High-water mark
334.8572
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 334.8572 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 93.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Jan 26, 2024
Willie's Smokehouse
Willie's Smokehouse is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 11th of 25 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Nov 17, 2023
latest Jan 24, 2025 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.76
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.83 · weakest Brisket (157.38)
Road miles
15
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Purse competed for
$84K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
325.67 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 158.2516 | 163.41 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 156.5372 | 162.25 | top 56% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.0228 | 162.2284 | 164.83 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 167.3828 | 150.7772 | 157.38 | top 48% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 46% | Jan 24, 2025 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 45% | Nov 22, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
188
finished ahead 171 times, behind 122
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8344 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20243 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.8572 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score334.8572 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1513) Lakeland Pig Festival
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| +1.9 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 17, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| -0.4 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2024 |
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 70% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 35% | 93% | 90.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
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 | 28 / 40 (330.7888) | 14 (170.8344) | 40 (159.9544) | 24 (168.0228) | 43 (150.7772) |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 12 / 26 (314.7888) | 8 (158.2516) | 15 (156.5372) | 6 (165.0856) | 8 (154.8344) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 14 / 61 (334.8572) | 15 (166.2856) | 15 (168.5716) | 29 (162.2284) | 29 (156.5144) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 11 / 25 (322.2284) | 15 (158.2856) | 10 (163.9428) | 3 (163.9656) | 2 (167.3828) |