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
- 2013-10-18
Smoke Slinger Jones
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1508 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-22
latest 2016-10-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.33
last 4 Master vs avg 638.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.98 · weakest Brisket (157.54)
Road miles
876
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Master avg
638.33 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2016-10-21).
- last seen 2014-10-17
- back 2016-10-21
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.
Smoke Slinger Jones has 4 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 123 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.
#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
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#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Slinger Jones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 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-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
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#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
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% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.6 yrs
2013-03-22 → 2016-10-21
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.98 · weakest Brisket (157.54)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
638.33
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
52–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
876
4 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-10-17 → 2016-10-21
Power rating
1498
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- 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
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Bikes Balloons & BBQ | 2013-10-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.2 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2016-10-21 |
| -4.5 | CASA's Big BBQ Bash | 2014-10-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-21 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival FortGibson, OK | 23 / 28 (627.2340) | 21 (161.6800) | 16 (164.5256) | 27 (146.2400) | 23 (154.7884) |
| 2014-10-17 | CASA's Big BBQ Bash Lawton, OK | 14 / 19 (651.9088) | 7 (169.6800) | 14 (159.9888) | 13 (165.1200) | 14 (157.1200) |
| 2013-10-18 | Bikes Balloons & BBQ Poteau, OK | 7 / 20 (667.3372) | 14 (161.6456) | 6 (166.8228) | 5 (171.4744) | 5 (167.3944) |
| 2013-03-22 | Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX | 30 / 59 (606.8562) | 48 (143.4282) | 13 (160.5714) | 31 (151.9996) | 26 (150.8570) |