Smoke 44 SJ
Rating
1530
peak 1532
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2025-03-14
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#127
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
670.93 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 667.76 (+3.17)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±15.56
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.30 · weakest Brisket (163.50)
Road miles
585
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi
Storylines
👀 Looking over their shoulder
DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Justice BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Tiquicia Smokers BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at BBQ Fest Costa Rica (2026-02-21) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 34-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Justice BBQ.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 17 at their very first tracked contest, Masters BBQ Challenge CR (2025-03-14).
Teams like this (closest power rating, SJ first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 175.4172 | 158.8228 | 168.85 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 162.2972 | 170.30 | top 39% |
| Pork | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 172.5484 | 156.5600 | 165.12 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 172.0000 | 154.8000 | 163.50 | top 48% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 1 | top 37% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2026 (5 contests)
- Cooks mostly in SJ (1 of 6 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (6 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: BBQ Fest Costa Rica (2026-02-21)
- Wins it all in 17% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 667.76
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 682.8232 | 670.93 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 651.9084 | 651.91 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 11 / 19 (677.1772) | 9 (169.7028) | 6 (175.4744) | 5 (172.5484) | 18 (159.4516) |
| 2026-05-01 | BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque Guanacaste, 50101 | 7 / 14 (674.7884) | 3 (173.7372) | 7 (168.5600) | 10 (166.2284) | 7 (166.2628) |
| 2026-03-06 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge Play Jaco, 61101 | 7 / 16 (678.8460) | 10 (169.1544) | 1 (177.1544) | 16 (160.5372) | 6 (172.0000) |
| 2026-02-21 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Alajuela, 10903 | 1 / 18 (682.8232) | 2 (175.4172) | 10 (167.4516) | 3 (170.2744) | 1 (169.6800) |
| 2026-01-24 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui, +507 | 13 / 31 (641.0400) | 14 (158.8228) | 7 (170.8572) | 22 (156.5600) | 15 (154.8000) |
| 2025-03-14 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose, 10104 | 5 / 17 (651.9084) | 7 (166.2628) | 12 (162.2972) | 6 (164.5484) | 9 (158.8000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #127 (788 pts) | #124 (813 pts) | #137 (848 pts) | #157 (658 pts) | #125 (753 pts) |