Smokin Hot Strips
Smokin Hot Strips is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 25 at the Grills Gone Wild (2025). They finished #269 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Feb 9, 2024
latest Feb 7, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154 · weakest Brisket (138.77)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
301.05 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 149.6800 | 152.25 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 142.8116 | 148.81 | top 25% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 157.1544 | 150.8456 | 154 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 143.3600 | 134.1828 | 138.77 | top 25% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grills Gone Wild | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 23% | Feb 7, 2025 |
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score309.6116 Grills Gone Wild
- Career-best single call (Pork)157.1544 Grills Gone Wild
- Most recent contest Grills Gone Wild
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest Grills Gone Wild
- First call Grills Gone Wild
- First overall top-10 Grills Gone Wild
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 6 / 25 (309.6116) | 6 (154.8116) | 7 (154.8000) | 5 (157.1544) | 6 (143.3600) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 6 / 28 (292.4916) | 7 (149.6800) | 6 (142.8116) | 7 (150.8456) | 7 (134.1828) |