A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
M.E. SMOKIN
M.E. SMOKIN is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 31st of 31 at the Sauce & Cycles (2015). They finished #2158 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 10, 2015
latest Jul 14, 2017 · 2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.22 · weakest Brisket (145.10)
Road miles
170
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Master avg
629.88 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 154.2860 | 164.22 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1312 | 154.8804 | 158.47 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 159.9772 | 162.08 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5600 | 140.5144 | 145.10 | top 91% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
139
finished ahead 31 times, behind 122
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Aug 14, 2015 → Jul 14, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score643.4628 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest Sauce & Cycles
- Peak power rating (1488) Sauce & Cycles
- First call BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1772 BBQ and Fly In on the River
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2017 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 47 / 58 (643.4628) | 41 (165.2000) | 37 (165.1312) | 38 (164.5716) | 52 (148.5600) |
| Aug 14, 2015 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 47 / 67 (636.0004) | 8 (173.1772) | 53 (154.8804) | 44 (161.7028) | 56 (146.2400) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE | 31 / 31 (610.1720) | 30 (154.2860) | 27 (155.3944) | 21 (159.9772) | 31 (140.5144) |