A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B&R SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
B&R SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
JD's Smokin BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2020-08-07
latest 2022-08-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
535.31
last 3 Master vs avg 535.31 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±54.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 151.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (106.10)
Road miles
2
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
535.31 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
JD's Smokin BBQ 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 125 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.
#5010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JD's Smokin BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JD's Smokin BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before JD's Smokin BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with JD's Smokin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 141.6456 | 151.97 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0344 | 20.0000 | 106.10 | top 97% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.0972 | 128.5372 | 134.62 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.0972 | 141.0744 | 142.62 | top 100% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All American BBQ Throwdown | 3 | 32 | 0 | top 100% | 2022-08-05 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2020-08-07 → 2022-08-05
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 151.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (106.10)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
535.31
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
67
0–121 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,500
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score574.7088 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.8344 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1487) All American BBQ Throwdown
- 2022
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2021-08-06 |
| -12.9 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2020-08-07 |
| -11.6 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 2022-08-05 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 63.6% | 63.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.6% | 79.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.8% | 79.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 50 / 50 (458.2288) | 46 (155.4400) | 50 (20.0000) | 49 (141.0972) | 50 (141.6916) |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-08-06 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 32 / 32 (573.0056) | 32 (141.6456) | 30 (152.0344) | 32 (134.2284) | 32 (145.0972) |
| 2020-08-07 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 42 / 42 (574.7088) | 37 (158.8344) | 41 (146.2628) | 42 (128.5372) | 42 (141.0744) |