J-MACK COOKERS

J-MACK COOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 26th of 58 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2019). They are ranked #3356 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,356

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1496

peak 1504 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 25, 2013

latest Jan 25, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1955

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

665.1316 / 720

Master · Lakeland Pig Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.85 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.92 (+6.93)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0456

Pork · Lakeland Pig Festival

Consistency

±14.80

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.48)

Road miles

across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Purse competed for

$25K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

646.92 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

665.1316 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.1316 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jan 25, 2019

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

SWAMP BOYS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.75 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.48
Pork avg 164.24
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Two Crackers Cooking in 7 of their 7 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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#1336 (175 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#1970 (105 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#1829 (115 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#1763 (130 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

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#3,359 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1502

Level with J-MACK COOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 13, 2024

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#3,376 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

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rated over 7 contests
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2 HOT 2 HANDLE

#3,367 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

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rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2018

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THE TATTOOED PIG

#3,368 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before J-MACK COOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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#3,369 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 26, 2023

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Two Crackers Cooking	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
SWINOS	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Shanty Town BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Slimz	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
KATHLEEN ROADKILL	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Shack	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	169.1084	146.8116	160.95	top 61%
Pork Ribs	7	0	163.9428	151.9998	159.48	top 63%
Pork	7	1	172.0456	158.8344	164.24	top 45%
Brisket	7	0	170.2628	145.6000	162.25	top 48%

“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
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	26	0	top 56%	Jan 25, 2019
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	27	0	top 55%	Jan 29, 2016

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 277 finished ahead 211 times, behind 272

Longest layoff 1 yrs Jan 23, 2014 → Jan 30, 2015

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

20194 milestones

Jan 25 First call Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 Career-best overall score665.1316 Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 Career-best single call (Pork)172.0456 Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival

20151 milestone

Jan 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.6340 Lakeland Pig Festival

20132 milestones

Jan 25 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 Peak power rating (1504) Lakeland Pig Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 26, 2018
+3.8	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 25, 2013
+3.5	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 25, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7	The Tiger Town Pig Festival	Jan 23, 2014
-4.2	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 27, 2017
-3.9	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 29, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	100%	top 45%	92.4%	92.4%
2018	1	0%	top 50%	91.8%	91.8%
2017	1	0%	top 73%	89%	89%
2016	1	0%	top 69%	90.1%	90.1%
2015	1	0%	top 56%	90.8%	90.8%
2014	1	0%	top 75%	85.7%	85.7%
2013	1	0%	top 39%	89.2%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 25, 2019	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	26 / 58 (665.1316)	28 (165.1200)	44 (159.9772)	6 (172.0456)	26 (167.9888)
Jan 26, 2018	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	30 / 60 (660.9940)	20 (169.1084)	35 (163.9428)	28 (166.2628)	35 (161.6800)
Jan 27, 2017	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	44 / 60 (641.0172)	44 (160.5600)	48 (154.2172)	40 (161.1316)	23 (165.1084)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	40 / 58 (648.4916)	39 (162.2512)	36 (160.5716)	42 (158.8344)	19 (166.8344)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	35 / 62 (653.6340)	54 (156.5484)	31 (163.4172)	34 (163.4056)	16 (170.2628)
Jan 23, 2014	The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	52 / 69 (616.9148)	64 (146.8116)	27 (162.2516)	30 (162.2516)	58 (145.6000)
Jan 25, 2013	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	27 / 70 (642.2846)	17 (166.2854)	51 (151.9998)	14 (165.7144)	34 (158.2850)

J-MACK COOKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

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

More numbers

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

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)