Slow Joe BBQ 2
Slow Joe BBQ 2 is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 6th of 14 at the Slow Joe's Barn Burner (2020). They finished #596 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 15, 2020
latest Aug 26, 2023 · 3 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 173.14 · weakest Brisket (143.11)
Road miles
74
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
645.32 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.9656 | 162.2284 | 167.10 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 172.5600 | 173.14 | top 32% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 159.3828 | 161.98 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3716 | 134.8456 | 143.11 | top 96% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
25
finished ahead 9 times, behind 24
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Aug 15, 2020 → Aug 26, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
20206 milestones
- First tracked contest Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- First call Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- First overall top-10 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6232 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Career-best overall score661.6232 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2023 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp | 20 / 21 (629.0168) | 14 (162.2284) | 6 (172.5600) | 16 (159.3828) | 21 (134.8456) |
| Aug 15, 2020 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum | 6 / 14 (661.6232) | 3 (171.9656) | 5 (173.7144) | 10 (164.5716) | 13 (151.3716) |