High-water mark
682.1828
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.1828 at The National BBQ Cup — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-11-20
JUST BLOWING SMOKE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1515 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2015-07-24
latest 2021-05-15
Best ToY finish
#1417
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.88 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 639.24 (-15.35)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.88 · weakest Chicken (158.25)
Road miles
969
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 465 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.24 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE PIT CREW GA ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE PIT CREW GA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (2019-06-07).
- last seen 2016-06-10
- back 2019-06-07
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.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4102 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1514 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4128 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Level with JUST BLOWING SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4130 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4129 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before JUST BLOWING SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before JUST BLOWING SMOKE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 144.5372 | 158.25 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 143.3944 | 160.88 | top 64% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 149.6912 | 160.78 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 143.9428 | 159.32 | top 59% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 4 | 0 | top 49% |
| WV | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.8 yrs
2015-07-24 → 2021-05-15
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.88 · weakest Chicken (158.25)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
639.24
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
208
104–175 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
969
9 mapped stops · furthest 465 mi
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2016-06-10 → 2019-06-07
Power rating
1480
peak 1515 · #4110 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA)
- 2015
- First call Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0516 Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score682.1828 The National BBQ Cup
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 The National BBQ Cup
- Peak power rating (1515) The National BBQ Cup
- 2021
- Most recent contest Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | The National BBQ Cup | 2015-11-20 |
| +6.5 | Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition | 2015-07-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | 2019-06-07 |
| -11 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 | 2021-05-14 |
| -10.6 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 | 2021-05-15 |
| -0.7 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-03-04 |
| -0.3 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin | 2016-06-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.6% | 84.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 91.5% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 94.7% | 94.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-15 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV | 13 / 15 (602.3088) | 14 (147.9772) | 13 (152.5944) | 13 (155.4284) | 13 (146.3088) |
| 2021-05-14 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 🏅 Mannington, WV | 15 / 18 (616.4684) | 16 (149.6800) | 13 (160.5600) | 17 (149.6912) | 13 (156.5372) |
| 2019-06-07 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV | 28 / 31 (584.9600) | 28 (144.5372) | 27 (143.3944) | 26 (153.0856) | 28 (143.9428) |
| 2016-06-10 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin Fitzgerald, GA | 15 / 26 (656.9368) | 20 (158.8000) | 12 (169.6800) | 23 (157.6340) | 4 (170.8228) |
| 2016-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lawrenceville, GA | 35 / 59 (658.7428) | 17 (171.9656) | 36 (163.9888) | 45 (160.5256) | 33 (162.2628) |
| 2015-11-20 | The National BBQ Cup Cumming, GA | 28 / 74 (682.1828) | 57 (163.9428) | 2 (178.2972) | 9 (174.2628) | 48 (165.6800) |
| 2015-07-24 | Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition Carrollton, GA | 12 / 28 (673.0516) | 13 (170.8228) | 25 (157.6688) | 4 (174.8572) | 7 (169.7028) |
| 2014-07-25 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-04-25 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA) Calhoun, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1417 (178 pts) | #1546 (173 pts) | #1061 (313 pts) | #993 (348 pts) | #1303 (218 pts) |