 (344.5372) | 10 (173.1316) | 6 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2022-05-13 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN | — | — | 5 (172.0116) | — | — |
| 2022-04-22 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) Florence, AL | 1 / 34 (532.0116) | 5 (176.5600) | 2 (178.2972) | 1 (177.1544) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 7 / 25 (339.9772) | 7 (172.5600) | 9 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2021-10-16 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 1 / 36 (345.7028) | 3 (174.8456) | 4 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 2 / 40 (338.2744) | 7 (168.0000) | 6 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2021-08-22 | Big Island BBQ Backyard Albert Lea, MN | 3 / 15 (340.5604) | 1 (176.5716) | 9 (163.9888) | — | — |
| 2021-08-21 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 1 / 18 (354.8572) | 1 (178.2972) | 1 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2021-08-07 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 3 / 21 (337.6800) | 2 (170.8228) | 8 (166.8572) | — | — |
| 2021-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI | 23 / 45 (318.1716) | 12 (167.3828) | 27 (150.7888) | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI | 6 / 52 (334.8228) | 13 (165.6684) | 3 (169.1544) | — | — |
| 2021-05-07 | Minnesota in May Cambridge, MN | 15 / 60 (333.6456) | 22 (164.5256) | 9 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2020-10-23 | Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | 20 / 41 (455.9200) | 26 (134.7428) | 13 (158.9144) | 11 (162.2628) | — |
| 2020-07-24 | Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY | 25 / 30 (656.5024) | 29 (153.1084) | 22 (163.3828) | 10 (170.2856) | 13 (169.7256) |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May | 19 / 57 (310.2516) | 32 (145.7144) | 6 (164.5372) | — | — |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #190 (125 pts) | #218 (105 pts) | #195 (145 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #44 (984 pts) | #37 (1094 pts) | #64 (849 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #54 (884 pts) | #81 (734 pts) | #44 (929 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #3 (1334 pts) | #12 (1249 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #771 (180 pts) | #617 (300 pts) | #757 (255 pts) | #802 (180 pts) | #815 (180 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #2 (1345 pts) | #13 (1211 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #12 (1179 pts) | #29 (1029 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #119 (53 pts) | #83 (113 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #1108 (55 pts) | #1114 (55 pts) | #892 (70 pts) | #671 (130 pts) | #744 (115 pts) |