Smokin Hot J's

Smokin Hot J's is a competition barbecue team with 55 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon (2014), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #792 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#792

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1628

peak 1668 · rated over 53 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest Mar 23, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#193

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

22 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 55 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

689.1200 / 720

Master · 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

662.42 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 661.25 (+1.17)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Cedar Fest BBQ

Consistency

±34.44

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.06 · weakest Brisket (163.64)

Road miles

15,750

across 55 mapped stops · furthest 1,033 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

661.25 / 720

55 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (18 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon (Apr 4, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 22-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ.

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon.

Apr 4, 2014

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 13%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 37 of 55 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 55 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.1200 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.1200 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 2, 2014

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smokin Hot J's 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2014 1 Grand Championship

2014 was the year it came together: 12 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

12 contests
3 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 27%

A tough matchup

26–4 behind in the head-to-head

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 87% of their meetings

CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 26 of their 30 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.41 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 28% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 163.64
Chicken avg 168.06
15 calls in 54 entries

The drought

49 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon on Apr 4, 2014 — 49 contests and 12.5 years ago.

last GC Apr 4, 2014
12.5 years ago

A strong matchup

10–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOOCHEWSOOEY in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

23 of 30 shared chicken entries lost

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CLARK CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 23 of 30 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 20 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Mar 15, 2013).

Mar 15, 2013
20-team field

Going the wrong way

-27 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 27 points across 7 contests since Mar 23, 2018 — from 1655 down to 1628.

7 contests since Mar 23, 2018
now 1628

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

JARHEAD-Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 31% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

15,750 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,750 miles across 55 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,033 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

55 mapped stops
furthest 1,033 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#1170 (200 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1009 (285 pts)	#1001 (285 pts)	#1260 (185 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#752 (435 pts)	#894 (365 pts)	#863 (400 pts)	#564 (665 pts)	#850 (395 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#284 (1,247 pts)	#267 (1,212 pts)	#116 (1,747 pts)	#178 (1,477 pts)	#330 (1,127 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1161 (260 pts)	#1457 (195 pts)	#1649 (165 pts)	#943 (400 pts)	#1560 (175 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#193 (1,547 pts)	#119 (1,681 pts)	#143 (1,642 pts)	#224 (1,311 pts)	#225 (1,397 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#211 (1,468 pts)	#226 (1,348 pts)	#245 (1,308 pts)	#104 (1,793 pts)	#217 (1,428 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Smokin Hot J's, each with one reason worth a look.

31 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ

#798 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1694

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Smokin Hot J's)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 55 contests
last seen Oct 26, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS

#793 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1649

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Smokin Hot J's)

Fewer contests behind them than Smokin Hot J's has cooked, 34 to 55, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 33 contests
last seen Oct 12, 2018

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FRONT DOOR GANG

#796 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1641

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Smokin Hot J's)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Smokin Hot J's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Three Brothers Different Mothers

#797 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 110
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1721

2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to Smokin Hot J's)

They've been 1721 at their best, 93 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 110 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Hoggy Style BBQ

#794 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1631

30 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Compare careers

615 BBQ

#795 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1628

Level with Smokin Hot J's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 3, 2021

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	32	10	22	31%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	30	4	26	13%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	25	9	16	36%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	24	5	19	21%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	18	10	8	56%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	55	18	3	6	178.8572	151.3484	168.06	top 39%
Pork Ribs	55	22	1	6	178.2972	138.2628	166.89	top 38%
Pork	55	22	4	7	180 🔥	20	165.63	top 38%
Brisket	54	15	0	3	174.2972	137.1426	163.64	top 45%

“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)	24	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	31	1	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	23	1	top 43%
TX	11	0	top 26%
CO	10	0	top 37%
MO	4	0	top 38%
NM	2	0	top 18%
NV	2	0	top 87%
KS	1	0	top 49%
MT	1	0	top 27%
LA	1	0	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
National Western BBQ Throwdown	3	6	0	top 37%	Jan 11, 2019
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	18	0	top 54%	Sep 4, 2015
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2	1	1	top 13%	Apr 3, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2	23	0	top 87%	Apr 21, 2017
Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	2	27	0	top 60%	Mar 25, 2017
Cedar Fest BBQ	2	8	0	top 14%	Apr 1, 2016
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	2	2	0	top 6%	Feb 25, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	7	0	top 25%	Mar 13, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 16 contests

Contests a season 7.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 23 of 55 contests · 9 states in all

Contests visited 45 8 of them more than once

First title Apr 4, 2014 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon

Opponents faced 1,786 finished ahead 2,479 times, behind 1,558

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20191 milestone

Mar 23 Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2

20181 milestone

Mar 24 50th tracked contest Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2

20171 milestone

Mar 24 Peak power rating (1668) Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)

