High-water mark
167.3712
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 180
Their best day on record: 167.3712 at Smoke in the Spring — 93.0% of a perfect 180.
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- Apr 9, 2021
Tyler Hoisington
Tyler Hoisington is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 9th of 105 at the Smoke in the Spring (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Apr 9, 2021
latest Apr 9, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
9% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 9%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
643
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 191 mi
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
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The teams rated closest to Tyler Hoisington, each with one reason worth a look.
Tyler Hoisington has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 82 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1515
Fewer contests behind them than Tyler Hoisington has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,628 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1516
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Tyler Hoisington's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,627 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
Level with Tyler Hoisington on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 8 years before Tyler Hoisington's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,644 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
Fewer contests behind them than Tyler Hoisington has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 11 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 113 times, behind 16
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
Apr 9, 2021 → Sep 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que
20251 milestone
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que
20213 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Spring
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score167.3712 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best overall score167.3712 Smoke in the Spring
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 9% | 93% | 93% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 9 / 105 (167.3712) | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 25, 2018 | Shepherd's Smokin Summer Kick Off Branson, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Pleasant Hill, MO | — | — | — | — | — |