High-water mark
682.7544
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.7544 at 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-01-04
SMOKED QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-06-10
latest 2024-01-04
Best ToY finish
#1014
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.23
last 3 Master vs avg 668.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.54 · weakest Chicken (162.80)
Road miles
2,288
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 936 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
668.23 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
3.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.7 years, then back at 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show (2024-01-04).
- last seen 2020-04-06
- back 2024-01-04
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.
SMOKED QUE 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 114 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.
#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKED QUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKED QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2922 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1514
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SMOKED QUE)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before SMOKED QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKED QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 154.7772 | 162.80 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 163.9772 | 168.54 | top 42% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 160.4912 | 167.19 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 159.9540 | 167.26 | top 41% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.6 yrs
2016-06-10 → 2024-01-04
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.54 · weakest Chicken (162.80)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
668.23
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
216
92–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,288
4 mapped stops · furthest 936 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
2020-04-06 → 2024-01-04
Power rating
1507
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
- 2017
- First call Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- First overall top-10 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1600 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- 2024
- Career-best overall score682.7544 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5716 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Peak power rating (1507) 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Most recent contest 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | 2017-02-17 |
| +1.9 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | 2024-01-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.5 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin | 2016-06-10 |
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 40% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-04 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 17 / 43 (682.7544) | 30 (166.2400) | 18 (171.9772) | 26 (167.9656) | 5 (176.5716) |
| 2020-04-06 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 76 / 109 (159.9540) | — | — | — | 76 (159.9540) |
| 2017-02-17 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL | 8 / 26 (674.1600) | 9 (167.3828) | 11 (163.9772) | 4 (173.1200) | 6 (169.6800) |
| 2016-06-10 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin Fitzgerald, GA | 18 / 26 (647.7828) | 23 (154.7772) | 11 (169.6800) | 20 (160.4912) | 16 (162.8344) |
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 | #1014 (100 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1175 (95 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #786 (185 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2106 (86 pts) | #2347 (61 pts) | #1879 (121 pts) | #2234 (76 pts) | #2139 (96 pts) |