SMOKIN JOHNNY Q

SMOKIN JOHNNY Q is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 21st of 32 at The Buckeye BBQ Classic (2023). They finished #887 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1484

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 28, 2023

latest Jul 19, 2024 · 1.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#887

Master 2023 · every season

Avg finish

top 78%

overall standings

Best overall

665.5540 / 720

Master · The Buckeye BBQ Classic

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8228

Pork Ribs · The Buckeye BBQ Classic

Consistency

±17.10

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.15 · weakest Brisket (156.32)

Road miles

116

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Purse competed for

$14K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

642.29 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

665.5540 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.5540 at The Buckeye BBQ Classic — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 21, 2023

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CIRCLE L BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN JOHNNY Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

BooyaQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BooyaQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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	#1480 (58 pts)	#1512 (58 pts)	#970 (133 pts)	#1491 (58 pts)	#1480 (58 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#887 (137 pts)	#903 (157 pts)	#893 (187 pts)	#1070 (117 pts)	#920 (147 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	168.5600	155.9428	162.82	top 69%
Pork Ribs	3	1	170.8228	153.0628	164.15	top 53%
Pork	3	0	162.7884	151.9428	159.01	top 78%
Brisket	3	0	163.3828	148.4800	156.32	top 73%

“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
The Buckeye BBQ Classic	2	21	0	top 77%	Jul 19, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OH 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 73 finished ahead 23 times, behind 81

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

20242 milestones

Jul 19 First call The Buckeye BBQ Classic
Jul 19 Most recent contest The Buckeye BBQ Classic

20235 milestones

Apr 28 First tracked contest Marietta River City BBQ
Apr 28 Peak power rating (1493) Marietta River City BBQ
Jul 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5540 The Buckeye BBQ Classic
Jul 21 Career-best overall score665.5540 The Buckeye BBQ Classic
Jul 21 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 The Buckeye BBQ Classic

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 19, 2024	The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	29 / 33 (624.9256)	29 (155.9428)	10 (168.5600)	30 (151.9428)	28 (148.4800)
Jul 21, 2023	The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	21 / 32 (665.5540)	17 (168.5600)	11 (170.8228)	26 (162.7884)	19 (163.3828)
Apr 28, 2023	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	34 / 42 (636.3996)	28 (163.9656)	39 (153.0628)	26 (162.2856)	32 (157.0856)