High-water mark
667.8860
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8860 at Shenandoah ShenDig — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-07-17
SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ
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
2016-09-16
latest 2026-07-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.73
last 4 Master vs avg 647.73 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.29
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.13)
Road miles
87
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
647.73 / 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKE DOCTOR in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Tri City BBQ Fest (2022-09-16).
- last seen 2016-09-16
- back 2022-09-16
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.
SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ 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 144 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
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#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ 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, 7 years before SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ'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 | 162.8456 | 160.5140 | 161.96 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 147.3828 | 158.13 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 162.2512 | 165.25 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 153.6800 | 162.39 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri City BBQ Fest | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 78% | 2024-09-20 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.8 yrs
2016-09-16 → 2026-07-17
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
647.73
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
24–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
87
4 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
1590
average field rating faced — tougher than 71% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$31,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6 yrs
2016-09-16 → 2022-09-16
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1497) Tri City BBQ Fest
- 2024
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.2916 Tri City BBQ Fest
- 2026
- Career-best overall score667.8860 Shenandoah ShenDig
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.6800 Shenandoah ShenDig
- Most recent contest Shenandoah ShenDig
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2022-09-16 |
| -6.8 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2024-09-20 |
| -6.3 | Shenandoah ShenDig | 2026-07-17 |
| -3.5 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2016-09-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 91% | 91% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 89% | 89% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA | 24 / 28 (667.8860) | 26 (161.6688) | 24 (168.0000) | 21 (169.6800) | 17 (168.5372) |
| 2024-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 24 / 30 (655.2916) | 26 (162.8232) | 24 (161.1084) | 22 (165.6800) | 20 (165.6800) |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 21 / 25 (640.4568) | 21 (160.5140) | 23 (156.0116) | 18 (162.2512) | 22 (161.6800) |
| 2016-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 24 / 34 (627.2796) | 19 (162.8456) | 32 (147.3828) | 20 (163.3712) | 27 (153.6800) |