High-water mark
341.7144
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 341.7144 at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 94.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Oct 18, 2024
Schoelly Smokes
Schoelly Smokes is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 10th of 50 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 8, 2022
latest Oct 18, 2024 · 2.1 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.03
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.74 · weakest Chicken (163.78)
Road miles
6
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
328.52 / 360
3 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 158.8344 | 163.78 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 151.9432 | 164.74 | top 56% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
141
finished ahead 88 times, behind 101
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 8, 2022 → Oct 20, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20246 milestones
- First call WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score341.7144 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4288 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1508) WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20231 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.0628 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 10 / 50 (341.7144) | 15 (170.2856) | 8 (171.4288) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 19 / 50 (333.0628) | 32 (162.2284) | 13 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 40 / 35 (310.7776) | 31 (158.8344) | 44 (151.9432) | — | — |