20162 milestones

Feb 25 First Reserve Championship Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Apr 1 First perfect 180 (Pork) Cedar Fest BBQ

20151 milestone

May 8 25th tracked contest Boots & BBQ Festival

20146 milestones

Apr 4 First overall podium Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Apr 4 First Grand Championship Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Apr 4 Biggest field won (40 teams) Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Apr 11 First category win (Pork) 9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
May 9 10th tracked contest Boots & BBQ Festival
Oct 2 Career-best overall score689.1200 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

20134 milestones

Mar 15 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 15 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 15 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2854 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.6	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	Apr 4, 2014
+13.5	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	May 2, 2014
+12.1	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	Feb 25, 2016
+12	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	Feb 26, 2015
+10.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 14, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-19.1	Boats, Bands, & BBQ	May 19, 2017
-15	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2013
-14.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Apr 19, 2013
-13.8	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	Mar 25, 2017
-11.5	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2	Mar 24, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2019	3	0	0	0	33%	top 69%	92.8%	91.8%
2018	5	0	1	0	40%	top 54%	93.7%	92%
2017	12	0	6	4	83%	top 40%	95.2%	91.7%
2016	3	0	2	1	67%	top 28%	94.3%	92.4%
2015	16	0	8	1	69%	top 33%	95.6%	93.2%
2014	12	1	3	2	83%	top 27%	95.7%	92.5%
2013	4	0	1	0	25%	top 62%	92.1%	84.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 23, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	48 / 62 (659.8856)	32 (170.2744)	37 (167.3828)	37 (167.4400)	60 (154.7884)
Mar 22, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	55 / 74 (654.7656)	40 (168.0228)	69 (153.0972)	23 (170.8228)	47 (162.8228)
Jan 11, 2019	National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO	21 / 38 (667.8856)	30 (161.6800)	7 (172)	8 (171.4056)	24 (162.8000)
Oct 19, 2018	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	24 / 48 (654.7428)	31 (163.3828)	24 (164.5372)	12 (173.1200)	35 (153.7028)
Jul 27, 2018	BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO	9 / 35 (674.8004)	16 (166.8228)	8 (170.8688)	4 (171.4172)	13 (165.6916)
Mar 24, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	69 / 79 (657.6460)	59 (167.4400)	43 (168.5716)	77 (154.8000)	46 (166.8344)
Mar 23, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	56 / 84 (661.6000)	68 (162.2512)	44 (166.2744)	67 (161.6572)	23 (171.4172)
Jan 5, 2018	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	16 / 39 (663.9432)	21 (164)	28 (159.9544)	4 (176.5600)	20 (163.4288)
Jul 28, 2017	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	21 / 43 (673.6572)	3 (178.2972)	11 (173.1316)	30 (163.3828)	29 (158.8456)
Jul 21, 2017	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	11 / 46 (673.6456)	21 (168)	4 (174.8688)	38 (157.0740)	2 (173.7028)
Jun 16, 2017	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT	7 / 26 (679.3260)	4 (171.4172)	2 (176.5716)	9 (169.6800)	14 (161.6572)
Jun 9, 2017	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	5 / 26 (677.0284)	1 (176.5600)	9 (166.8228)	2 (176.5600)	16 (157.0856)
May 26, 2017	The Wind Rider Music & BBQ Festival (WFC QUALIFIER) Ruidoso, NM	4 / 36 (685.6912)	6 (172.0228)	1 (178.2972)	7 (174.2628)	21 (161.1084)
May 19, 2017	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO	34 / 36 (502.8000)	10 (169.7256)	16 (165.6916)	14 (167.3828)	—
May 12, 2017	Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO	10 / 31 (676.5488)	17 (166.8572)	8 (171.4516)	16 (166.2400)	7 (172)
Apr 21, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	23 / 30 (669.6116)	26 (166.2516)	13 (171.4172)	18 (170.2628)	24 (161.6800)
Apr 14, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	5 / 30 (676.4572)	26 (158.8000)	5 (171.9888)	1 (174.2628)	4 (171.4056)
Mar 25, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Shawnee, OK	68 / 77 (648.9256)	76 (151.3484)	47 (167.3944)	45 (169.6684)	54 (160.5144)
Mar 24, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK	27 / 87 (679.9544)	33 (169.7028)	36 (168.5944)	5 (177.7144)	58 (163.9428)
Jan 6, 2017	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	6 / 38 (680.4688)	14 (167.3828)	2 (176)	1 (177.7144)	22 (159.3716)
Apr 1, 2016	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	8 / 67 (653.6912)	10 (165.7256)	48 (147.4056)	1 (180)	22 (160.5600)
