JEWS & GENTILES BBQ

JEWS & GENTILES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 26th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015). They are ranked #4990 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,990

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1463

peak 1463 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 13, 2014

latest Jun 16, 2023 · 9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1255

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

651.8632 / 720

Master · Colorado BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

619.59 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 624.56 (-4.96)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1316

Chicken · Colorado BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±17.89

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.46 · weakest Brisket (151.10)

Road miles

354

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$29K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

624.56 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Pig Floyd has finished one call ahead of JEWS & GENTILES BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE CELTIC PIG ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE CELTIC PIG has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.37 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 151.10
Chicken avg 159.46
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

3.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at 25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge (Jun 15, 2018).

last seen Apr 17, 2015
back Jun 15, 2018

Chicken nemesis

6 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

THE CELTIC PIG ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE CELTIC PIG has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.48% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.48% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.7% of a perfect score
8 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
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1257 (75 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1249 (70 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1260 (80 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1397 (175 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2779 (55 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2790 (55 pts)	#2111 (75 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1657 (148 pts)	#1482 (193 pts)	#1711 (148 pts)	#1489 (193 pts)	#1716 (148 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JEWS & GENTILES BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

134 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Colorado Q

#4,984 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to JEWS & GENTILES BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JEWS & GENTILES BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

WOLF PACK BBQ

#4,974 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JEWS & GENTILES BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before JEWS & GENTILES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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ONW BBQ Co

#5,006 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Rhythm & Ribz

#4,979 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2020

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OUR DOGS LIKE IT

#4,997 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 10, 2018

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GET YOUR SMOKE ON BBQ

#5,005 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

Level with JEWS & GENTILES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE CELTIC PIG	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Q LIVE CREW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
303 BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
3 LIL' MACS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
CARNIVORES	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
1 2 BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Pig Floyd	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SHB Customs	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	169.1316	141.6456	159.46	top 65%
Pork Ribs	8	167.3944	135.8972	156.17	top 68%
Pork	8	167.4516	147.9316	157.83	top 70%
Brisket	8	161.1200	137.6344	151.10	top 75%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 85%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 71%

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 8 a different one every time

Opponents faced 213 finished ahead 100 times, behind 269

Longest layoff 3.2 yrs Apr 17, 2015 → Jun 15, 2018

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

20233 milestones

Jun 16 Career-best overall score651.8632 Colorado BBQ Challenge
Jun 16 Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1316 Colorado BBQ Challenge
Jun 16 Most recent contest Colorado BBQ Challenge

20143 milestones

Jun 13 First tracked contest 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge
Aug 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4800 Smokin' Brew BBQ
Aug 30 Peak power rating (1499) Smokin' Brew BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.4	Smokin' Brew BBQ	Aug 30, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival	Oct 19, 2018
-8.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 17, 2015
-7	Frisco BBQ Challenge	Jun 16, 2022
-4.5	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 14, 2019
-4.5	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 15, 2018

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)
2023	1	0%	top 69%	90.5%	90.5%
2022	1	0%	top 84%	87.3%	87.3%
2019	1	0%	top 78%	84.9%	84.9%
2018	2	0%	top 83%	84.4%	83.8%
2015	1	0%	top 87%	85.8%	85.8%
2014	2	0%	top 56%	90.1%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 16, 2023	Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	29 / 42 (651.8632)	22 (169.1316)	28 (163.9660)	34 (157.6456)	23 (161.1200)
Jun 16, 2022	Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	31 / 37 (628.4120)	21 (167.9772)	26 (160.5716)	36 (147.9316)	28 (151.9316)
Jun 14, 2019	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	43 / 55 (611.2916)	43 (153.7144)	41 (154.7656)	36 (157.6916)	48 (145.1200)
Oct 19, 2018	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	44 / 48 (607.8284)	48 (141.6456)	14 (167.3944)	37 (157.1200)	47 (141.6684)
Jun 15, 2018	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	46 / 62 (598.5716)	32 (162.8000)	57 (135.8972)	34 (162.2400)	59 (137.6344)
Apr 17, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	26 / 30 (618.0684)	24 (153.0856)	24 (154.8000)	28 (152.5372)	21 (157.6456)
Aug 30, 2014	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	26 / 48 (648.4800)	35 (160.4912)	25 (161.1316)	16 (167.4516)	25 (159.4056)
Jun 13, 2014	21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	32 / 55 (631.9428)	16 (166.8684)	42 (150.8344)	30 (160)	39 (154.2400)

JEWS & GENTILES BBQ

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 (7 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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

By field size and state

By contest size

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)