A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoked Encounters
Smoked Encounters is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 27th of 59 at the New Jersey State BBQ Championship (2021). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 12, 2019
latest Jul 9, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Consistency
±4.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.58 · weakest Pork (156.73)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
632.45 / 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 | 141.6572 | 158.45 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 153.6572 | 159.58 | top 53% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 152.5256 | 156.73 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 150.2744 | 157.69 | top 50% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 65% | Jul 9, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NJ
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
101
finished ahead 76 times, behind 105
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jul 12, 2019 → Jul 9, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
20213 milestones
- Career-best overall score637.6688 New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168 New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1501) New Jersey State BBQ Championship
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2022 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 43 / 61 (626.6972) | 61 (141.6572) | 33 (162.2400) | 33 (161.0972) | 28 (161.7028) |
| Jul 9, 2021 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 27 / 59 (637.6688) | 12 (168) | 18 (162.8344) | 37 (156.5600) | 40 (150.2744) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 38 / 64 (632.9824) | 22 (165.7028) | 47 (153.6572) | 45 (152.5256) | 24 (161.0968) |