Johnny's Smoke Show WI
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 4 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2025-06-27
latest 2025-09-26
Best ToY finish
#363
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
585.62
last 3 Master vs avg 585.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±64.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 158.08 · weakest Chicken (123.13)
Road miles
8571
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 4053 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
585.62 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
302.21 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
⚔️ A tough matchup
Can Country Outlaw BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, WI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 20.0000 | 123.13 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 150.2512 | 157.11 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 147.3828 | 154.05 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 147.4172 | 158.08 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (5 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WI (3 of 5 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (5 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 585.62 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 302.21 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2025-06-27 — First tracked contest · Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- 📈 2025-06-27 — Peak power rating (1492) · Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- 📣 2025-09-26 — First call · Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash
- ⭐ 2025-09-26 — Career-best overall score (639.2800) · Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1 | Smoke in the North | 2025-08-22 |
| -10 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2025-09-05 |
| -8.5 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash | 2025-09-26 |
| -7.7 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | 2025-06-27 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | top 92% | 88.8% | 82% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash 🏅 Egg Harbor, WI | 15 / 16 (639.2800) | 14 (161.1200) | 13 (160.5144) | 16 (150.2284) | 8 (167.4172) |
| 2025-09-26 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Egg Harbor, WI | — | — | 11 (155.3600) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 33 / 35 (623.3376) | 32 (159.4288) | 34 (157.1316) | 34 (147.3828) | 29 (159.3944) |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 31 / 31 (494.2400) | 31 (20.0000) | 17 (162.2972) | 16 (164.5256) | 27 (147.4172) |
| 2025-06-27 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 21 / 26 (302.2056) | 21 (151.9544) | 20 (150.2512) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #363 (67 pts) | #366 (67 pts) | #373 (72 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #792 (151 pts) | #863 (156 pts) | #687 (269 pts) | #864 (146 pts) | #741 (196 pts) |