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
- 2014-09-12
WILLIE JAY'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2015-09-11
Best ToY finish
#1545
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
664.96
last 3 Master vs avg 664.96 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.76
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.36 · weakest Brisket (162.48)
Road miles
0
mi 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 this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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.
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.
WILLIE JAY'S BBQ has 3 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 99 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.
#2399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after WILLIE JAY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with WILLIE JAY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2403 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 162.2628 | 168.36 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 164.0000 | 166.29 | top 37% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 162.8572 | 167.83 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Derby BBQ Festival | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 32% | 2015-09-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.36 · weakest Brisket (162.48)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
664.96
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
69–27 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2014-09-12
Power rating
1523
peak 1523 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest National Bar-B-Que Derby
- First call National Bar-B-Que Derby
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.6288 National Bar-B-Que Derby
- 2014
- First overall top-10 Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score682.2972 Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1772 Derby BBQ Festival
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1523) *Derby BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest *Derby BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | Derby BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
| +7.4 | National Bar-B-Que Derby | 2013-09-06 |
| +3.9 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2015-09-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 11 / 26 (651.9544) | 14 (162.2628) | 4 (166.2744) | 10 (162.8572) | 16 (160.5600) |
| 2014-09-12 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 8 / 38 (682.2972) | 7 (171.9656) | 19 (168.5944) | 5 (173.1772) | 14 (168.5600) |
| 2013-09-06 | National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS | 11 / 35 (660.6288) | 5 (170.8572) | 16 (164.0000) | 6 (167.4516) | 25 (158.3200) |
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 | #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) |