A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Joe Bears BBQ
Joe Bears BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 29th of 61 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2024). They are ranked #4576 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Joe Bear's BBQ” and “Joe Bear�s BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Jan 25, 2019
latest Jan 24, 2025 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
10%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.70
spread of their Backyard (4-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.01 · weakest Brisket (145.76)
Road miles
13
across 10 mapped stops
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$125K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
326.49 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
605.56 / 720
4 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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 Joe Bears BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,560 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Joe Bears BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Joe Bears BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Level with Joe Bears BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Joe Bears BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,591 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Joe Bears BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkganic BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Burning Bush BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Gourmet Rednecks | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Smoke Showin' | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of Hamarchy | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| 92 BB Crew | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Barely Sober BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Rusty Pig | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Guinea Pigs BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Double Barrel Smokers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 146.2284 | 159.01 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 140.4572 | 157.20 | top 65% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9312 | 143.9656 | 152.90 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 129.0860 | 145.76 | top 79% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 6 | 29 | 0 | top 72% | Jan 24, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
10 of 10 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
347
finished ahead 180 times, behind 442
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 24, 2020 → Jan 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9200 Lakeland Pig Festival
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score626.7772 Lakeland Pig Festival
20193 milestones
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1428 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1497) Lakeland Pig Festival
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest The Tiger Town Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
| -8.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| -6.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -4.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
| -3.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 25, 2019 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 86% | 86% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 38 / 40 (325.0516) | 34 (162.2516) | 37 (162.8000) | 36 (159.9312) | 46 (146.7428) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 29 / 61 (327.9200) | 35 (161.0972) | 24 (166.8228) | 46 (156.5028) | 45 (150.8116) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 42 / 51 (626.7772) | 35 (161.0972) | 51 (149.7256) | 45 (154.8116) | 30 (161.1428) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 38 / 60 (587.6912) | 40 (146.2284) | 41 (140.4572) | 35 (151.9084) | 31 (149.0972) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 43 / 53 (588.4232) | 27 (161.1200) | 38 (154.2516) | 45 (143.9656) | 48 (129.0860) |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 37 / 58 (619.3372) | 26 (162.2744) | 9 (169.1428) | 39 (150.2628) | 48 (137.6572) |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30, 2015 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23, 2014 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |