High-water mark
668.5144
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.5144 at Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-01-20
JBS SMOKEWAGON
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-02-19
latest 2017-01-20
Best ToY finish
#1399
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.78
last 4 Master vs avg 652.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.85 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Road miles
469
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 164 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
652.78 / 720
4 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bad Boyz BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad Boyz BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SCOTTS BBQ SHACK in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
JBS SMOKEWAGON has 4 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 149 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with JBS SMOKEWAGON on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 153.0972 | 163.27 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 161.6916 | 166.42 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 166.2972 | 168.85 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 139.9428 | 154.25 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2016-02-19 → 2017-01-20
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AZ
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.85 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
652.78
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
50–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
469
4 mapped stops · furthest 164 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest *The Queen Creek BBQ Battle
- Peak power rating (1500) *The Queen Creek BBQ Battle
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5144 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2017
- Career-best overall score668.5144 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2017-01-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-03-18 |
| -5.7 | 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown | 2016-05-06 |
| -0.3 | *The Queen Creek BBQ Battle | 2016-02-19 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 74% | 90.4% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-20 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 19 / 40 (668.5144) | 23 (166.2628) | 21 (164.5944) | 10 (173.1200) | 20 (164.5372) |
| 2016-05-06 | 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ | 29 / 39 (650.7200) | 20 (166.8456) | 20 (166.2400) | 16 (167.4172) | 34 (150.2172) |
| 2016-03-18 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ | 27 / 30 (648.5144) | 19 (166.8572) | 4 (173.1428) | 17 (168.5716) | 30 (139.9428) |
| 2016-02-19 | *The Queen Creek BBQ Battle Queen Creek, AZ | 21 / 37 (643.3716) | 33 (153.0972) | 18 (161.6916) | 15 (166.2972) | 21 (162.2856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2027 (90 pts) | #2214 (70 pts) | #2190 (80 pts) | #1707 (135 pts) | #2109 (85 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1399 (195 pts) | #1345 (230 pts) | #955 (385 pts) | #1122 (310 pts) | #1457 (195 pts) |