High-water mark
669.5424
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.5424 at Smoke on the Ohio — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 8, 2023
Smoke N Hope
Smoke N Hope is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 6th of 16 at the Smoke on the Ohio (2021). They finished #754 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 10, 2021
latest Sep 8, 2023 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.51
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.40 · weakest Brisket (164.25)
Road miles
68
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.71 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #754 (214 pts) | #806 (209 pts) | #809 (234 pts) | #825 (194 pts) | #804 (199 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 163.3944 | 167.40 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 162.2284 | 165.40 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 162.7884 | 165.67 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 160.5256 | 164.25 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Ohio | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 49% | Sep 8, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
68
finished ahead 33 times, behind 61
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.5424 Smoke on the Ohio
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 Smoke on the Ohio
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Ohio
20215 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Ohio
- First call Smoke on the Ohio
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Ohio
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8628 Smoke on the Ohio
- Peak power rating (1507) Smoke on the Ohio
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | Smoke on the Ohio | Sep 10, 2021 |
| +1.5 | Smoke on the Ohio | Sep 8, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Smokin' For Garrett | Sep 16, 2022 |
| -0.9 | Smoke on the Ohio | Sep 9, 2022 |
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% | 93% | 93% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 92.1% | 91.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN | 13 / 25 (669.5424) | 6 (171.9656) | 17 (162.2284) | 17 (165.0856) | 13 (170.2628) |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL | 21 / 27 (663.2912) | 16 (169.1428) | 19 (165.0972) | 21 (165.6684) | 20 (163.3828) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN | 7 / 12 (654.1484) | 10 (163.3944) | 6 (165.1428) | 9 (162.7884) | 9 (162.8228) |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN | 6 / 16 (663.8628) | 9 (165.0972) | 5 (169.1200) | 6 (169.1200) | 10 (160.5256) |