WILLIE JAY'S BBQ

WILLIE JAY'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 8th of 38 at the Derby BBQ Festival (2014). They finished #1545 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1523

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 6, 2013

latest Sep 11, 2015 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1545

Master 2014 · every season

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 32%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2972 / 720

Master · Derby BBQ Festival

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1772

Pork · Derby BBQ Festival

Consistency

±12.76

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.36 · weakest Brisket (162.48)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Master avg

664.96 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

682.2972 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2972 at Derby BBQ Festival — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 12, 2014

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

GREAT PLAINS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

GREAT PLAINS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ELVISES in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1545 (158 pts)	#1591 (168 pts)	#2063 (93 pts)	#1508 (188 pts)	#1922 (118 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1670 (130 pts)	#1395 (185 pts)	#1885 (105 pts)	#1437 (175 pts)	#2597 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	2	171.9656	162.2628	168.36	top 29%
Pork Ribs	3	1	168.5944	164	166.29	top 37%
Pork	3	3	173.1772	162.8572	167.83	top 23%
Brisket	3	0	168.5600	158.3200	162.48	top 57%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Derby BBQ Festival	2	8	0	top 32%	Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 62 finished ahead 69 times, behind 27

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 6, 2013 → Sep 12, 2014

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

20152 milestones

Sep 11 Peak power rating (1523) Derby BBQ Festival
Sep 11 Most recent contest Derby BBQ Festival

20143 milestones

Sep 12 First overall top-10 Derby BBQ Festival
Sep 12 Career-best overall score682.2972 Derby BBQ Festival
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Pork)173.1772 Derby BBQ Festival

20133 milestones

Sep 6 First tracked contest National Bar-B-Que Derby
Sep 6 First call National Bar-B-Que Derby
Sep 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.6288 National Bar-B-Que Derby

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 11, 2015	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	11 / 26 (651.9544)	14 (162.2628)	4 (166.2744)	10 (162.8572)	16 (160.5600)
Sep 12, 2014	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	8 / 38 (682.2972)	7 (171.9656)	19 (168.5944)	5 (173.1772)	14 (168.5600)
Sep 6, 2013	National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS	11 / 35 (660.6288)	5 (170.8572)	16 (164)	6 (167.4516)	25 (158.3200)