The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Fire BBQ has finished one call ahead of Just Smoke It! BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Just Smoke It! BBQ
Just Smoke It! BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 10th of 12 at the Smoke, Wind & Fire (2023). They are ranked #6257 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1415
peak 1415 · rated over 11 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Aug 27, 2022
latest Aug 30, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
9% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.42 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 639.91 (+6.51)
Walk rate
55%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.88
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.77 · weakest Brisket (150.76)
Road miles
665
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
639.91 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Just Smoke It! BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
#6,259 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1415
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1415
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Just Smoke It! BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,255 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1415
Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#6,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1415
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#6,258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1415
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Just Smoke It! BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#6,256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 3%
- Peak
- 1415
Level with Just Smoke It! BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark's Meats and Treats | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad to the Brisket | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKER Q | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| HOME COOKIN' BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Just Katie | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Homestead Smoke Shack | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Panther BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Murfy's BBQ Co. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8916 | 151.9772 | 163.32 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 150.8456 | 164.77 | top 56% |
| Pork | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 139.9884 | 161.06 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 136.4688 | 150.76 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didsbury Lions BBQ | 4 | 15 | 0 | top 88% | Jul 26, 2025 |
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 70% | Aug 30, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 57 times, behind 265
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Didsbury Lions BBQ
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20241 milestone
- Career-best overall score658.2060 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20233 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7772 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Didsbury Lions BBQ
- First call Didsbury Lions BBQ
- Peak power rating (1487) Didsbury Lions BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Aug 27, 2022 |
| -11.7 | Small Town Smoke Down | May 31, 2025 |
| -10.4 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Jul 27, 2024 |
| -9.6 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Aug 5, 2023 |
| -9.5 | Prairie Dog on the Bow | Aug 31, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 81% | 91.2% | 89.4% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 86% | 91.4% | 89.6% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 90.4% | 89.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 88% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2025 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 27 / 38 (656.5600) | 18 (168.5944) | 31 (162.2856) | 21 (167.4400) | 28 (158.2400) |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 24 / 32 (654.1716) | 26 (161.6916) | 10 (170.8572) | 26 (161.0856) | 22 (160.5372) |
| May 31, 2025 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 24 / 25 (619.2684) | 24 (151.9772) | 23 (159.4056) | 24 (155.9312) | 24 (151.9544) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 24 / 35 (658.2060) | 13 (170.8916) | 21 (166.2400) | 23 (165.1200) | 28 (155.9544) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 23 / 24 (643.8744) | 8 (171.9884) | 8 (170.2628) | 23 (155.9428) | 24 (145.6804) |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 26 / 28 (632.5264) | 27 (158.2744) | 25 (158.2744) | 14 (166.8688) | 27 (149.1088) |
| Sep 2, 2023 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 28 / 40 (650.7772) | 32 (159.9772) | 3 (175.4400) | 29 (163.3828) | 34 (151.9772) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 15 / 17 (631.8172) | 16 (162.8112) | 4 (172.5600) | 16 (155.9656) | 16 (140.4804) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB | 10 / 12 (642.2632) | 2 (174.8916) | 10 (150.8456) | 3 (174.2628) | 12 (142.2632) |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 28 / 36 (633.6916) | 28 (161.6800) | 13 (166.3316) | 36 (139.9884) | 16 (165.6916) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 18 / 19 (615.8632) | 19 (153.7144) | 15 (159.9772) | 9 (165.7028) | 18 (136.4688) |