Just Blowin Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 17 at the Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #3688 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Just Blowin' Smoke”.
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
The teams rated closest to Just Blowin Smoke, each with one reason worth a look.
158 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Just Blowin Smoke has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Just Blowin Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with Just Blowin Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Just Blowin Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Compare careers| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 142.8456 | 155.64 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 158.2516 | 165.22 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 157.6456 | 163.78 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.2628 | 141.0856 | 157.70 | top 56% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 57% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.2 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 21, 2024 |
| +4.1 | Butler Chamber of Commerce BBQ & Huckster's Day | Sep 11, 2015 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| -7.3 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival | May 7, 2021 |
| -3.3 | SJV Winter Rub | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 100% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 85% | 85% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) Cameron, MO | 16 / 16 (310.2284) | 16 (142.8456) | 9 (167.3828) | — | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA | 5 / 17 (336.5716) | 12 (163.4516) | 3 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | 21 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Jan 27, 2023 | SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE | 22 / 31 (652.4916) | 14 (167.4172) | 22 (161.6916) | 27 (157.6456) | 16 (165.7372) |
| May 7, 2021 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK | 44 / 53 (611.8860) | 44 (150.2744) | 42 (158.2516) | 34 (162.2744) | 50 (141.0856) |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Butler Chamber of Commerce BBQ & Huckster's Day Butler, MO | 6 / 14 (655.9084) | 11 (154.2056) | 7 (164.0228) | 4 (171.4172) | 3 (166.2628) |