High-water mark
666.2172
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2172 at SC Festival of Discovery — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 12, 2019
Smokin J's Barbeque
Smokin J's Barbeque is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 15th of 15 at the Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague (2021). They are ranked #5073 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SMOKIN J'S BARBEQUE - SC” and “SMOKIN' J'S BARBEQUE”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2019
latest Oct 15, 2021 · 2.6 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 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.33 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 648.97 (-2.64)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.78 · weakest Brisket (158.64)
Road miles
572
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$78K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
648.97 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #706 (203 pts) | #763 (203 pts) | #680 (248 pts) | #689 (228 pts) | #750 (203 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin J's Barbeque, each with one reason worth a look.
134 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1512
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Smokin J's Barbeque)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin J's Barbeque has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,068 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#5,095 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Level with Smokin J's Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,074 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Smokin J's Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,069 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Wiggle Butts BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| THE HOG MAFIA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 151.3716 | 161.35 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 157.0856 | 164.78 | top 64% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 153.0628 | 164.20 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 146.2172 | 158.64 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 71% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 49% | Jul 9, 2021 |
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 53 | 0 | top 88% | Mar 5, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
3 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
334
finished ahead 116 times, behind 427
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague
20202 milestones
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20194 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2172 SC Festival of Discovery
- Career-best overall score666.2172 SC Festival of Discovery
- Peak power rating (1497) SC Festival of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 12, 2019 |
| +0.3 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 9, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 5, 2021 |
| -10.3 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
| -10 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck | Jun 11, 2021 |
| -9.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2019 |
| -5.7 | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague | Oct 15, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 91.9% | 89.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 92.5% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2021 | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA | 15 / 15 (639.2576) | 15 (163.9772) | 13 (165.0972) | 13 (163.9660) | 15 (146.2172) |
| Jul 9, 2021 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 46 / 81 (661.5660) | 69 (155.3716) | 30 (169.6800) | 44 (166.2400) | 25 (170.2744) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC | 26 / 28 (655.2340) | 27 (162.2628) | 18 (167.3828) | 22 (165.0856) | 25 (160.5028) |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 72 / 81 (631.7596) | 43 (166.2628) | 65 (157.0856) | 71 (157.6456) | 78 (150.7656) |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 53 / 61 (643.8288) | 58 (151.3716) | 46 (163.9772) | 7 (173.7028) | 59 (154.7772) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 34 / 83 (666.2172) | 41 (164.5372) | 21 (170.2628) | 20 (169.7144) | 40 (161.7028) |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 51 / 62 (644.9256) | 43 (165.6800) | 50 (159.9544) | 58 (153.0628) | 32 (166.2284) |