High-water mark
667.5088
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.5088 at Melbourne Barbecue Festival — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 3, 2018
THE SMOKING JOINT
THE SMOKING JOINT is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2018). Also listed in KCBS results as “*The Smoking Joint”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Feb 4, 2017
latest Oct 26, 2018 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.92 · weakest Brisket (158.64)
Road miles
9,619
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 9,619 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
650.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 1 GC
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 170.8456 | 158.8456 | 165.92 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 162.2744 | 165.72 | top 32% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 149.0856 | 159.79 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 147.9772 | 158.64 | top 59% |
“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
Busiest season
2018
2 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
First title
Feb 3, 2018
Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Opponents faced
155
finished ahead 69 times, behind 99
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20187 milestones
- First overall top-10 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall podium Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First Grand Championship Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.5088 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best overall score667.5088 Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1517) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8456 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 79 / 102 (652.5144) | 89 (158.8456) | 41 (170.2972) | 74 (161.7144) | 76 (161.6572) |
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn | 1 / 26 (667.5088) | 2 (168.0572) | 8 (164.5944) | 5 (168.5716) | 4 (166.2856) |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne | 22 / 43 (630.1828) | 2 (170.8456) | 11 (162.2744) | 39 (149.0856) | 37 (147.9772) |