Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Smoking N Joking BBQ
Smoking N Joking BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 11th of 27 at the Pigs & Peaches (2025). They are ranked #3159 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2022
latest Nov 14, 2025 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.36
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.82 · weakest Chicken (157.78)
Road miles
90
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
322.62 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
428.35 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoking N Joking BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,162 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1522
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Smoking N Joking BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,157 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with Smoking N Joking BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Smoking N Joking BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Smoking N Joking BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,156 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Smoking N Joking BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Baker's BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 142.2284 | 157.78 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 146.2172 | 158.00 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 139.9084 | 162.82 | top 28% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 46% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 3 | 18 | 0 | top 46% | Nov 14, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
188
finished ahead 144 times, behind 210
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Aug 19, 2022 → Nov 17, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.7768 Pigs & Peaches
- Peak power rating (1502) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20243 milestones
- First call Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- First category win (Pork) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score428.3540 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 14, 2025 |
| +3.1 | Pigs & Peaches | Aug 15, 2025 |
| +1.5 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 17, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.2 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 19, 2022 |
| -3.5 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 15, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 36% | 93.3% | 92% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 60% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 79.3% | 79.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 18 / 56 (335.9200) | 22 (165.0856) | 13 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Pigs & Peaches 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 11 / 27 (326.7768) | 11 (159.9656) | 7 (166.8112) | 1 (176.5716) | — |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 35 / 58 (312.4572) | 30 (161.6572) | 37 (150.8000) | 1 (180) | — |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 27 / 60 (315.3372) | 23 (159.9772) | 28 (155.3600) | 25 (154.8112) | — |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 19 / 30 (428.3540) | 19 (142.2284) | 18 (146.2172) | 20 (139.9084) | — |