The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Ironman (2017-03-31).
- last seen 2015-04-03
- back 2017-03-31
J&M BBQ WE BE SMOKIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-04-03
latest 2017-03-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.25 · weakest Brisket (145.99)
Road miles
380
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi
Master avg
608.19 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
J&M BBQ WE BE SMOKIN has 2 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 137 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after J&M BBQ WE BE SMOKIN did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with J&M BBQ WE BE SMOKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 134.8572 | 153.14 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 143.9544 | 156.25 | top 53% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1316 | 148.5028 | 152.82 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0972 | 142.8800 | 145.99 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ironman | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 70% | 2017-03-31 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-04-03 → 2017-03-31
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.25 · weakest Brisket (145.99)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
608.19
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
35–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
380
4 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-04-03 → 2017-03-31
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest The Ironman
- 2017
- First call The Ironman
- Career-best overall score637.5656 The Ironman
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4284 The Ironman
- 2018
- Most recent contest Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 46% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-27 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-06-16 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-03-31 | The Ironman Greencastle, PA | 27 / 59 (637.5656) | 6 (171.4284) | 9 (168.5372) | 52 (148.5028) | 45 (149.0972) |
| 2015-04-03 | The Ironman Shady Grove, PA | 45 / 48 (578.8232) | 47 (134.8572) | 44 (143.9544) | 26 (157.1316) | 41 (142.8800) |