A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE FREAKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE FREAKS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
JUERGENS SMOKEHOUSE
JUERGENS SMOKEHOUSE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 33rd of 42 at the Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (2017). They finished #1524 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 23, 2017
latest Jun 23, 2018 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.86 · weakest Brisket (152.97)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
625.04 / 720
3 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 151.3940 | 157.32 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.9144 | 148.6060 | 154.31 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7716 | 151.4744 | 159.86 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 148.5828 | 152.97 | top 83% |
“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
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
70
finished ahead 18 times, behind 116
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1
20181 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.0344 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Heritage Days BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score631.5316 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1494) Heritage Days BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 | Jun 23, 2018 |
| -7.3 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 | Jun 22, 2018 |
| -6.2 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown | Jun 23, 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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.1% | 86.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2019 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 🏅 Belvidere, IL | — | — | 12 (152.5600) | — | — |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 Belvidere, IL | 41 / 44 (616.6976) | 25 (168.0344) | 41 (148.6060) | 40 (151.4744) | 41 (148.5828) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL | 45 / 51 (626.8800) | 50 (151.3940) | 43 (153.1544) | 27 (162.3316) | 37 (160) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL | 33 / 42 (631.5316) | 37 (152.5256) | 24 (162.9144) | 11 (165.7716) | 35 (150.3200) |