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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-07-10
latest 2017-07-14
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.88
last 3 Master vs avg 629.88 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.22 · weakest Brisket (145.10)
Road miles
170
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Master avg
629.88 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest (2017-07-14).
- last seen 2015-08-14
- back 2017-07-14
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.
M.E. SMOKIN has 3 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 150 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.
#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with M.E. SMOKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-07-10 → 2017-07-14
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.22 · weakest Brisket (145.10)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
629.88
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
139
31–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
170
3 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2015-08-14 → 2017-07-14
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- 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
- 2017
- Career-best overall score643.4628 *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Sauce & Cycles | 2015-07-10 |
| -5.3 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2017-07-14 |
| -3.2 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2015-08-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 88.3% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 47 / 58 (643.4628) | 41 (165.2000) | 37 (165.1312) | 38 (164.5716) | 52 (148.5600) |
| 2015-08-14 | 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) |
| 2015-07-10 | Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE | 31 / 31 (610.1720) | 30 (154.2860) | 27 (155.3944) | 21 (159.9772) | 31 (140.5144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #1606 (155 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |