A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
C-Town Smokers
C-Town Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 4th of 25 at the Anchor City Cook off (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “C Town Smokers”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 11, 2019
latest Sep 8, 2023 · 3.9 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.27)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1610)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
326.54 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
647.30 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 163.9772 | 162.2284 | 163.39 | top 19% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 161.6684 | 162.27 | top 32% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor City Cook-Off | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 27% | Sep 8, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
64
finished ahead 53 times, behind 22
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Oct 11, 2019 → Oct 8, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9772 Anchor City Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1527) Anchor City Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Anchor City Cook-Off
20211 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.2744 Anchor City Cook Off
20194 milestones
- First tracked contest Anchor City Cook off
- First call Anchor City Cook off
- First overall top-10 Anchor City Cook off
- Career-best overall score647.3024 Anchor City Cook off
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Anchor City Cook-Off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 5 / 13 (326.8116) | 2 (163.9772) | 6 (162.8344) | — | — |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Anchor City Cook Off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 5 / 19 (326.2744) | 4 (163.9656) | 5 (162.3088) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Anchor City Cook off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 4 / 25 (647.3024) | 5 (162.2284) | 6 (161.6684) | — | — |