Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Royal Schmidt
Royal Schmidt is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 9 at the Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 (2023). They finished #508 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 25, 2023
latest Jul 24, 2026 · 2.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
4
100% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.81
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.40)
Road miles
276
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.48 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 168.5828 | 173.85 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 166.2628 | 168.40 | top 82% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 164.5256 | 169.82 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 162.8572 | 169.41 | top 67% |
“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
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
42
finished ahead 22 times, behind 35
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Oct 7, 2023 → Jul 24, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)
20237 milestones
- First tracked contest Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show
- First call Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show
- First overall top-10 Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.1084 Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show
- Peak power rating (1502) Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show
- Career-best overall score689.0632 Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.3 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) | Jul 24, 2026 |
| +2.3 | Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show | Aug 25, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 | Oct 6, 2023 |
| -4.6 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 | Oct 7, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 95.7% | 94.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 9 / 13 (685.0284) | 4 (177.7028) | 12 (168.5256) | 13 (164.5256) | 5 (174.2744) |
| Oct 7, 2023 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 🏅 Harper, KS | 8 / 9 (689.0632) | 2 (177.7144) | 9 (167.3944) | 4 (171.9656) | 7 (171.9888) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Harper, KS | 9 / 11 (674.7196) | 8 (171.4056) | 8 (166.2628) | 8 (168.5256) | 7 (168.5256) |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show 🏅 Liberal, KS | 10 / 19 (677.1084) | 11 (168.5828) | 12 (171.4056) | 7 (174.2628) | 17 (162.8572) |