Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Back 40 Smoke Co
Back 40 Smoke Co is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 11 at The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition (2025). They finished #589 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2025
latest Jun 6, 2026
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.74
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.12)
Road miles
356
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 178 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
674.42 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 166.2972 | 173.53 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 162.8116 | 165.12 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 161.6800 | 170.47 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 159.3828 | 165.30 | top 78% |
“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
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
27
finished ahead 19 times, behind 19
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score681.1088 Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1503) Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First call The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7428 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2026 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS | 7 / 15 (681.1088) | 12 (166.2972) | 11 (162.8116) | 3 (180) | 9 (172) |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke Keswick, NB | 9 / 15 (671.4172) | 2 (178.2972) | 10 (164.0116) | 9 (169.7256) | 15 (159.3828) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS | 6 / 11 (670.7428) | 2 (176) | 7 (168.5372) | 10 (161.6800) | 8 (164.5256) |