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' PB& J's BBQ has 1 rated contest — 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 149 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin' PB& J's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' PB& J's BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smokin' PB& J's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' PB& J's BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Smokin' PB& J's BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4172 | 155.4172 | 155.42 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.7884 | 142.7884 | 142.79 | top 100% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9544 | 143.9544 | 143.95 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 160.5028 | 160.50 | top 77% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-03 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water 🏅 Winter Haven, FL | 46 / 47 (602.6628) | 45 (155.4172) | 47 (142.7884) | 46 (143.9544) | 36 (160.5028) |