Giant slayer
48
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 48-team field at Hammond BBQ.
- Mar 22, 2019
Ole Joe's BBQ
Ole Joe's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Hammond BBQ (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2019
latest Mar 25, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 17% of the time
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.17 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.98)
Road miles
10
across 6 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
313.14 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 1 GC
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Ole Joe's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Ole Joe's BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 74 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 125
- GCs
- 6
- Top-10s
- 37%
- Peak
- 1821
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Ole Joe's BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Ole Joe's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,470 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1521
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Level with Ole Joe's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,488 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,484 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Ole Joe's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 174.9028 | 159.4284 | 167.17 | top 12% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2740 | 141.6800 | 145.98 | top 64% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
First title
Mar 22, 2019
Hammond BBQ
Opponents faced
101
finished ahead 102 times, behind 11
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Mar 22, 2019 → Mar 25, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
201910 milestones
- First call Hammond BBQ
- First category win (Chicken) Hammond BBQ
- First overall top-10 Hammond BBQ
- First overall podium Hammond BBQ
- First Grand Championship Hammond BBQ
- First state championship Hammond BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.1768 Hammond BBQ
- Biggest field won (48 teams) Hammond BBQ
- Career-best overall score325.1768 Hammond BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.9028 Hammond BBQ
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Hammond BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 2% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2022 | Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY) Hammond, LA | 12 / 28 (301.1084) | 6 (159.4284) | 24 (141.6800) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA | 1 / 48 (325.1768) | 1 (174.9028) | 20 (150.2740) | — | — |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2014 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |