A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
JP-B-Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-01
latest 2019-05-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.53
last 3 Master vs avg 588.53 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 153.14 · weakest Brisket (134.83)
Road miles
27
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
588.53 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (2018-05-04).
- last seen 2015-05-01
- back 2018-05-04
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.
JP-B-Que 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 157 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after JP-B-Que did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with JP-B-Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 147.9656 | 153.14 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7372 | 148.5828 | 151.82 | top 83% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 127.3828 | 148.74 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.1316 | 132.5488 | 134.83 | top 95% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 92% | 2019-05-03 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2019-05-03
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 153.14 · weakest Brisket (134.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
588.53
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
66
8–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
27
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2018-05-04
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1488) Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- 2019
- Career-best overall score601.7484 Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4628 Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship | 2015-05-01 |
| -10.4 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | 2019-05-03 |
| -10.2 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | 2018-05-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 83% | 83% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 78.6% | 78.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship 🏅 Elk Grove, CA | 26 / 27 (601.7484) | 26 (150.8912) | 26 (148.5828) | 13 (167.4628) | 27 (134.8116) |
| 2018-05-04 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 31 / 35 (597.6344) | 27 (160.5484) | 29 (153.1544) | 30 (151.3828) | 34 (132.5488) |
| 2015-05-01 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 29 / 32 (566.2172) | 29 (147.9656) | 22 (153.7372) | 32 (127.3828) | 28 (137.1316) |