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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-07-12
latest 2022-07-09
Best ToY finish
#1236
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.45
last 3 Master vs avg 632.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.58 · weakest Pork (156.73)
Road miles
0
mi 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
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.45 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG BAD WOLVES 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 New Jersey State BBQ Championship (2021-07-09).
- last seen 2019-07-12
- back 2021-07-09
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.
Smoked Encounters 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 124 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoked Encounters on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smoked Encounters's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Smoked Encounters's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3391 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Smoked Encounters's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2022-07-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2022-07-09
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.58 · weakest Pork (156.73)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
632.45
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
76–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2021-07-09
Power rating
1495
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- 2021
- Career-best overall score637.6688 New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.0000 New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1501) New Jersey State BBQ Championship
- 2022
- Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.8 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship | 2021-07-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2022-07-09 |
| -1.9 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2019-07-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 87% | 87% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-09 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 43 / 61 (626.6972) | 61 (141.6572) | 33 (162.2400) | 33 (161.0972) | 28 (161.7028) |
| 2021-07-09 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 27 / 59 (637.6688) | 12 (168.0000) | 18 (162.8344) | 37 (156.5600) | 40 (150.2744) |
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 38 / 64 (632.9824) | 22 (165.7028) | 47 (153.6572) | 45 (152.5256) | 24 (161.0968) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #961 (125 pts) | #1182 (95 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |