The Smokin' Hooligans
The Smokin' Hooligans is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 40 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Jan 24, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 173.98 · weakest Brisket (161.13)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
343.93 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
658.82 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 161.7260 | 166.85 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 171.9656 | 173.98 | top 15% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 157.0972 | 167.70 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 158.2516 | 161.13 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 31% | Jan 24, 2025 |
More numbers
Opponents faced
152
finished ahead 138 times, behind 54
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 27, 2023 → Jan 24, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8232 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score658.8232 Lakeland Pig Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 8 / 40 (343.9312) | 11 (171.9656) | 9 (171.9656) | 1 (178.2972) | 32 (158.2516) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 21 / 51 (658.8232) | 32 (161.7260) | 4 (176) | 42 (157.0972) | 23 (164) |