High-water mark
677.0284
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0284 at VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 3, 2023
TLC Smokers
TLC Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 11th of 26 at the Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship (2019). They finished #882 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 4, 2019
latest Nov 3, 2023 · 4.1 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 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.28 · weakest Brisket (161.83)
Road miles
743
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 331 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.49 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 ↗ | Master | #988 (107 pts) | #972 (122 pts) | #1009 (122 pts) | #889 (137 pts) | #1027 (107 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #882 (131 pts) | #1075 (111 pts) | #982 (131 pts) | #839 (161 pts) | #857 (156 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1466 (121 pts) | #1792 (101 pts) | #1363 (166 pts) | #1488 (136 pts) | #1512 (126 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 154.8116 | 162.55 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 157.6688 | 165.83 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 166.3200 | 168.28 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 152.5256 | 161.83 | top 51% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
175
finished ahead 109 times, behind 79
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Jan 29, 2021 → Nov 3, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.0284 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9656 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1511) VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
- First call Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2744 Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Humble BBQ Cook Off | Jan 29, 2021 |
| +6 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | Oct 4, 2019 |
| +2.1 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition | Nov 3, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.8 | McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) | Nov 20, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 94% | 94% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 33% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2023 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 14 / 27 (677.0284) | 11 (170.2856) | 11 (170.8344) | 9 (171.9656) | 14 (163.9428) |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX | 37 / 113 (641.6004) | 25 (164.0116) | 50 (157.6688) | 22 (167.3944) | 58 (152.5256) |
| Nov 20, 2020 | McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Waco, TX | 21 / 26 (653.0628) | 25 (154.8116) | 21 (165.6800) | 18 (167.4400) | 16 (165.1312) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship 🏅 Sheridan, AR | 11 / 26 (662.2744) | 15 (161.0972) | 6 (169.1428) | 9 (166.3200) | 10 (165.7144) |