High-water mark
678.2516
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2516 at Smokin on the Lake — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-29
Jonnie O's
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2016-07-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.88
last 5 Master vs avg 619.99 (-0.11)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.80 · weakest Brisket (149.86)
Road miles
225
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Master avg
619.99 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.94 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Brisket avg 149.86
- Chicken avg 161.80
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A May team
Top 77%
average finish in May
Something about May: average finish in the top 77% across 3 contests, versus top 86% the rest of the year.
- 3 May contests
- top 86% the rest of the year
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.
113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5360 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Jonnie O's did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#5384 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with Jonnie O's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CALLAWAY CREAMATORS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 143.9884 | 161.80 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 142.2744 | 156.55 | top 76% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 143.4172 | 151.78 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 136.5144 | 149.86 | top 84% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 96% | 2016-05-06 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2016-07-08
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.80 · weakest Brisket (149.86)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
619.99
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
25–162 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
225
6 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
Power rating
1453
peak 1453 · #5375 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1490) 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- 2015
- First call Smokin on the Lake
- First overall top-10 Smokin on the Lake
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2516 Smokin on the Lake
- Career-best overall score678.2516 Smokin on the Lake
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Smokin on the Lake
- 2016
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Smokin on the Lake | 2015-05-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | 2015-05-01 |
| -11.3 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | 2016-05-06 |
| -10.6 | 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | 2015-07-10 |
| -9.8 | 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | 2016-07-08 |
| -9.6 | 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | 2014-07-11 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.8% | 83.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 78% | 94.2% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-08 | 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 26 / 26 (583.8632) | 25 (154.8344) | 26 (149.0972) | 26 (143.4172) | 26 (136.5144) |
| 2016-05-06 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 30 / 32 (617.6112) | 27 (159.9656) | 30 (155.3828) | 31 (150.2856) | 28 (151.9772) |
| 2015-07-10 | 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 30 / 31 (608.9824) | 30 (143.9884) | 16 (163.9884) | 30 (147.9428) | 27 (153.0628) |
| 2015-05-29 | Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO | 10 / 26 (678.2516) | 2 (177.7028) | 8 (171.4400) | 16 (165.6800) | 15 (163.4288) |
| 2015-05-01 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 36 / 37 (610.6972) | 26 (162.2512) | 36 (142.2744) | 30 (155.9544) | 31 (150.2172) |
| 2014-07-11 | 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 36 / 41 (620.5600) | 15 (172.0572) | 35 (157.1200) | 41 (147.4172) | 35 (143.9656) |