High-water mark
667.3372
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.3372 at Bikes Balloons & BBQ — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 18, 2013
Smoke Slinger Jones
Smoke Slinger Jones is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 7th of 20 at the Bikes Balloons & BBQ (2013).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2013
latest Oct 21, 2016 · 3.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.13
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.98 · weakest Brisket (157.54)
Road miles
876
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Master avg
638.33 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 143.4282 | 159.11 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 159.9888 | 162.98 | top 46% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4744 | 146.2400 | 158.71 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 150.8570 | 157.54 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
116
finished ahead 52 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Oct 17, 2014 → Oct 21, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
20137 milestones
- First tracked contest Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
- First call Bikes Balloons & BBQ
- First overall top-10 Bikes Balloons & BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3372 Bikes Balloons & BBQ
- Career-best overall score667.3372 Bikes Balloons & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4744 Bikes Balloons & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1508) Bikes Balloons & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Bikes Balloons & BBQ | Oct 18, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.2 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | Oct 21, 2016 |
| -4.2 | CASA's Big BBQ Bash | Oct 17, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 43% | 92.7% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2016 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival FortGibson, OK | 23 / 28 (627.2340) | 21 (161.6800) | 16 (164.5256) | 27 (146.2400) | 23 (154.7884) |
| Oct 17, 2014 | CASA's Big BBQ Bash Lawton, OK | 14 / 19 (651.9088) | 7 (169.6800) | 14 (159.9888) | 13 (165.1200) | 14 (157.1200) |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Bikes Balloons & BBQ Poteau, OK | 7 / 20 (667.3372) | 14 (161.6456) | 6 (166.8228) | 5 (171.4744) | 5 (167.3944) |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX | 30 / 59 (606.8562) | 48 (143.4282) | 13 (160.5714) | 31 (151.9996) | 26 (150.8570) |