DOUBLE J SMOKERS

DOUBLE J SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 18th of 29 at the Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews (2024). They are ranked #6360 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,360

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1397

peak 1397 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 16, 2015

latest Sep 6, 2024 · 8.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#820

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

661.6344 / 720

Master · Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 616.07 (+34.11)

Walk rate

19%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Chicken · Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

Consistency

±32.47

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 156.50 · weakest Pork (150.53)

Road miles

2,499

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 583 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$114K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

616.07 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PIG IN A PIT has finished one call ahead of DOUBLE J SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–1 behind in the head-to-head

ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.98 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 10%.

Pork avg 150.53
Chicken avg 156.50
0 calls in 21 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 1 2 BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at SLV Beat the Heat BBQ (Aug 6, 2021).

last seen Aug 2, 2019
back Aug 6, 2021

Chicken nemesis

12 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BAR-B-KILTS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#820 (149 pts)	#1042 (114 pts)	#798 (209 pts)	#794 (184 pts)	#753 (209 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#932 (122 pts)	#639 (287 pts)	#1042 (142 pts)	#1070 (117 pts)	#985 (122 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DOUBLE J SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

2 SKINNY COOKS

#6,361 of the rated field

1397 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1397

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Oct 12, 2018

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SMOKIN BIG DAWGS

#6,362 of the rated field

1397 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1397

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before DOUBLE J SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 16 contests

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BOAR-N-Q

#6,366 of the rated field

1396 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1396

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 2, 2022

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TOBACCO ROAD PITMASTERS

#6,363 of the rated field

1397 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1397

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2025

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Royal Smoke

#6,359 of the rated field

1397 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1397

Level with DOUBLE J SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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PIPIN' HOT SMOKERS BBQ

#6,365 of the rated field

1396 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1396

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2024

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
3 LIL' MACS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
303 BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	2	1	176	143.9428	156.50	top 77%
Pork Ribs	21	2	0	169.7260	140.5032	156.43	top 73%
Pork	21	0	0	172.5716	20	150.53	top 78%
Brisket	21	0	0	170.2628	129.6572	152.60	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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 84%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CO	19	0	top 82%
OK	2	0	top 82%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	3	18	top 75%	Aug 9, 2024
San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	3	38	top 96%	Aug 2, 2019
Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2	19	top 80%	Jun 21, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 19 of 21 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 16 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 341 finished ahead 155 times, behind 681

Longest layoff 2 yrs Aug 2, 2019 → Aug 6, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20242 milestones

Sep 6 Career-best overall score661.6344 Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest
Sep 6 Most recent contest Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

20231 milestone

Aug 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

20221 milestone

Aug 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7544 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

20181 milestone

Jun 22 10th tracked contest 2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest

20153 milestones

Oct 16 First tracked contest Grills and Grilles
Oct 16 First call Grills and Grilles
Oct 16 Peak power rating (1494) Grills and Grilles

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.9	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	Aug 9, 2024
+0.9	Frisco BBQ Challenge	Jun 16, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	Boats, Bands, & BBQ	May 19, 2017
-11.2	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	Aug 4, 2017
-9.9	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	Jul 21, 2017
-8.6	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	Aug 2, 2019
-7.8	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	Jun 22, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	2	50%	top 71%	91.9%	91.3%
2023	2	50%	top 81%	89.3%	89%
2022	2	0%	top 72%	90.9%	89.5%
2021	1	0%	top 90%	88.3%	88.3%
2019	3	0%	top 81%	86.8%	84.4%
2018	4	0%	top 86%	85.3%	83.8%
2017	4	25%	top 89%	85.1%	80.8%
2016	2	0%	top 81%	85.8%	85.1%
2015	1	100%	top 79%	87.1%	87.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 6, 2024	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	29 / 36 (661.6344)	31 (162.8228)	33 (155.9772)	15 (172.5716)	14 (170.2628)
Aug 9, 2024	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	18 / 29 (653.5656)	26 (155.3828)	8 (169.1200)	21 (163.3828)	17 (165.6800)
Aug 11, 2023	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	23 / 27 (643.2916)	3 (176)	26 (150.2288)	24 (155.9656)	23 (161.0972)
Jun 16, 2023	Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	32 / 42 (637.6344)	33 (157.1200)	19 (168.5716)	38 (151.9772)	25 (159.9656)
Aug 5, 2022	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	27 / 35 (654.7544)	26 (165.0972)	23 (164.5716)	25 (161.1200)	24 (163.9656)
Jun 16, 2022	Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	25 / 37 (633.6112)	28 (164)	29 (159.9544)	34 (152.5140)	22 (157.1428)
Aug 6, 2021	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	38 / 42 (635.8400)	41 (157.0744)	35 (161.1428)	30 (163.4172)	33 (154.2056)
Aug 2, 2019	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	53 / 54 (588.4000)	46 (154.7884)	52 (147.3944)	45 (156.5600)	53 (129.6572)
Jun 21, 2019	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	19 / 26 (609.5200)	18 (155.3828)	22 (146.1944)	22 (150.7884)	13 (157.1544)
Jun 14, 2019	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	40 / 55 (625.0744)	48 (147.9772)	17 (166.8456)	37 (157.1200)	41 (153.1316)
Aug 3, 2018	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	38 / 41 (614.1260)	37 (154.8116)	36 (153.1428)	34 (158.8000)	38 (147.3716)
Jun 22, 2018	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	27 / 31 (595.7836)	28 (153.6572)	21 (154.2516)	26 (147.9544)	27 (139.9204)
Jun 15, 2018	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	47 / 62 (596.9828)	50 (149.0628)	47 (151.4056)	43 (151.4056)	49 (145.1088)
Jun 8, 2018	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	27 / 31 (607.8056)	29 (143.9428)	28 (151.4172)	23 (159.3828)	23 (153.0628)
Aug 4, 2017	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	43 / 44 (612.8916)	44 (144.4684)	36 (158.2516)	36 (158.8228)	41 (151.3488)
Jul 21, 2017	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	43 / 46 (604.3316)	42 (146.7656)	46 (140.5032)	37 (157.6800)	31 (159.3828)
Jun 16, 2017	24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	40 / 59 (608.3776)	30 (163.9772)	48 (146.2288)	46 (153.1200)	46 (145.0516)
May 19, 2017	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO	35 / 36 (501.6000)	8 (171.4284)	31 (155.9544)	36 (20)	24 (154.2172)
Jun 17, 2016	23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	44 / 58 (617.5540)	54 (147.9428)	43 (152.5372)	39 (159.4056)	32 (157.6684)
May 13, 2016	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	24 / 28 (607.2800)	25 (150.8344)	20 (161.7028)	21 (163.9656)	28 (130.7772)
Oct 16, 2015	Grills and Grilles Broken Arrow, OK	30 / 38 (627.3488)	21 (164)	8 (169.7260)	35 (145.0972)	32 (148.5256)

DOUBLE J SMOKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)