A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
JOE'S COOKSHACK ahead in 100% of their meetings
JOE'S COOKSHACK has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
LS Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2015-04-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.56
last 4 Master vs avg 633.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.25 · weakest Chicken (156.53)
Road miles
621
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 621 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
633.56 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of OPEN FLUE BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
LS Smokers has 3 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 125 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.
#3221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1499
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LS Smokers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LS Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3203 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LS Smokers)
11 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where LS Smokers's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1501
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LS Smokers)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3220 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1524
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to LS Smokers)
22 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after LS Smokers did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with LS Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2740 | 145.0512 | 156.53 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 143.9888 | 158.84 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 153.6456 | 161.25 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 145.6456 | 156.95 | 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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-04-10
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 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 · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.25 · weakest Chicken (156.53)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
633.56
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
635
403–405 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
621
4 mapped stops · furthest 621 mi
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-04-04 → 2015-04-10
Power rating
1500
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best overall score646.7652 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1505) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2014
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4056 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- 2015
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.8 | Cedar Fest BBQ | 2015-04-10 |
| -2.2 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) | 2014-04-04 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 86% | 86% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89.8% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-10 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 33 / 53 (619.2684) | 11 (166.2740) | 47 (143.9888) | 31 (156.5028) | 34 (152.5028) |
| 2014-04-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX | 29 / 50 (627.1768) | 46 (145.0512) | 32 (157.0744) | 35 (153.6456) | 5 (171.4056) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 207 / 535 (646.7652) | 327 (158.8000) | 183 (163.4284) | 140 (166.2972) | 270 (158.2396) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 140 / 174 (641.0400) | 162 (155.9772) | 31 (170.8572) | 55 (168.5600) | 169 (145.6456) |