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
- Jan 20, 2017
JBS SMOKEWAGON
JBS SMOKEWAGON is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 19th of 40 at the Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (2017). They finished #1399 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Feb 19, 2016
latest Jan 20, 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.85 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Road miles
469
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
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AZ
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
84
finished ahead 50 times, behind 92
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score668.5144 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
20165 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | Jan 20, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 18, 2016 |
| -5.6 | 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown | May 6, 2016 |
| -0.2 | The Queen Creek BBQ Battle | Feb 19, 2016 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2017 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 19 / 40 (668.5144) | 23 (166.2628) | 21 (164.5944) | 10 (173.1200) | 20 (164.5372) |
| May 6, 2016 | 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ | 29 / 39 (650.7200) | 20 (166.8456) | 20 (166.2400) | 16 (167.4172) | 34 (150.2172) |
| Mar 18, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ | 27 / 30 (648.5144) | 19 (166.8572) | 4 (173.1428) | 17 (168.5716) | 30 (139.9428) |
| Feb 19, 2016 | The Queen Creek BBQ Battle Queen Creek, AZ | 21 / 37 (643.3716) | 33 (153.0972) | 18 (161.6916) | 15 (166.2972) | 21 (162.2856) |