A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
TEAM CRAWFORD ahead in 100% of their meetings
TEAM CRAWFORD has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMOKEY JOE'S
SMOKEY JOE'S is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 21st of 26 at the Homecoming 2016 (2016). They finished #1931 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Aug 2, 2019 · 5.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.61
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.43 · weakest Pork (153.21)
Road miles
1,089
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 535 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$7,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
622.83 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKEY JOE'S, each with one reason worth a look.
SMOKEY JOE'S has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 156 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,423 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
They turned up 9 years after SMOKEY JOE'S did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with SMOKEY JOE'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,418 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3088 | 151.9656 | 160.43 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 146.7772 | 154.82 | top 83% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 141.6456 | 153.21 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 148.5600 | 154.36 | top 76% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 78% | Aug 2, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
4 of 7 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
251
finished ahead 27 times, behind 266
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Oct 3, 2013 → Oct 9, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
20181 milestone
- Career-best overall score637.5660 Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
20171 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.3088 Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
20161 milestone
- Peak power rating (1493) Homecoming 2016
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | Aug 4, 2017 |
| -7.3 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | Aug 2, 2019 |
| -7 | Homecoming 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 |
| -3.3 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | Aug 3, 2018 |
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% | top 84% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2019 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition 🏅 Cincinnati, OH | 26 / 31 (635.8172) | 26 (160.5256) | 21 (159.9772) | 24 (162.2400) | 27 (153.0744) |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH | 24 / 35 (637.5660) | 19 (162.2628) | 26 (157.0972) | 20 (163.3944) | 27 (154.8116) |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH | 26 / 32 (625.6004) | 17 (166.3088) | 25 (158.2516) | 32 (142.8000) | 21 (158.2400) |
| Jul 1, 2017 | I-39 Smokin Car Show Minonk, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 2, 2016 | Homecoming 2016 Vernon, IN | 21 / 26 (620.9716) | 18 (161.0972) | 26 (146.7772) | 23 (155.9656) | 15 (157.1316) |
| Oct 9, 2015 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 174 / 174 (594.1824) | 168 (151.9656) | 164 (152.0112) | 174 (141.6456) | 163 (148.5600) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.