Big Don's Smoked Meats

Big Don's Smoked Meats is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Spit in the Hills (2019).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1516

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 4, 2019

latest Sep 14, 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 2 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

678.9028 / 720

Master · Spit in the Hills

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5944

Brisket · Spit in the Hills

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 170.03 · weakest Pork (164.27)

Road miles

across 2 mapped stops

Master avg

669.77 / 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 Spit in the Hills (May 4, 2019) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, FASTLANE BBQ CREW.

High-water mark

678.9028 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.9028 at Spit in the Hills — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 4, 2019

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 21 at their very first tracked contest, Spit in the Hills (May 4, 2019).

May 4, 2019
21-team field

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	2	1	1	171.9884	165.7256	168.86	top 37%
Pork Ribs	2	2	1	170.8800	162.3316	166.61	top 37%
Pork	2	2	0	165.1084	163.4400	164.27	top 45%
Brisket	2	2	1	172.5944	167.4628	170.03	top 25%

“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 May 4, 2019 Spit in the Hills

Opponents faced 27 finished ahead 28 times, behind 8

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

20199 milestones

May 4 First tracked contest Spit in the Hills
May 4 First call Spit in the Hills
May 4 First overall top-10 Spit in the Hills
May 4 First overall podium Spit in the Hills
May 4 First Grand Championship Spit in the Hills
May 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.9028 Spit in the Hills
May 4 Career-best overall score678.9028 Spit in the Hills
May 4 Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5944 Spit in the Hills
Sep 14 Most recent contest The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 14, 2019	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow	9 / 17 (660.6284)	11 (165.7256)	10 (162.3316)	8 (165.1084)	6 (167.4628)
May 4, 2019	Spit in the Hills Chidlow, Western	1 / 21 (678.9028)	2 (171.9884)	3 (170.8800)	9 (163.4400)	3 (172.5944)