PJ's Smokehouse
PJ's Smokehouse is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2014. Their best overall finish is 115th of 165 at the 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational (2014).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 2, 2014
latest Oct 2, 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Best overall
661.5996 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.94)
Road miles
1,063
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,058 mi
Master avg
651.07 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 164.5600 | 165.11 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 155.3716 | 157.94 | top 81% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 159.4400 | 164.02 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8340 | 161.1772 | 164.01 | top 53% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
551
finished ahead 234 times, behind 480
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Oct 2, 2014 → Jan 29, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20144 milestones
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.5996 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best overall score661.5996 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5944 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 91.9% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2017 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 115 / 165 (661.5996) | 113 (165.6684) | 137 (160.5028) | 68 (168.5944) | 88 (166.8340) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 367 / 552 (640.5488) | 291 (164.5600) | 436 (155.3716) | 377 (159.4400) | 293 (161.1772) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.