The heartbreaker
1.1428
points from the title
Came within 1.1428 points of the Grand Championship at Lakeland Pig Festival (Jan 26, 2024).
Joker Smoker BBQ
Joker Smoker BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 61 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #365 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jan 26, 2024
latest Nov 21, 2025 · 1.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.63 · weakest Brisket (160.16)
Road miles
5
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$67K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
637.52 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
337.66 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 165.1316 | 166.63 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 149.0744 | 163.21 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 159.3712 | 162.61 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 149.6916 | 160.16 | top 65% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 32% | Jan 24, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
180
finished ahead 161 times, behind 96
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Peak power rating (1518) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score637.5200 Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
20247 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall podium Lakeland Pig Festival
- First Reserve Championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score343.3944 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Lakeland Pig Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 29 / 31 (637.5200) | 24 (165.1316) | 31 (149.0744) | 28 (159.3712) | 20 (163.9428) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 24 / 40 (331.9312) | 23 (166.2284) | 29 (165.7028) | 25 (165.6684) | 44 (149.6916) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 2 / 61 (343.3944) | 13 (168.5372) | 2 (174.8572) | 27 (162.8000) | 13 (166.8344) |