The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at High on the Hog Festival (2017-04-21).
- last seen 2015-04-24
- back 2017-04-21
Smokin' Joes
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-04-24
latest 2018-04-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 150.83 · weakest Brisket (134.26)
Road miles
735
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 690 mi
Master avg
566.50 / 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.
Smokin' Joes 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 113 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Smokin' Joes did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin' Joes on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5484 | 145.1200 | 150.83 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6572 | 138.3088 | 141.98 | top 98% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4056 | 123.4400 | 139.42 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.7028 | 126.8116 | 134.26 | top 94% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-04-24 → 2018-04-20
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 150.83 · weakest Brisket (134.26)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
566.50
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
54
6–48 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
735
3 mapped stops · furthest 690 mi
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-04-24 → 2017-04-21
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score577.0744 Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)156.5484 Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Barnesville BBQ & Blues
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% | top 100% | 77.2% | 77.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-20 | *Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnesville, GA | 25 / 25 (555.9200) | 25 (145.1200) | 24 (145.6572) | 25 (123.4400) | 25 (141.7028) |
| 2017-04-21 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-04-24 | Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK | 25 / 31 (577.0744) | 25 (156.5484) | 31 (138.3088) | 24 (155.4056) | 27 (126.8116) |