Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 14th
- average top 14%
SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ
SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ is a competition barbecue team with 30 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 14th of 112 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque (2017). They are ranked #3673 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1525 · rated over 28 contests
Contests
30
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2013
latest Sep 25, 2026 · 13.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 30 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Best overall
677.0168 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.85 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 646.93 (-7.08)
Walk rate
7%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.81 · weakest Brisket (159.76)
Road miles
2,790
across 30 mapped stops · furthest 449 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$317K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 18 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.93 / 720
28 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1020 (60 pts) | #1093 (60 pts) | #1161 (60 pts) | #1067 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #1011 (120 pts) | #950 (170 pts) | #916 (140 pts) | #989 (120 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1051 (120 pts) | #1107 (120 pts) | #1046 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #824 (155 pts) | #978 (120 pts) | #951 (140 pts) | #749 (195 pts) | #957 (120 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1354 (165 pts) | #1518 (140 pts) | #1433 (165 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1586 (120 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1220 (235 pts) | #1493 (180 pts) | #1207 (270 pts) | #1489 (180 pts) | #1285 (235 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1454 (180 pts) | #1547 (180 pts) | #1542 (180 pts) | #1564 (180 pts) | #1503 (180 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1372 (180 pts) | #1476 (180 pts) | #1470 (180 pts) | #1338 (230 pts) | #1431 (180 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1251 (225 pts) | #1323 (225 pts) | #1327 (225 pts) | #1126 (290 pts) | #1306 (225 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1670 (130 pts) | #1650 (140 pts) | #1201 (245 pts) | #1763 (130 pts) | #1506 (150 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ, each with one reason worth a look.
160 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,671 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1531
2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — COOKSHACK ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ)
They've been 1530 at their best, 40 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,663 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
4–5 in 9 shared contests (44% to SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ)
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ has cooked, 11 to 30, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,667 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1502
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ)
Level with SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,656 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,680 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ)
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON WHEELS | 18 | 6 | 12 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T'S SMOKIN PIT | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Hoggy Style BBQ | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoker Bandits | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77% | ⚔ compare |
| ROADKILL BBQ | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| SKY BLUE THIGHS | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 146.2172 | 161.61 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7488 | 139.9200 | 162.75 | top 53% |
| Pork | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 140.5714 | 162.81 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 140.4684 | 159.76 | top 58% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 27 | 0 | top 54% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 5 | 18 | 0 | top 37% | Sep 23, 2022 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers | 4 | 27 | 0 | top 62% | Sep 25, 2026 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 159 | 0 | top 59% | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 3 | 39 | 0 | top 84% | Jul 21, 2017 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 14% | Sep 21, 2018 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 77 | 0 | top 42% | Jun 26, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 13 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
24 of 30 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
15
6 of them more than once
Opponents faced
2,488
finished ahead 2,900 times, behind 3,637
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers
20231 milestone
- 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.0168 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1525) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)
20171 milestone
20161 milestone
- 10th tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
20141 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0116 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5888 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.9 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 22, 2017 |
| +11.6 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 21, 2018 |
| +11 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| +9.5 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) | Sep 24, 2021 |
| +9.3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Sep 3, 2016 |
| -12.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Apr 26, 2013 |
| -12.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| -11.3 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Jul 22, 2016 |
| -7 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 25, 2026 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90.1% | 86.6% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 93.2% | 92.5% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 89.7% | 89.5% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 27% | 94% | 62.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 29% | 31.7% | 31.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 93.7% | 92.2% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 55% | 93.5% | 90.8% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 92.5% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 92% | 90% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 93.1% | 90.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90.2% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 50 / 65 (645.6460) | 57 (157.0744) | 54 (158.3088) | 25 (171.4172) | 48 (158.8456) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 49 / 67 (645.5544) | 54 (159.4172) | 56 (155.9316) | 28 (169.6684) | 45 (160.5372) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 431 / 444 (598.0460) | 436 (146.2172) | 439 (139.9200) | 363 (159.9888) | 393 (151.9200) |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 44 / 73 (648.9712) | 41 (166.2628) | 45 (162.2400) | 59 (158.7884) | 39 (161.6800) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 318 / 487 (661.0168) | 285 (166.8228) | 278 (166.8228) | 347 (162.8112) | 292 (164.5600) |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 27 / 73 (671.3140) | 31 (169.1200) | 15 (173.1200) | 21 (171.9656) | 49 (157.1084) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 399 / 505 (642.7544) | 461 (154.2400) | 412 (159.3716) | 142 (171.4172) | 395 (157.7256) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 55 / 87 (646.1140) | 79 (154.2056) | 37 (165.1200) | 54 (162.2512) | 37 (164.5372) |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 18 / 86 (677.0168) | 40 (163.9544) | 21 (172.5484) | 10 (174.2856) | 29 (166.2284) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 159 / 467 (167.4056) | 359 (158.8228) | 342 (160.5600) | 144 (168.5256) | 285 (161.1200) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 134 / 468 (171.4400) | 350 (159.9428) | 157 (167.9772) | 448 (145.6228) | 389 (152.5372) |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 16 / 107 (674.7656) | 21 (169.7372) | 16 (171.9656) | 52 (165.0972) | 30 (167.9656) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 288 / 467 (653.0628) | 189 (168.0116) | 283 (163.4400) | 202 (166.2284) | 363 (155.3828) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 14 / 112 (673.1316) | 52 (162.8344) | 9 (173.7488) | 49 (165.7028) | 14 (170.8456) |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 294 / 407 (640.9832) | 333 (156.5488) | 384 (146.7656) | 162 (167.9772) | 112 (169.6916) |
| Jul 21, 2017 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 39 / 49 (646.2740) | 38 (158.8572) | 24 (163.9884) | 25 (166.8572) | 37 (156.5712) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 176 / 557 (666.2628) | 327 (162.2972) | 209 (167.4172) | 241 (165.7256) | 99 (170.8228) |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 43 / 111 (653.0284) | 41 (165.7028) | 50 (163.3944) | 70 (161.6456) | 46 (162.2856) |
| Sep 3, 2016 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 55 / 58 (598.0452) | 56 (150.2628) | 43 (157.1200) | 55 (150.1940) | 57 (140.4684) |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 45 / 47 (634.1484) | 40 (160.5484) | 42 (157.1200) | 43 (159.3600) | 39 (157.1200) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 375 / 606 (642.7084) | 393 (160.5600) | 478 (154.8000) | 309 (163.9656) | 276 (163.3828) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 34 / 112 (662.2056) | 31 (167.4400) | 54 (163.9428) | 15 (171.4172) | 51 (159.4056) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 77 / 183 (638.1484) | 29 (169.1200) | 37 (167.4172) | 157 (151.4056) | 136 (150.2056) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 128 / 552 (670.3316) | 29 (176.0116) | 94 (171.4172) | 326 (161.7600) | 294 (161.1428) |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 40 / 52 (643.8972) | 41 (159.4172) | 42 (158.2744) | 12 (171.4056) | 42 (154.8000) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 78 / 184 (636.4680) | 26 (168.5484) | 78 (160.5600) | 154 (147.3828) | 62 (159.9768) |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 38 / 114 (649.5888) | 84 (155.3716) | 11 (171.4056) | 38 (165.1544) | 57 (157.6572) |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS | 27 / 30 (619.4284) | 23 (157.7144) | 16 (162.2856) | 30 (140.5714) | 21 (158.8570) |