A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BRATS & BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2014-05-16
Best ToY finish
#1264
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
603.08
last 4 Master vs avg 603.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.41 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Road miles
44
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
603.08 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BRATS & BBQ 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 116 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.
#5354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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#5353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BRATS & BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5358 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Level with BRATS & BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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#5343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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#5347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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 | 158.3200 | 150.8570 | 153.28 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8572 | 144.5144 | 148.98 | top 89% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 149.7140 | 154.41 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2860 | 129.6688 | 146.41 | top 82% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 91% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2014-05-16
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.41 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
603.08
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
149
17–160 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
44
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1513
average field rating faced — tougher than 9% of rated contests
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best overall score617.7142 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.2860 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Peak power rating (1490) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- 2014
- Most recent contest Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2013-09-20 |
| -11.8 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-05-16 |
| -11.6 | Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest | 2013-07-03 |
| -10.3 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2013-04-12 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.8% | 83.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-16 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 47 / 50 (613.0744) | 38 (158.3200) | 49 (144.5144) | 42 (157.1200) | 42 (153.1200) |
| 2013-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 50 / 53 (583.8176) | 49 (151.9544) | 47 (147.9772) | 46 (154.2172) | 51 (129.6688) |
| 2013-07-03 | Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 27 / 30 (597.7138) | 26 (152.0000) | 27 (148.5712) | 21 (156.5712) | 30 (140.5714) |
| 2013-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 40 / 48 (617.7142) | 46 (150.8570) | 39 (154.8572) | 48 (149.7140) | 22 (162.2860) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1264 (203 pts) | #1320 (203 pts) | #1355 (203 pts) | #1236 (223 pts) | #1259 (218 pts) |