High-water mark
680.5600
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.5600 at Small Town Smoke Down — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 3, 2023
Just Smoke It!
Just Smoke It! is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 8th of 23 at the Small Town Smoke Down (2023). Also listed in KCBS results as “Just Smoke It”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 22, 2014
latest Sep 16, 2023 · 9.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±41.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.85 · weakest Brisket (154.45)
Road miles
2,693
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,871 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
638.94 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Just Smoke It!, each with one reason worth a look.
Just Smoke It! has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 124 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,408 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
They turned up 5 years after Just Smoke It! did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Just Smoke It! on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Just Smoke It!'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Just Smoke It!'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Just Smoke It!'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 137.0400 | 156.33 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 151.3944 | 161.31 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5828 | 159.4284 | 166.85 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 134.2288 | 154.45 | top 70% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
2 of 5 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
80
finished ahead 32 times, behind 60
Longest layoff
8.8 yrs
Aug 22, 2014 → Jun 3, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20237 milestones
- First call Small Town Smoke Down
- First overall top-10 Small Town Smoke Down
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.5600 Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best overall score680.5600 Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5828 Small Town Smoke Down
- Peak power rating (1499) Small Town Smoke Down
- Most recent contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | Small Town Smoke Down | Jun 3, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | VA BBQ Championships | Aug 22, 2014 |
| -4.1 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) | Sep 16, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 52% | 94.5% | 92.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2023 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB | 20 / 29 (654.1600) | 20 (163.9428) | 18 (164.5372) | 15 (164.5484) | 21 (161.1316) |
| Jun 3, 2023 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 8 / 23 (680.5600) | 14 (168) | 13 (168) | 3 (176.5828) | 10 (167.9772) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA | 35 / 43 (582.0916) | 41 (137.0400) | 27 (151.3944) | 20 (159.4284) | 41 (134.2288) |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2013 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | — | — | — | — | — |