JB'S SMOKESHACK

JB'S SMOKESHACK is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 28 at the Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #2919 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,919

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1526 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 15, 2013

latest Apr 22, 2017 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#326

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

35% of 20 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

674.8116 / 720

Master · Low Country Hog Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

625.04 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.33 (-15.29)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown

Consistency

±42.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.55)

Road miles

3,460

across 20 mapped stops · furthest 286 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

640.33 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5944 points from the title

Came within 0.5944 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (Nov 13, 2015).

High-water mark

674.8116 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.8116 at Low Country Hog Fest — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 4, 2015

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.80 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 20%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.55
Chicken avg 167.35
5 calls in 20 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG ON FIRE in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

Killer B's BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Killer B's BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.

A November team

Top 30% average finish in November

Something about November: average finish in the top 30% across 3 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

3 November contests
top 55% the rest of the year

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The long haul

3,460 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,460 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 286 miles to Flames on the Flint (SBBQA).

20 mapped stops
furthest 286 mi

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1997 (98 pts)	#2032 (103 pts)	#2114 (93 pts)	#2141 (83 pts)	#1995 (108 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1555 (166 pts)	#1360 (226 pts)	#1487 (191 pts)	#2166 (90 pts)	#1185 (271 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#530 (708 pts)	#484 (798 pts)	#699 (543 pts)	#608 (638 pts)	#600 (628 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#326 (1,103 pts)	#309 (1,118 pts)	#353 (1,023 pts)	#454 (843 pts)	#305 (1,143 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1564 (145 pts)	#1522 (155 pts)	#1713 (135 pts)	#1726 (135 pts)	#1390 (180 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JB'S SMOKESHACK, each with one reason worth a look.

117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Slapshot BBQ

#2,910 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1540

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to JB'S SMOKESHACK)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JB'S SMOKESHACK has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 20 contests
last seen May 10, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

Brisket Bones n Brews

#2,928 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1509

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jul 17, 2026

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BBQ Bonanza

#2,944 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1526

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Apr 5, 2024

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JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ

#2,940 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1514

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2020

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HASHTAG BBQ

#2,947 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1507

They turned up 5 years after JB'S SMOKESHACK did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Aug 1, 2026

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JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS

#2,927 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1511

Level with JB'S SMOKESHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 28, 2017

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUEOLOGY	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Gringos BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BRITTON'S BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	4	1	3	179.4400	153.1200	167.35	top 46%
Pork Ribs	20	5	0	1	172	145.6344	159.55	top 62%
Pork	19	4	0	1	169.1428	148.5140	159.58	top 64%
Brisket	20	6	0	2	176.5600	141.6000	161.82	top 50%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 12%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 48%
Large (40+)	7	top 74%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
SC	10	top 43%
GA	6	top 76%
NC	4	top 55%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Low Country Hog Fest	3	2	top 48%	Sep 2, 2016
Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown	3	2	top 30%	Nov 13, 2015
SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2	47	top 56%	Jul 9, 2015
Calhoun KOA's	2	35	top 93%	Dec 5, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 9 contests

Contests a season 4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SC 10 of 20 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 14 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 442 finished ahead 333 times, behind 488

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

20171 milestone

Apr 22 Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)

20161 milestone

May 20 Peak power rating (1526) Piggin In The Park

20152 milestones

Sep 4 Career-best overall score674.8116 Low Country Hog Fest
Nov 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown

20147 milestones

May 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0288 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Jun 6 First call Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 6 First overall top-10 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Aug 29 First category win (Chicken) Low Country Hog Fest
Aug 29 First overall podium Low Country Hog Fest
Aug 29 First Reserve Championship Low Country Hog Fest
Nov 14 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)

20131 milestone

Nov 15 First tracked contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown	Nov 13, 2015
+14.2	Low Country Hog Fest	Aug 29, 2014
+12.5	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)	Nov 14, 2014
+11.4	Lincolnton Hog Happenin'	Jun 6, 2014
+10.8	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 1, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.3	Low Country Hog Fest	Sep 2, 2016
-11.4	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier)	Dec 6, 2013
-11	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)	Apr 10, 2015
-10.1	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	May 8, 2015
-9.9	Calhoun KOA's	Dec 5, 2014

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 65%	89.7%	89.7%
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 78%	91%	78.5%
2015	6	3	0	50%	top 50%	93.7%	90.4%
2014	9	4	1	56%	top 48%	93.5%	91%
2013	2	0	0	0%	top 80%	85.4%	85.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 22, 2017	Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) Hampton, GA	15 / 23 (646.1376)	14 (166.2860)	16 (159.3716)	18 (158.8228)	13 (161.6572)
Sep 2, 2016	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	26 / 26 (474.6852)	11 (165.0856)	21 (151.9428)	—	15 (157.6568)
May 20, 2016	Piggin In The Park Woodruff, SC	11 / 20 (655.3600)	13 (165.1428)	10 (163.3828)	16 (158.2516)	5 (168.5828)
Nov 13, 2015	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Mount Pleasant, SC	2 / 28 (674.1828)	2 (179.4400)	13 (162.2284)	17 (158.2516)	2 (174.2628)
Sep 4, 2015	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	8 / 26 (674.8116)	4 (176.5716)	11 (165.6800)	9 (166.3200)	12 (166.2400)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	47 / 90 (651.8168)	26 (170.8228)	47 (161.6456)	72 (156.5484)	41 (162.8000)
Jun 12, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	10 / 29 (660.5484)	12 (168)	10 (165.7028)	3 (169.1428)	20 (157.7028)
May 8, 2015	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	64 / 74 (620.9712)	56 (162.2284)	69 (150.7656)	64 (154.8572)	59 (153.1200)
Apr 10, 2015	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	45 / 51 (623.2572)	16 (170.8456)	48 (150.2172)	46 (153.1200)	49 (149.0744)
Dec 5, 2014	Calhoun KOA's Calhoun, GA	35 / 38 (655.1996)	32 (167.3712)	34 (164.5256)	33 (162.8000)	33 (160.5028)
Nov 14, 2014	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC	5 / 30 (673.0628)	2 (174.2856)	6 (169.7028)	17 (159.9544)	6 (169.1200)
Oct 10, 2014	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Lyons, GA	17 / 25 (642.6396)	16 (165.0972)	20 (158.7884)	17 (159.9196)	17 (158.8344)
Aug 29, 2014	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	2 / 17 (671.4060)	1 (176.5944)	2 (172)	8 (161.1544)	5 (161.6572)
Aug 1, 2014	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	8 / 32 (659.8744)	18 (163.4056)	13 (161.1204)	18 (158.7884)	2 (176.5600)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	51 / 86 (645.5544)	29 (167.9656)	71 (153.6572)	76 (151.9544)	10 (171.9772)
Jun 6, 2014	Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC	8 / 38 (671.9200)	12 (170.2856)	10 (168.5372)	9 (169.1428)	17 (163.9544)
May 23, 2014	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	34 / 65 (653.0288)	29 (166.8344)	47 (156.5260)	26 (163.4056)	25 (166.2628)
Mar 14, 2014	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	36 / 43 (624.4004)	31 (160.5600)	40 (145.6344)	28 (160.5372)	31 (157.6688)
Dec 6, 2013	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	61 / 65 (612.9140)	61 (153.1200)	61 (157.6800)	50 (160.5140)	65 (141.6000)
Nov 15, 2013	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Charleston, SC	23 / 35 (614.7540)	21 (157.1200)	25 (151.9656)	32 (148.5140)	16 (157.1544)

JB'S SMOKESHACK

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A November team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)