WEST JORDAN MONEY PIT SMOKERS

WEST JORDAN MONEY PIT SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 13th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016). They finished #1511 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1499

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 8, 2016

latest Jul 13, 2018 · 2.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1511

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

660.5144 / 720

Master · Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition

Consistency

±5.44

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.71 · weakest Chicken (158.82)

Road miles

242

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 113 mi

Schedule strength

60%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)

Master avg

654.78 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

UTAH BBQ COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings

UTAH BBQ COMPANY has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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
2018 ↗	Master	#1761 (101 pts)	#1893 (81 pts)	#1611 (121 pts)	#1965 (71 pts)	#1072 (271 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2099 (79 pts)	#2889 (54 pts)	#2294 (64 pts)	#1648 (149 pts)	#2151 (79 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1511 (175 pts)	#1649 (165 pts)	#1593 (175 pts)	#1536 (185 pts)	#1339 (230 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	0	0	164.5372	149.7144	158.82	top 80%
Pork Ribs	4	1	0	0	165.7256	158.7884	162.83	top 60%
Pork	4	1	0	0	171.9772	155.4172	164.41	top 58%
Brisket	4	1	1	1	180 🔥	161.7028	168.71	top 38%

“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 state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
UT	3	0	top 60%
NV	1	0	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	13	0	top 56%	Apr 7, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in UT 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 76 finished ahead 45 times, behind 68

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs Apr 7, 2017 → Jul 13, 2018

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

20184 milestones

Jul 13 First category win (Brisket) Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition
Jul 13 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition
Jul 13 Career-best overall score660.5144 Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition
Jul 13 Most recent contest Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition

20171 milestone

Apr 7 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20163 milestones

Apr 8 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2400 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 8 Peak power rating (1505) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 8, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 7, 2017
-1.7	Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition	Jul 13, 2018
-1.4	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 26, 2016

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	1	100%	top 67%	91.7%	91.7%
2017	1	0	100%	top 69%	90.9%	90.9%
2016	2	0	0%	top 55%	91.4%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 13, 2018	Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT	14 / 21 (660.5144)	18 (159.3716)	10 (165.7256)	20 (155.4172)	1 (180)
Apr 7, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	20 / 29 (654.1256)	25 (161.6572)	23 (158.7884)	8 (171.9772)	20 (161.7028)
Aug 26, 2016	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	25 / 37 (646.2400)	36 (149.7144)	26 (161.7028)	19 (166.8456)	16 (167.9772)
Apr 8, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	13 / 30 (658.2400)	15 (164.5372)	13 (165.1200)	17 (163.4056)	11 (165.1772)