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
- 2023-07-21
SMOKIN JOHNNY Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-04-28
latest 2024-07-19
Best ToY finish
#887
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.29
last 3 Master vs avg 642.29 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.15 · weakest Brisket (156.32)
Road miles
116
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.29 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
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.
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.
SMOKIN JOHNNY Q has 3 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 138 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before SMOKIN JOHNNY Q's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN JOHNNY Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before SMOKIN JOHNNY Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before SMOKIN JOHNNY Q'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 155.9428 | 162.82 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 153.0628 | 164.15 | top 53% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.7884 | 151.9428 | 159.01 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Buckeye BBQ Classic | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 77% | 2024-07-19 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2023-04-28 → 2024-07-19
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OH
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.15 · weakest Brisket (156.32)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
642.29
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
73
23–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
116
3 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$14,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Marietta River City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1493) Marietta River City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5540 The Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score665.5540 The Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 The Buckeye BBQ Classic
- 2024
- First call The Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest The Buckeye BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | 2024-07-19 |
| -6.9 | Marietta River City BBQ | 2023-04-28 |
| -1.4 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | 2023-07-21 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 92.4% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-19 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 29 / 33 (624.9256) | 29 (155.9428) | 10 (168.5600) | 30 (151.9428) | 28 (148.4800) |
| 2023-07-21 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 21 / 32 (665.5540) | 17 (168.5600) | 11 (170.8228) | 26 (162.7884) | 19 (163.3828) |
| 2023-04-28 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 34 / 42 (636.3996) | 28 (163.9656) | 39 (153.0628) | 26 (162.2856) | 32 (157.0856) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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) |