Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Chicken ×1
- Pork ×1
Smoken J's BBQ
Smoken J's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Kenai River BBQ Competition (2024). They finished #450 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 30, 2023
latest Jul 26, 2024 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
4
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±163.95
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 176.37 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.97)
Road miles
77
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$3,800
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
582.23 / 720
3 Master contests · 1 GC
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 170.2628 | 176.37 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 171.9884 | 171.9656 | 171.97 | top 43% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 171.9656 | 175.98 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 170.8228 | 174.84 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai River BBQ Competition | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 57% | May 31, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
First title
May 31, 2024
Kenai River BBQ Competition
Opponents faced
13
finished ahead 10 times, behind 11
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20247 milestones
- First overall podium Kenai River BBQ Competition
- First Grand Championship Kenai River BBQ Competition
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Kenai River BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score710.8228 Kenai River BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score710.8228 Kenai River BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1507) Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Kenai River BBQ Competition
- First call Kenai River BBQ Competition
- First category win (Chicken) Kenai River BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Kenai River BBQ Competition
- First multi-meat day Kenai River BBQ Competition
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2024 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eagle River, AK | 4 / 8 (685.0168) | 6 (170.2628) | 6 (171.9656) | 3 (171.9656) | 5 (170.8228) |
| May 31, 2024 | Kenai River BBQ Competition Soldotna, AK | 1 / 7 (710.8228) | 1 (180) | 3 (171.9656) | 1 (180) | 2 (178.8572) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Kenai River BBQ Competition Soldotna, AK | 9 / 9 (350.8456) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (171.9884) | — | — |