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JOE'S SMOKIN GOOD BBQ

JOE'S SMOKIN GOOD BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 21st of 30 at the Poor Que (2016). They are ranked #5682 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,682
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1446
peak 1446 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

6
in the data

First seen

Jun 3, 2016
latest Jun 8, 2018 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1717
Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 89%
overall standings

Best overall

623.4396 / 720
Master · Poor Que

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

599.44 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 603.44 (-4.00)

Walk rate

0%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

162.2856

Consistency

±13.40
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 155.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.99)

Road miles

256
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi

Schedule strength

46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Master avg

603.44 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead in 100% of their meetings

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.43 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 147.99
  • Chicken avg 155.42
  • 0 calls in 6 entries

A June team

Top 79% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 79% across 3 contests, versus top 89% the rest of the year.

  • 3 June contests
  • top 89% the rest of the year

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018 ↗ Master #1717 (113 pts) #1524 (138 pts) #1574 (128 pts) #1500 (143 pts) #1800 (103 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #2205 (61 pts) #2249 (66 pts) #2844 (56 pts) #2831 (56 pts) #1767 (126 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1985 (114 pts) #1710 (154 pts) #2067 (114 pts) #2041 (114 pts) #1985 (119 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JOE'S SMOKIN GOOD BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

102 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BURNITA BAR-B-QUE
#5,674 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
0
Top-10s
9%
Peak
1517
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to JOE'S SMOKIN GOOD BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JOE'S SMOKIN GOOD BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen Apr 29, 2022
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BOOBY - Q
#5,675 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1447

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Jun 10, 2016
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Lazy J Barbecue
#5,679 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1447

Level with JOE'S SMOKIN GOOD BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jan 22, 2026
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VxO BBQ & Grill
#5,681 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1447

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 22, 2025
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SMOKIN ON THE WEEKENDS
#5,671 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1447

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Oct 16, 2020
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PIGG FLOYD
#5,686 of the rated field
1446 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1446

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
PLASTERED PORK BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 6 0 0 0 161.1312 143.9428 155.42 top 75%
Pork Ribs 6 0 0 0 158.9028 138.8800 147.99 top 84%
Pork 6 0 0 0 161.1200 146.2512 151.78 top 88%
Brisket 6 0 0 0 162.2856 131.3600 148.26 top 79%

“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.

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests
Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in WI 6 of 6 contests
Contests visited 6 a different one every time
Opponents faced 90 finished ahead 20 times, behind 137

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Annual Poor Que
20171 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Brisket)162.2856 8th Annual Poor Que
20163 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Poor Que
  2. Career-best overall score623.4396 Poor Que
  3. Peak power rating (1494) Poor Que

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.7Badger Brew & Que I (Day 1)Aug 5, 2016
-11.2Badger Brew & Que II (Day 2)Aug 6, 2016
-10.2BBQ 4 ASTOPMay 18, 2018
-7.9Annual Poor QueJun 8, 2018
-5.88th Annual Poor QueJun 9, 2017

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20182000 0% top 92% 83.6% 83.5%
20171000 0% top 77% 85.5% 85.5%
20163000 0% top 90% 86.6% 83.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 8, 2018 Annual Poor Que Montello, WI 23 / 26 (602.1940) 18 (157.7032) 20 (151.9656) 26 (146.2512) 25 (146.2740)
May 18, 2018 BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI 26 / 27 (600.4000) 26 (143.9428) 27 (147.3944) 17 (161.1200) 25 (147.9428)
Jun 9, 2017 8th Annual Poor Que Montello, WI 24 / 31 (615.8172) 23 (154.2056) 26 (145.6344) 25 (153.6916) 11 (162.2856)
Aug 6, 2016 Badger Brew & Que II (Day 2) Manitowoc, WI 22 / 22 (597.1312) 20 (155.4628) 22 (145.1428) 22 (149.1200) 21 (147.4056)
Aug 5, 2016 Badger Brew & Que I (Day 1) Manitowoc, WI 27 / 27 (581.6800) 19 (160.0572) 27 (138.8800) 25 (151.3828) 27 (131.3600)
Jun 3, 2016 Poor Que Montello, WI 21 / 30 (623.4396) 15 (161.1312) 13 (158.9028) 27 (149.1200) 17 (154.2856)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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