#2,706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR.
ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR. is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 5th of 57 at the Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (2022). Also listed in KCBS results as “ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS JR”, “ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS JR.” and “ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 18, 2022
latest Nov 18, 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 9%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
1,213
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 368 mi
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR., each with one reason worth a look.
ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR. has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 123 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#2,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR.'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before ATOMIC CITY SMOKERS, JR.'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
80
finished ahead 66 times, behind 12
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Swampfest
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
- First overall top-10 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best overall score150.1944 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 9% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2023 | Swampfest 🏅 Waycross, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 5 / 57 (150.1944) | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2022 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |