Smokin' Jokers' BBQ

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

Rating

1496

peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-31

latest 2021-09-16

Best ToY finish

#1236

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

664.6288 / 720

Master · 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.40

last 3 Master vs avg 659.40 (+0.00)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1428

Pork · 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

Consistency

±3.76

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.48 · weakest Chicken (158.07)

Road miles

109

mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)

Purse competed for

$142K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.40 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 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.

High-water mark

664.6288 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.6288 at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-09-12

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead 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 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021-09-16).

last seen 2019-09-12
back 2021-09-16

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.

Smokin' Jokers' BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.

SQUIRRELS 2 BBQ

#3384 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1530

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Smokin' Jokers' BBQ)

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

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO

#3372 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1593

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Smokin' Jokers' BBQ)

They've been 1593 at their best, 97 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 64 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

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Paca Crew BBQ

#3366 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

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Laytons backyard bbq

#3363 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1496

No shared contest yet.

Level with Smokin' Jokers' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-04-14

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Slim D's

#3369 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Smokin' Jokers' BBQ's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-07-25

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Cloud 9 Swine

#3342 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before Smokin' Jokers' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	160.0116	154.2516	158.07	top 79%
Pork Ribs	3	1	172.0000	161.1888	167.44	top 42%
Pork	3	1	173.1428	167.4516	170.48	top 23%
Brisket	3	0	170.2856	159.4056	163.41	top 56%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 59%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 51%

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.3 yrs 2019-05-31 → 2021-09-16

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 3 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 170.48 · weakest Chicken (158.07)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 3 contests

Master average 659.40 out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 697 300–661 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 109 3 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi

Schedule strength 1594 average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests

Purse competed for $142,335 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2019-09-12 → 2021-09-16

Power rating 1496 peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2019
May 31 First tracked contest Big Blue BBQ Championship
May 31 First call Big Blue BBQ Championship
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6344 Big Blue BBQ Championship
May 31 Peak power rating (1502) Big Blue BBQ Championship
Sep 12 Career-best overall score664.6288 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Pork)173.1428 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
2021
Sep 16 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+1.8	Big Blue BBQ Championship	2019-05-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16
-0.7	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	2019-09-12

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	0	0	0%	top 60%	91.1%	91.1%
2019	2	0	0	0	50%	top 50%	92.3%	91.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	279 / 467 (655.9316)	343 (159.9428)	151 (169.1316)	159 (167.4516)	310 (159.4056)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	198 / 468 (664.6288)	341 (160.0116)	322 (161.1888)	55 (173.1428)	115 (170.2856)
2019-05-31	Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS	17 / 29 (657.6344)	26 (154.2516)	7 (172.0000)	7 (170.8572)	22 (160.5256)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)