JACKWAGON BBQ

JACKWAGON BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 13th of 33 at the Smoke on the Water (2015). They are ranked #5619 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,619

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1448

peak 1448 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 27, 2014

latest Jun 22, 2018 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#726

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

656.4460 / 720

Master · Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

641.98 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 632.85 (+9.13)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Chicken · Smoke on the Water

Consistency

±19.71

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.83 · weakest Brisket (153.03)

Road miles

1,355

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

632.85 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 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

Can't Beat Our Meat has finished one call ahead of JACKWAGON BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 55%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 55%

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.80 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 5%.

Brisket avg 153.03
Chicken avg 161.83
0 calls in 21 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SILVER FOX BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

13 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

913 BBQ ahead 93% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 13 of 14 shared chicken entries.

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#967 (339 pts)	#977 (369 pts)	#1028 (344 pts)	#764 (514 pts)	#1023 (339 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#726 (484 pts)	#589 (659 pts)	#686 (559 pts)	#742 (509 pts)	#717 (514 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2673 (62 pts)	#2594 (67 pts)	#2689 (62 pts)	#2693 (62 pts)	#2683 (62 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JACKWAGON BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH

#5,632 of the rated field

1448 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to JACKWAGON BBQ)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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33 Smokers

#5,609 of the rated field

1448 power rating

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

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to JACKWAGON BBQ)

They've been 1505 at their best, 57 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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Sea Brisket

#5,623 of the rated field

1448 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1448

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to JACKWAGON BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than JACKWAGON BBQ has cooked, 8 to 21, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Mar 15, 2019

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GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT!

#5,633 of the rated field

1448 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1448

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2018

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Tractor Shed BBQ

#5,611 of the rated field

1448 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1448

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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SKINT BACK BBQ

#5,617 of the rated field

1448 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1448

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
913 BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
BLUE BUCKET BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
INDIGO PIG	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
FUNNY FARM BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Double Smokin' Trouble	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
TRUEBUD BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT STOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Griswold Grillers	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Sublime BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	1	1	173.7028	153.6456	161.83	top 58%
Pork Ribs	21	1	0	173.1316	149.6572	158.64	top 66%
Pork	21	1	0	170.8456	143.9656	159.35	top 64%
Brisket	21	0	0	170.9028	128.5028	153.03	top 71%

“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)	8	0	top 72%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	3	49	0	top 69%	Jun 24, 2016
Smokin' in the Ville	2	20	0	top 73%	Apr 29, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 8 contests

Contests a season 4.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 21 of 21 contests

Contests visited 18 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 709 finished ahead 564 times, behind 1,095

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

20181 milestone

Jun 22 Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle

20161 milestone

Jul 15 Career-best overall score656.4460 Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ

20153 milestones

May 8 First call Wheatstock Grill Off
Jun 26 10th tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Oct 9 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Smoke on the Water

20143 milestones

Jun 27 First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 27 Peak power rating (1486) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Aug 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1088 Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	Jun 24, 2016
+7.7	Smoke on the Water	Oct 9, 2015
+3.7	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	Jun 23, 2017
+3.3	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ	Jul 15, 2016
+2.7	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 8, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.4	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	Jun 27, 2014
-11.7	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)	Jun 5, 2015
-8.5	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	Jun 26, 2015
-8.3	Smokin' on Oak	Aug 28, 2015
-8.1	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ	Jul 18, 2014

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)
2018	1	0%	top 74%	85.5%	85.5%
2017	1	0%	top 47%	88.4%	88.4%
2016	5	20%	top 55%	91.2%	90.1%
2015	8	25%	top 77%	90.7%	87.6%
2014	6	0%	top 74%	90.7%	86.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 22, 2018	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS	137 / 185 (615.3488)	101 (158.2972)	130 (154.8000)	164 (145.1200)	95 (157.1316)
Jun 23, 2017	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	86 / 184 (636.5944)	70 (160.6172)	25 (168.0228)	83 (161.1428)	148 (146.8116)
Jul 15, 2016	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS	27 / 46 (656.4460)	21 (167.3828)	15 (170.2744)	42 (156.5372)	28 (162.2516)
Jun 24, 2016	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	49 / 183 (648.9940)	83 (159.9656)	71 (162.2628)	17 (170.8228)	105 (155.9428)
Jun 10, 2016	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS	21 / 34 (652.5144)	16 (166.8344)	26 (158.8000)	11 (170.2628)	23 (156.6172)
Apr 29, 2016	Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS	20 / 30 (639.2452)	23 (156.5028)	26 (153.6684)	9 (166.8456)	18 (162.2284)
Apr 8, 2016	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	64 / 109 (644.9940)	79 (157.0972)	73 (158.2512)	20 (170.8456)	63 (158.8000)
Oct 9, 2015	Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS	13 / 33 (653.0516)	2 (173.7028)	20 (161.0972)	16 (162.8572)	21 (155.3944)
Aug 28, 2015	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	39 / 42 (627.8856)	38 (154.8228)	34 (159.4172)	28 (165.7028)	39 (147.9428)
Jul 31, 2015	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	38 / 46 (634.8232)	37 (160.5600)	33 (161.1316)	37 (160)	38 (153.1316)
Jul 17, 2015	11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	31 / 48 (650.7884)	24 (165.7028)	41 (153.6228)	37 (160.5600)	12 (170.9028)
Jun 26, 2015	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	157 / 183 (606.2400)	78 (161.7256)	113 (156.5488)	163 (149.1200)	170 (138.8456)
Jun 5, 2015	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	32 / 33 (595.7256)	26 (157.6572)	32 (151.9428)	29 (151.9312)	33 (134.1944)
May 8, 2015	Wheatstock Grill Off Abilene, KS	24 / 32 (647.4064)	23 (161.7144)	5 (173.1316)	17 (165.1544)	31 (147.4060)
Apr 24, 2015	Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS	23 / 29 (627.3260)	18 (164)	25 (149.6572)	22 (159.4172)	21 (154.2516)
Oct 10, 2014	Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS	27 / 37 (611.3252)	24 (159.9656)	31 (150.2512)	27 (154.8228)	31 (146.2856)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	56 / 112 (642.8116)	37 (166.8456)	79 (154.2288)	79 (157.1428)	27 (164.5944)
Aug 22, 2014	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	31 / 36 (638.1484)	23 (163.9772)	26 (163.9772)	35 (153.0856)	28 (157.1084)
Aug 8, 2014	Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	30 / 53 (653.1088)	28 (166.3088)	33 (161.7028)	22 (167.4400)	40 (157.6572)
Jul 18, 2014	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	35 / 41 (621.5316)	38 (153.6456)	31 (156.5944)	35 (153.6112)	26 (157.6804)
Jun 27, 2014	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	176 / 184 (585.5996)	89 (161.1428)	133 (151.9884)	166 (143.9656)	182 (128.5028)

JACKWAGON 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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

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

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)