THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3754

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1488

peak 1517 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-04

latest 2024-10-11

Best ToY finish

#163

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

661.6912 / 720

Master · Spit in the Hills

Perfect 180s

Current form

636.94 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 628.64 (+8.30)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

170.2856

Pork Ribs · Smokin' in the Valley

Consistency

±45.46

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.33)

Road miles

304

mi across 14 mapped stops

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)

Master avg

628.64 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 12 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Smokin Genius has finished one call ahead of THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Smokin Steve's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Smokin Steve's BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Rack Em Up in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smokin' in the Valley (2023-11-04).

last seen 2021-10-30
back 2023-11-04

Chicken nemesis

7 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

Smokin Steve's BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Smokin Steve's BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared chicken entries.

Going the wrong way

-28 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 28 points across 3 contests since 2023-11-04 — from 1516 down to 1488.

3 contests since 2023-11-04
now 1488

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.

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

Code 3 Spices

#3749 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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Smoky Butt BBQ

#3737 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2017-09-02

⚔ Head-to-head

DIGGERS BBQ

#3775 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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FOUR KING BBQ

#3747 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

PULL MY MEAT

#3752 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2017-06-23

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Boss Hog BBQ

#3769 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE's first contest.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Ribs n Pigs BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Smokin Genius	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
GRILLA WARFARE BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Smokin Steve's BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BSA	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Molly s Bbq Smoke House	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Perth BBQ School Varsity	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BLUE MIST BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Big Boy BBQ Australia	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	10	0	1	170.2856	149.1088	161.66	top 60%
Pork Ribs	13	8	1	4	170.2856	147.9316	159.33	top 55%
Pork	12	9	0	1	170.2628	146.7772	159.97	top 56%
Brisket	12	10	1	2	170.2856	146.1712	161.03	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)	10	0	top 60%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 43%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin' in the Valley	3	3	0	top 54%	2024-05-04

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.4 yrs 2019-05-04 → 2024-10-11

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Contests visited 10 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 13 entries · 1 win · 8 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.33)

Walk rate 86% a top-10 call in 12 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 57% 8 of 14 contests

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 628.64 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 83 91–92 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 304 14 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1508 average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2021-10-30 → 2023-11-04

Power rating 1488 peak 1517 · #3754 of 6,413 rated

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

2019
May 4 First tracked contest Spit in the Hills
May 4 First call Spit in the Hills
May 4 First overall top-10 Spit in the Hills
May 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6912 Spit in the Hills
May 4 Career-best overall score661.6912 Spit in the Hills
2020
Feb 8 First category win (Pork Ribs) Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup
Oct 30 First overall podium Bare Bones BBQ Comp
2021
Oct 30 Peak power rating (1517) Smokin in the Valley (International)
2023
Nov 4 10th tracked contest Smokin' in the Valley
Nov 4 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2856 Smokin' in the Valley
2026
Jun 21 Most recent contest Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.3	Smokin in the Valley (International)	2021-10-30
+10.8	Smokin in the Valley	2019-11-09
+10.6	Bare Bones BBQ Comp	2020-10-30
+6.9	Spit in the Hills	2019-05-04
+4.3	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup	2020-02-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	Smoking on the Swan	2024-10-11
-15.9	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019	2019-09-14
-12.2	Smokin' in the Valley	2024-05-04
-6.5	Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge	2020-09-18
-5.3	CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival	2021-09-11

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2024	2	1	0	100%	top 93%	87.9%	87.2%
2023	1	1	0	100%	top 55%	89.7%	89.7%
2021	2	1	0	100%	top 45%	90.7%	89.1%
2020	3	3	2	100%	top 49%	90.6%	88.9%
2019	4	2	0	100%	top 53%	91.9%	84.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-21	Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Herne Hill, Australia, 6056	—	11 (162.8688)	—	—	—
2026-06-21	Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Herne Hill, Australia, 6056	—	—	13 (156.5372)	—	—
2024-10-11	Smoking on the Swan Burswood, Western Australia, 6100	10 / 10 (633.0628)	10 (149.1088)	6 (164.0000)	9 (161.6800)	8 (158.2740)
2024-05-04	Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia,	12 / 14 (622.6856)	10 (161.1428)	13 (147.9316)	5 (157.6684)	8 (155.9428)
2023-11-04	Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia,	6 / 11 (645.6340)	7 (157.6684)	3 (170.2856)	5 (165.1200)	9 (152.5600)
2021-10-30	Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth,	3 / 14 (653.1544)	6 (161.7484)	4 (162.2972)	2 (166.8228)	5 (162.2860)
2021-09-11	CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6558	11 / 16 (630.1828)	11 (162.8572)	3 (164.0000)	14 (146.7772)	5 (156.5484)
2020-10-30	Bare Bones BBQ Comp Perth,	3 / 10 (649.5888)	7 (155.9772)	2 (163.9888)	5 (160.5028)	1 (169.1200)
2020-09-18	Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge Bunbury, 6230	8 / 11 (617.4856)	6 (163.4172)	10 (149.0972)	6 (158.8000)	8 (146.1712)
2020-02-08	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup Perth, 6000	5 / 11 (652.5712)	10 (158.8228)	1 (166.2972)	9 (158.8684)	3 (168.5828)
2019-11-09	Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA, 6056	4 / 17 (651.9084)	3 (169.7028)	4 (165.1200)	14 (149.1084)	4 (167.9772)
2019-10-04	Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA, 6104	16 / 30 (641.6916)	8 (166.2972)	21 (154.8344)	24 (154.2628)	11 (166.2972)
2019-09-14	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow, 6558	17 / 17 (484.0344)	—	16 (156.0116)	4 (169.7256)	16 (158.2972)
2019-05-04	Spit in the Hills Chidlow,Western, 6556	7 / 21 (661.6912)	5 (170.2856)	18 (150.8572)	5 (170.2628)	6 (170.2856)

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
2026 ↗	Master	—	#896 (108 pts)	#967 (98 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Master	#510 (365 pts)	#540 (365 pts)	#514 (460 pts)	#464 (445 pts)	#522 (385 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#521 (325 pts)	#633 (265 pts)	#496 (405 pts)	#535 (335 pts)	#559 (330 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#163 (694 pts)	#200 (619 pts)	#134 (799 pts)	#236 (529 pts)	#146 (794 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#622 (525 pts)	#635 (538 pts)	#760 (435 pts)	#642 (520 pts)	#604 (565 pts)