A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
309 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
309 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Just A Smokin BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-06-17
latest 2024-06-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
314.24
last 3 Backyard vs avg 314.24 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.44
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.24)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Purse competed for
$8K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
314.24 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Just A Smokin BBQ 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 146 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Just A Smokin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Just A Smokin BBQ'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 | 168.0000 | 161.1428 | 163.99 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 143.3944 | 150.24 | top 84% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 20 | 0 | top 82% | 2024-06-14 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2022-06-17 → 2024-06-14
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.24)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
314.24
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
57
17–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,650
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2022-06-17 → 2023-06-17
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- Peak power rating (1489) Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- 2023
- Career-best overall score320.5028 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2024
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.0000 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) | 2022-06-17 |
| -10.9 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-06-14 |
| -4.6 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-06-17 |
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)
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 | 0% | top 90% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 89% | 89% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-14 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 36 / 40 (311.3944) | 11 (168.0000) | 40 (143.3944) | — | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 23 / 33 (320.5028) | 18 (162.8344) | 23 (157.6684) | — | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) Morris, IL | 20 / 23 (310.8112) | 17 (161.1428) | 19 (149.6684) | — | — |