Meat Down Smoke Up
Meat Down Smoke Up is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 50th of 93 at the Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (2024). They finished #373 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2024
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 144 · weakest Chicken (20)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #373 (60 pts) | #377 (60 pts) | #379 (60 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.1544 | 141.1544 | 141.15 | top 54% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 144 | 144 | top 52% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 50 / 93 (161.1544) | 50 (20) | 50 (141.1544) | 48 (144) | — |