A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
JANKY LEG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JANKY LEG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokehouse Gang
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-10-28
latest 2023-09-08
Best ToY finish
#818
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.62
last 4 Master vs avg 633.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.69 · weakest Brisket (152.67)
Road miles
256
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
92%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1633)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
633.62 / 720
4 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 comeback
6.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.6 years, then back at 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 (2023-05-19).
- last seen 2016-10-28
- back 2023-05-19
They cook the hard rooms
1633
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 92% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1633 power rating — a tougher draw than 92% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated 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.
Smokehouse Gang has 4 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 151 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.
#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokehouse Gang on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Smokehouse Gang did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 153.6456 | 163.69 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 147.3600 | 154.99 | top 91% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 156.5372 | 162.28 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 142.2172 | 152.67 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.9 yrs
2016-10-28 → 2023-09-08
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.69 · weakest Brisket (152.67)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
633.62
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
12–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
256
4 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
1633
average field rating faced — tougher than 92% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.6 yrs
2016-10-28 → 2023-05-19
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Dickson County Smoke Fest
- Peak power rating (1487) Dickson County Smoke Fest
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5376 Primo BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score648.5376 Primo BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Primo BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Primo BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Dickson County Smoke Fest | 2016-10-28 |
| -5.8 | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 | 2023-05-19 |
| -4.4 | Primo BBQ Bash | 2023-09-08 |
| -2.7 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | 2023-06-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 90.1% | 89% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-08 | Primo BBQ Bash 🏅 Poplar Bluff, MO | 24 / 28 (648.5376) | 12 (171.4172) | 24 (159.9772) | 14 (167.4516) | 27 (149.6916) |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN | 20 / 25 (644.4000) | 20 (162.8000) | 24 (147.3600) | 20 (162.8344) | 13 (171.4056) |
| 2023-05-19 | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 🏅 Union City, TN | 16 / 18 (629.6688) | 12 (166.8800) | 18 (153.1428) | 16 (162.2972) | 17 (147.3488) |
| 2016-10-28 | Dickson County Smoke Fest Dickson, TN | 39 / 40 (611.8744) | 40 (153.6456) | 33 (159.4744) | 40 (156.5372) | 40 (142.2172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #818 (163 pts) | #827 (183 pts) | #1071 (133 pts) | #861 (163 pts) | #794 (193 pts) |