High-water mark
675.9656
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9656 at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-09-19
KUSTOM Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1500 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2015-05-15
Best ToY finish
#1229
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.42
last 5 Master vs avg 641.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.63 · weakest Chicken (155.63)
Road miles
111
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
641.42 / 720
5 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
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.
The weak link
−11.0
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.00 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Chicken avg 155.63
- Pork avg 166.63
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after KUSTOM Q did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with KUSTOM Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 135.8744 | 155.63 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 147.9772 | 158.83 | top 62% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 156.5712 | 166.63 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 144.5716 | 160.34 | top 51% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 31% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-05-15
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.63 · weakest Chicken (155.63)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
641.42
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
160
93–99 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
111
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2014-06-06
Power rating
1500
peak 1500 · #3204 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest
- 2014
- First call Smokin n a Rollin
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9656 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best overall score675.9656 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1500) 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.7 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2014-09-19 |
| +7.6 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-05-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | Apple Blossom BBQ Contest | 2015-05-01 |
| -7.1 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest | 2013-05-03 |
| -2 | Smokin n a Rollin | 2014-06-06 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 58% | 91.5% | 89.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 93.9% | 90.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-15 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 17 / 51 (658.8000) | 15 (169.6916) | 15 (168.5600) | 17 (166.8572) | 40 (153.6912) |
| 2015-05-01 | Apple Blossom BBQ Contest St. Joseph, MO | 30 / 36 (629.5544) | 36 (135.8744) | 24 (162.2284) | 19 (163.4400) | 8 (168.0116) |
| 2014-09-19 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 14 / 49 (675.9656) | 30 (163.4400) | 26 (163.9656) | 4 (176.5600) | 6 (172.0000) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin n a Rollin St. Joseph, MO | 14 / 22 (628.5028) | 21 (147.4056) | 19 (147.9772) | 5 (169.7028) | 11 (163.4172) |
| 2013-05-03 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO | 29 / 39 (614.2856) | 26 (161.7144) | 29 (151.4284) | 25 (156.5712) | 35 (144.5716) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2175 (65 pts) | #2061 (90 pts) | #1576 (155 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1229 (231 pts) | #1778 (141 pts) | #1645 (151 pts) | #912 (396 pts) | #1055 (306 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2514 (64 pts) | #2554 (64 pts) | #2546 (64 pts) | #2550 (64 pts) | #2551 (64 pts) |