They cook the hard rooms
1604
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
Smokin Willy BBQ
Smokin Willy BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 25 at the Chillin & Grillin In the Glades (2021). They finished #373 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKIN' WILLY BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1464
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 16, 2021
latest May 17, 2024 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.84 · weakest Brisket (130.74)
Road miles
246
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
594.31 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
317.36 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.7884 | 146.2056 | 153.65 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 157.6804 | 161.84 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 143.3828 | 154.24 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6228 | 111.8516 | 130.74 | top 93% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 93% | May 17, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
106
finished ahead 9 times, behind 115
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score629.4968 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.5600 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Chillin & Grillin In the Glades
- Peak power rating (1494) Chillin & Grillin In the Glades
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 17, 2024 |
| -9.8 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | May 20, 2022 |
| -9 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 19, 2023 |
| -6.5 | Chillin & Grillin In the Glades | Jul 16, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 77.7% | 77.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2024 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 37 / 39 (314.8344) | 37 (153.1084) | 30 (161.7260) | 17 (162.8228) | — |
| May 19, 2023 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 31 / 34 (319.8856) | 33 (156.5028) | 21 (163.3828) | — | — |
| May 20, 2022 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 28 / 30 (629.4968) | 27 (158.7884) | 23 (164.5600) | 30 (156.5256) | 26 (149.6228) |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Chillin & Grillin In the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 23 / 25 (559.1204) | 24 (146.2056) | 22 (157.6804) | 24 (143.3828) | 25 (111.8516) |