High-water mark
678.1712
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1712 at 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-05-09
Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2021-09-24
latest 2025-09-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.96
last 4 Master vs avg 633.96 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±30.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.53)
Road miles
225
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi
Schedule strength
91%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1629)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
633.96 / 720
4 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
JANKY LEG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JANKY LEG BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off (2025-05-09).
- last seen 2022-09-23
- back 2025-05-09
They cook the hard rooms
1629
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 91% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1629 power rating — a tougher draw than 91% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated 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.
Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe has 4 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 152 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.
#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Dewey, Smoke'm and Howe's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 143.3600 | 157.23 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 149.6572 | 156.53 | top 85% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 150.7768 | 160.81 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 147.3600 | 159.39 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 3 | 0 | top 95% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | 2 | 43 | 0 | top 94% | 2025-09-19 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2021-09-24 → 2025-09-19
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (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
633.96
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
118
18–146 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
225
4 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi
Schedule strength
1629
average field rating faced — tougher than 91% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,100
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.6 yrs
2022-09-23 → 2025-05-09
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1489) Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off
- 2025
- First call 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.1712 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best overall score678.1712 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off | 2025-05-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off | 2021-09-24 |
| -8.5 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | 2025-09-19 |
| -8.2 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | 2022-09-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 94.2% | 92.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 53 / 56 (647.8052) | 49 (165.1084) | 55 (155.9312) | 51 (165.1084) | 54 (161.6572) |
| 2025-05-09 | 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO | 16 / 27 (678.1712) | 23 (166.8112) | 13 (169.1200) | 20 (164.5256) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2022-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 43 / 46 (606.6516) | 44 (143.3600) | 45 (149.6572) | 38 (162.8116) | 43 (150.8228) |
| 2021-09-24 | Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 38 / 39 (603.2108) | 37 (153.6568) | 37 (151.4172) | 37 (150.7768) | 39 (147.3600) |