High-water mark
337.0860
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.0860 at Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest — 93.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Jun 12, 2026
Muppets of Smoke
Muppets of Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 36 at the Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 20, 2026
latest Jul 18, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.56
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.26)
Road miles
478
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
330.07 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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Muppets of Smoke has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 107 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,319 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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- Contests
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- GCs
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- Top-10s
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- Contests
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- GCs
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- Top-10s
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- Peak
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 165.6800 | 168.77 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 154.7656 | 164.26 | top 41% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 44% | Jul 18, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
127
finished ahead 73 times, behind 112
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.2172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Career-best overall score337.0860 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1498) Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Gladfest Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Gladfest Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.4 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 12, 2026 |
| +1.5 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Jul 18, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 20, 2026 |
| -1.4 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Jul 17, 2026 |
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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 51% | 93.6% | 91.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Gladfest Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Gladstone, MO | — | 9 (169.1200) | 6 (173.1428) | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2026 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 14 / 32 (328.5260) | 13 (166.2516) | 12 (162.2744) | — | — |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 14 / 32 (324.4456) | 13 (169.6800) | 15 (154.7656) | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 13 / 36 (337.0860) | 7 (173.1200) | 14 (163.9660) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 27 / 33 (330.2172) | 26 (165.6800) | 23 (164.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Gladstone, MO | — | — | 4 (166.8456) | — | — |