A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
UTAH SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2014-04-11
Best ToY finish
#1794
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.07
last 3 Master vs avg 637.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±1.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.81 · weakest Brisket (150.82)
Road miles
228
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
637.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
UTAH SMOKE has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 125 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 110
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1618
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to UTAH SMOKE)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team UTAH SMOKE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with UTAH SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after UTAH SMOKE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1498
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4744 | 157.7142 | 161.34 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173.7144 | 164.5600 | 167.81 | top 18% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 154.2284 | 157.11 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 149.0628 | 150.82 | top 76% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 48% | 2014-04-11 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2014-04-11
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
UT
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.81 · weakest Brisket (150.82)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
637.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
41–48 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
228
3 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Power rating
1499
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score639.4282 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1501) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-11 |
| +1.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-04-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.4 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2013-08-23 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 58% | 88.8% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 14 / 29 (635.9200) | 18 (163.4744) | 7 (164.5600) | 15 (158.8228) | 21 (149.0628) |
| 2013-08-23 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 23 / 34 (635.8740) | 15 (162.8228) | 9 (165.1428) | 30 (154.2284) | 26 (153.6800) |
| 2013-04-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 14 / 29 (639.4282) | 20 (157.7142) | 1 (173.7144) | 17 (158.2856) | 23 (149.7140) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1794 (109 pts) | #2044 (79 pts) | #1091 (279 pts) | #1988 (94 pts) | #2551 (64 pts) |