Average Joes BBQ
Average Joes BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 42nd of 28 at the Smoke on the Falls (2020). Also listed in KCBS results as “Average Joe's BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 18, 2020
latest Apr 29, 2022 · 1.6 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 120%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.10 · weakest Brisket (129.09)
Road miles
637
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 637 mi
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
598.06 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
313.04 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 149.6572 | 155.95 | top 117% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 158.8228 | 161.10 | top 80% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9084 | 147.9084 | 147.91 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.0856 | 129.0856 | 129.09 | top 99% |
“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
Opponents faced
150
finished ahead 14 times, behind 136
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Sep 18, 2020 → Apr 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score598.0568 Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition
20202 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.3828 Smoke on the Falls
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS | 69 / 77 (598.0568) | 56 (162.2400) | 54 (158.8228) | 69 (147.9084) | 76 (129.0856) |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 42 / 28 (313.0400) | 45 (149.6572) | 25 (163.3828) | — | — |