TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1467

peak 1467 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-06-20

latest 2019-10-04

Best ToY finish

#1811

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

646.8116

Competitor Series · Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)

Perfect 180s

Current form

635.76

last 4 Master vs avg 635.76 (+0.00)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

166.2516

Pork · Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±0.72

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.13 · weakest Brisket (150.45)

Road miles

2,207

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1072 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$8K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

635.76 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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.

The weak link

−13.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.68 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 150.45
Pork Ribs avg 164.13
2 calls in 6 entries

The comeback

3.3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2019-10-04).

last seen 2016-06-10
back 2019-10-04

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.

TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM has 4 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 146 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.

Kentucky Kookers

#4775 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1540

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM)

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

rated over 42 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

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Gomer & Barney BBQ

#4755 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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GOOD KIDS BBQ

#4774 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-03-01

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TRIPLETS BBQ

#4771 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-07-22

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Flying Monkeys BBQ

#4789 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Level with TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

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Legally Sauced

#4780 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	165.6800	160.0116	163.26	top 73%
Pork Ribs	4	1	165.1084	163.3944	164.13	top 56%
Pork	4	0	166.2516	155.4060	159.68	top 77%
Brisket	6	2	160.5600	140.5260	150.45	top 80%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KY	4	0	top 86%
CO	1	0	top 80%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 83%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 84%
Large (40+)	1	top 91%

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.3 yrs 2014-06-20 → 2019-10-04

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KY 5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Brisket 6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 164.13 · weakest Brisket (150.45)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 1 of 6 contests

Master average 635.76 out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 125 21–122 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,207 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,072 mi

Schedule strength 1558 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

Purse competed for $8,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Longest layoff 3.3 yrs 2016-06-10 → 2019-10-04

Power rating 1467 peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jun 20 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 20 Peak power rating (1491) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
Jun 5 First call Boats, Bands & BBQ
Oct 16 Career-best single call (Pork)166.2516 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
2019
Oct 4 First overall top-10 Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Oct 4 Career-best overall score646.8116 Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Oct 4 Most recent contest Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2014-10-03
-8.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-06-20
-7.6	Boats, Bands & BBQ	2015-06-05
-6.6	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2015-10-16

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	1	100%	top 83%	—	—
2016	1	0	100%	—	—	—
2015	2	0	50%	top 83%	88.4%	88.3%
2014	2	0	0%	top 88%	88.4%	88.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-04	Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Harrodsburg, KY	10 / 12 (646.8116)	—	—	—	10 (147.4056)
2016-06-10	KY Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-off(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Harrodsburg, KY	—	—	—	—	4 (160.5600)
2015-10-16	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	29 / 34 (635.3032)	28 (163.9540)	20 (164.5716)	18 (166.2516)	34 (140.5260)
2015-06-05	Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO	24 / 30 (636.4804)	17 (163.3944)	10 (165.1084)	24 (155.4060)	27 (152.5716)
2014-10-03	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	40 / 44 (636.4344)	32 (165.6800)	31 (163.3944)	38 (158.8228)	42 (148.5372)
2014-06-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	24 / 28 (634.8120)	23 (160.0116)	17 (163.4516)	25 (158.2400)	24 (153.1088)

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	#1811 (119 pts)	#1617 (154 pts)	#1358 (214 pts)	#1621 (154 pts)	#1928 (114 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2745 (58 pts)	#2670 (63 pts)	#2063 (93 pts)	#2816 (53 pts)	#2745 (58 pts)