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	39 / 58 (663.3028)	40 (166.2284)	40 (163.3944)	14 (171.4172)	46 (162.2628)
Feb 25, 2016	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	2 / 42 (678.8228)	5 (172)	7 (172.5600)	19 (164)	6 (170.2628)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	263 / 606 (656.5252)	202 (167.4056)	383 (161.0968)	363 (161.7372)	202 (166.2856)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	140 / 187 (664.5260)	126 (166.8572)	145 (162.8344)	71 (169.7144)	134 (165.1200)
Sep 18, 2015	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff Ponca City, OK	7 / 32 (674.8456)	6 (172.5828)	9 (168)	12 (167.9656)	8 (166.2972)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	18 / 70 (662.2056)	8 (171.4056)	12 (169.6800)	35 (164.5372)	53 (156.5828)
Aug 28, 2015	Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	4 / 57 (686.2404)	11 (172.5600)	9 (173.1432)	9 (171.4172)	10 (169.1200)
Aug 7, 2015	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK	8 / 26 (677.0856)	7 (174.2972)	10 (169.7028)	4 (174.8572)	15 (158.2284)
Jun 5, 2015	Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK	11 / 30 (675.9200)	1 (178.8572)	5 (174.2628)	17 (165.6800)	19 (157.1200)
May 8, 2015	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	18 / 29 (670.8348)	6 (176)	22 (161.6688)	10 (172.0344)	21 (161.1316)
May 1, 2015	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	6 / 81 (688.6060)	16 (170.2972)	4 (176.0116)	15 (172)	7 (170.2972)
Apr 17, 2015	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	18 / 75 (677.7028)	31 (167.4284)	18 (170.8344)	24 (170.8228)	22 (168.6172)
Apr 10, 2015	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	9 / 53 (655.9544)	14 (165.1428)	2 (174.8572)	36 (151.3944)	12 (164.5600)
Apr 3, 2015	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	8 / 34 (662.7888)	15 (159.9772)	2 (174.8688)	18 (162.2628)	8 (165.6800)
Mar 21, 2015	2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	61 / 82 (671.3596)	59 (169.7028)	54 (166.8456)	29 (171.9656)	69 (162.8456)
Mar 20, 2015	3rd Annual Smokin At The Run Miami, OK	37 / 87 (674.8000)	19 (174.2856)	57 (163.9772)	34 (170.8228)	42 (165.7144)
Mar 13, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	8 / 30 (658.2516)	3 (170.3088)	16 (159.9772)	9 (161.1428)	6 (166.8228)
Feb 26, 2015	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	5 / 61 (684.6400)	7 (170.8572)	21 (166.2856)	4 (173.7372)	3 (173.7600)
Oct 24, 2014	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	12 / 34 (666.8800)	18 (166.8800)	19 (155.9772)	8 (172.0228)	6 (172)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	134 / 552 (669.7144)	337 (162.3200)	12 (176.5828)	231 (165.6916)	207 (165.1200)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	16 / 165 (689.1200)	23 (174.2972)	25 (173.7028)	99 (166.8228)	29 (174.2972)
Sep 19, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	13 / 29 (674.2288)	18 (169.1084)	7 (170.3088)	13 (169.1316)	16 (165.6800)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	29 / 76 (647.3140)	41 (160.5600)	27 (163.9428)	2 (173.7600)	60 (149.0512)
Jun 27, 2014	Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK	15 / 37 (667.4172)	20 (165.7600)	3 (177.7144)	17 (166.8228)	22 (157.1200)
May 9, 2014	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	14 / 29 (673.7032)	9 (173.1772)	11 (169.6916)	19 (165.1200)	17 (165.7144)
May 2, 2014	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	5 / 80 (684.5372)	14 (170.2972)	12 (170.2744)	7 (171.4056)	4 (172.5600)
Apr 25, 2014	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	14 / 62 (637.1196)	1 (173.1428)	53 (138.2628)	3 (171.9884)	24 (153.7256)
Apr 11, 2014	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	18 / 64 (665.7032)	36 (163.4172)	48 (154.2744)	1 (178.8572)	13 (169.1544)
Apr 4, 2014	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	1 / 40 (661.7484)	3 (164)	10 (160.5828)	4 (164.5484)	2 (172.6172)
Mar 14, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	7 / 29 (650.7428)	14 (164)	10 (164.5372)	12 (158.8000)	4 (163.4056)
Aug 31, 2013	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	87 / 89 (493.6456)	32 (161.7028)	43 (158.2972)	88 (20)	59 (153.6456)
May 3, 2013	Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK	25 / 88 (662.8570)	11 (173.7142)	16 (169.7142)	63 (156)	35 (163.4286)
Apr 19, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	29 / 30 (611.9998)	15 (164.5712)	26 (150.2858)	18 (160.0002)	30 (137.1426)
Mar 15, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Albuquerque, NM	5 / 20 (654.2854)	9 (164)	9 (162.2856)	10 (160)	4 (167.9998)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Smokin Hot J's

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (18 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

Going the wrong way

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)