High-water mark
679.3256
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3256 at Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-10-02
J HOLT SMOKEHOUSE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1508 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2015-10-02
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.38)
Road miles
38
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
669.85 / 720
2 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
SOUTHERN THUNDER BBQ has finished one call ahead of J HOLT SMOKEHOUSE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
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.
J HOLT SMOKEHOUSE 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 109 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.
#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after J HOLT SMOKEHOUSE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with J HOLT SMOKEHOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 166.2284 | 169.11 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 152.4916 | 161.38 | top 66% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 171.9772 | 172.55 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 163.9428 | 166.81 | top 55% |
“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 (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2015-10-02 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Cooks most in
GA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 172.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.38)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
669.85
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
53
42–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
38
2 mapped stops
Power rating
1503
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.3256 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score679.3256 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
- Most recent contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 94.4% | 93% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | 32 / 41 (660.3772) | 31 (166.2284) | 40 (152.4916) | 11 (171.9772) | 19 (169.6800) |
| 2015-10-02 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | 19 / 52 (679.3256) | 19 (171.9884) | 18 (170.2744) | 12 (173.1200) | 33 (163.9428) |