S SMITH POA 08172011

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of James L. Marvin and Nancy A. Griffin,
signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of
and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
John Bean Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the ?Company?), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the ?Exchange
Act?);

(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorneys-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided
to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;

(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by either attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will
be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as
such attorney-in-fact, in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3) neither the Company nor either attorney-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned
for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting
requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to
be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, with
full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the above
named attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 17th day of August 2011.

STEVEN R. SMITH


By: /s/ Steven R. Smith
Steven R. Smith