C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS

C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 38 at the Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2015). They are ranked #1985 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,985

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1540 · rated over 14 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 27, 2013

latest Sep 27, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1330

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

21% of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

687.9888 / 720

Master · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.44 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 665.24 (-7.80)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Consistency

±11.81

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.80)

Road miles

567

across 14 mapped stops · furthest 61 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Purse competed for

$23K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.24 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

687.9888 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.9888 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 25, 2015

A tough matchup

11–1 behind in the head-to-head

RAZORRACKS ahead in 92% of their meetings

RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TOTALLY SMOKIN in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 12 shared pork entries lost

RAZORRACKS ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RAZORRACKS has out-cooked them in 8 of 12 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ACE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 28% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 28% across 7 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

7 September contests
top 44% the rest of the year

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The metronome

±1.64% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.64% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
14 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Delta Smoke BBQ Contest every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 19th

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#1330 (160 pts)	#1340 (175 pts)	#1215 (205 pts)	#1453 (145 pts)	#1176 (215 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#1879 (85 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1684 (128 pts)	#1686 (143 pts)	#2023 (108 pts)	#1996 (108 pts)	#1995 (108 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

PORK N' CIDER

#1,981 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1539

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2016

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BOURBON SMOKE BBQ

#1,996 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1539

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2017

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Que or be Qued

#1,977 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1553

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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16 Mesh BBQ

#1,988 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1539

They turned up 9 years after C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jul 12, 2025

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Belly Buss Barbeque

#1,974 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1539

6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2021

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TASTY LICKS BBQ SUPPLY

#1,983 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1539

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 16 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RAZORRACKS	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Smokin Through The Night	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
PORK AVENUE	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
TOTALLY SMOKIN	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
ACE BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
TRIPLE 5 COMPETITION BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Hillbilly Hoggers	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
INGLORIOUS BASTERS	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
L" If I Know	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
The Rack Pack	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	3	0	0	174.8688	153.1544	166.84	top 46%
Pork Ribs	14	3	0	0	172.0228	157.6572	164.80	top 52%
Pork	14	5	1	2	177.7028	156.5028	167.77	top 43%
Brisket	14	4	0	1	176.5600	154.2400	165.84	top 44%

“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)	5	0	top 47%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AR	12	0	top 40%
MS	2	0	top 70%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	4	19	top 56%	Jun 7, 2019
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	2	8	top 26%	Sep 29, 2017
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	2	5	top 24%	Sep 25, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 12 of 14 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 9 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 288 finished ahead 327 times, behind 241

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

20191 milestone

Sep 27 Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20182 milestones

Jun 8 10th tracked contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Sep 28 Peak power rating (1540) Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival

20151 milestone

Sep 25 Career-best overall score687.9888 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20142 milestones

Sep 26 First category win (Pork) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Sep 26 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20134 milestones

Sep 27 First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First call Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.0400 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.1	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 25, 2015
+10.9	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest	Sep 27, 2013
+10.4	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 30, 2016
+5.5	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 29, 2017
+5.1	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 26, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.4	Southaven Springfest	Apr 28, 2017
-4	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 7, 2019
-1.6	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 8, 2018
-1.3	Southaven Springfest	Apr 22, 2016
-0.4	Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz	May 10, 2019

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	3	0	0	100%	top 54%	92.4%	91.4%
2018	2	0	0	0%	top 51%	92.7%	91.2%
2017	3	0	0	33%	top 55%	92.6%	91.6%
2016	3	1	0	67%	top 42%	94.3%	93.6%
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 13%	95.6%	95.6%
2014	1	0	1	100%	top 35%	91.1%	91.1%
2013	1	1	0	100%	top 19%	94.6%	94.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 27, 2019	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR	17 / 43 (654.7316)	14 (166.2628)	9 (169.1316)	20 (165.0972)	26 (154.2400)
Jun 7, 2019	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR	33 / 51 (652.9488)	43 (161.6572)	41 (157.6572)	44 (159.3716)	8 (174.2628)
May 10, 2019	Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz 🏅 Marion, AR	17 / 30 (665.5884)	24 (164.5256)	18 (165.1200)	19 (165.1200)	10 (170.8228)
Sep 28, 2018	Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	18 / 45 (646.6628)	17 (163.9428)	18 (163.3828)	27 (156.5028)	14 (162.8344)
Jun 8, 2018	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	27 / 44 (667.2916)	20 (172.5600)	37 (161.1088)	27 (167.3828)	27 (166.2400)
Sep 29, 2017	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	11 / 33 (658.1944)	9 (168.5828)	15 (162.2744)	15 (164.5372)	15 (162.8000)
Jun 9, 2017	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	23 / 45 (666.7772)	29 (165.7260)	29 (162.8112)	11 (172)	28 (166.2400)
Apr 28, 2017	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	27 / 33 (654.2060)	13 (169.7144)	28 (161.1316)	28 (160.5372)	24 (162.8228)
Sep 30, 2016	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	8 / 44 (676.5372)	33 (153.1544)	7 (170.8228)	3 (176)	3 (176.5600)
Jun 10, 2016	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	19 / 39 (678.8228)	12 (171.9884)	26 (167.4400)	5 (174.8572)	29 (164.5372)
Apr 22, 2016	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	24 / 41 (666.7660)	23 (167.9772)	25 (166.3088)	31 (163.9428)	17 (168.5372)
Sep 25, 2015	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	5 / 38 (687.9888)	5 (174.8688)	6 (172.0228)	7 (172.5600)	9 (168.5372)
Sep 26, 2014	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	17 / 48 (655.8740)	26 (160.5256)	28 (159.4172)	1 (177.7028)	28 (158.2284)
Sep 27, 2013	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest Jonesboro, AR	9 / 48 (681.0400)	5 (174.2628)	14 (168.5600)	4 (173.1200)	14 (165.0972)

C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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