A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
BAD ROOSTER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAD ROOSTER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Smokin Joe's
Smokin Joe's is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 26 at the Honeybee BBQ Competition (2025). They are ranked #5434 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin' Joes” and “Smokin Joes”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Apr 24, 2015
latest May 30, 2025 · 10.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
11% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±53.96
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.47 · weakest Chicken (142.47)
Road miles
916
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 624 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
578.96 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
323.04 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
472.98 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin Joe's, each with one reason worth a look.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,441 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Smokin Joe's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,425 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
They turned up 10 years after Smokin Joe's did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#5,442 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Level with Smokin Joe's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 50 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiggle Butts BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| THE FAT GUYZ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Southern Life BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8460 | 20 | 142.47 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 138.3088 | 151.88 | top 79% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 123.4400 | 156.47 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 126.8116 | 146.47 | top 92% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Boogie & Blues | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 98% | Apr 26, 2024 |
| Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 45% | May 30, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
7 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
204
finished ahead 60 times, behind 274
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
Apr 20, 2018 → Sep 24, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First call Honeybee BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.1712 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Honeybee BBQ Competition
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score636.4232 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8460 BBQ Boogie & Blues
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1493) Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | Honeybee BBQ Competition | May 30, 2025 |
| +0.8 | BBQ & Boogie | Apr 25, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Apr 29, 2022 |
| -12.1 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Sep 24, 2021 |
| -11.7 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues | Apr 26, 2024 |
| -11.3 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues | Apr 20, 2018 |
| -6.6 | Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition | Apr 24, 2015 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 90.6% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.6% | 77.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 77.2% | 77.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 8 / 26 (326.1712) | 9 (167.3828) | 8 (158.7884) | 9 (164.5600) | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | BBQ & Boogie 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 17 / 32 (319.9084) | 13 (159.9656) | 17 (159.9428) | 14 (160.5256) | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 33 / 34 (634.0800) | 29 (163.3828) | 33 (150.2056) | 25 (166.8572) | 33 (153.6344) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 15 / 25 (472.9828) | 14 (156.5488) | 13 (159.9428) | 13 (156.4912) | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 37 / 37 (491.3144) | 37 (20) | 37 (149.6572) | 25 (166.2628) | 33 (155.3944) |
| Sep 24, 2021 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 26 / 27 (636.4232) | 15 (170.8460) | 27 (152.5372) | 24 (158.2400) | 24 (154.8000) |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnesville, GA | 25 / 25 (555.9200) | 25 (145.1200) | 24 (145.6572) | 25 (123.4400) | 25 (141.7028) |
| Apr 21, 2017 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK | 25 / 31 (577.0744) | 25 (156.5484) | 31 (138.3088) | 24 (155.4056) | 27 (126.8116) |