Prairie Smoke & Spice

Prairie Smoke & Spice is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Porkapalooza BBQ Festival (2014). Also listed in KCBS results as “* Prairie Smoke & Spice”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1522

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2014

latest Oct 23, 2015 · 1.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 2 contests

Avg finish

top 25%

overall standings

Best overall

671.3256 / 720

Master · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 173.98 · weakest Brisket (160.54)

Road miles

1,819

across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1,819 mi

Master avg

663.34 / 720

2 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Porkapalooza BBQ Festival (Jun 14, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, HOUSE OF Q.

High-water mark

671.3256 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.3256 at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 23, 2015

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Porkapalooza BBQ Festival (Jun 14, 2014).

Jun 14, 2014
29-team field

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	2	0	0	0	176.5600	151.3600	163.96	top 48%
Pork Ribs	2	1	0	1	166.2628	163.4400	164.85	top 34%
Pork	2	2	1	1	174.2628	173.7028	173.98	top 5%
Brisket	2	1	0	0	166.8456	154.2400	160.54	top 52%

“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

First title Jun 14, 2014 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

Opponents faced 119 finished ahead 77 times, behind 43

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs Jun 14, 2014 → Oct 23, 2015

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20153 milestones

Oct 23 Career-best overall score671.3256 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Oct 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Oct 23 Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20147 milestones

Jun 14 First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First category win (Pork) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First overall podium Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First Grand Championship Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3484 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 23, 2015	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	44 / 93 (671.3256)	12 (176.5600)	56 (166.2628)	7 (174.2628)	83 (154.2400)
Jun 14, 2014	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta Canada	1 / 29 (655.3484)	24 (151.3600)	2 (163.4400)	1 (173.7028)	4 (166.8456)