#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headJus' Blowin' Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2014-07-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.70 · weakest Brisket (151.97)
Road miles
2
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
624.21 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Jus' Blowin' Smoke 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 145 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.
#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Jus' Blowin' Smoke did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Jus' Blowin' Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
9 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Jus' Blowin' Smoke's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 155.3944 | 154.2400 | 154.82 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 145.1316 | 155.73 | top 65% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 160.5712 | 161.70 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 150.8228 | 151.97 | top 71% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2014-07-25
Busiest season
2014
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
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 161.70 · weakest Brisket (151.97)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
624.21
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
68
26–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
2 mapped stops
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2014-07-25
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best overall score635.3600 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.3200 Taste of Grand Rapids
- 2014
- Most recent contest Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI | 40 / 55 (613.0628) | 39 (154.2400) | 47 (145.1316) | 31 (160.5712) | 36 (153.1200) |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 28 / 39 (635.3600) | 34 (155.3944) | 17 (166.3200) | 21 (162.8228) | 30 (150.8228) |