BELLY UP BBQ JAX

BELLY UP BBQ JAX is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 11th of 67 at the Flames on the Flint (2017). They finished #1277 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1506

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 10, 2016

latest Apr 7, 2017

Best ToY finish

#1277

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

681.0628 / 720

Master · Flames on the Flint

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork · Flames on the Flint

Consistency

±16.41

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.37)

Road miles

633

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 210 mi

Schedule strength

57%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Master avg

654.98 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

681.0628 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.0628 at Flames on the Flint — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 10, 2017

A tough matchup

3–1 behind in the head-to-head

YES, DEAR BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

YES, DEAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 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
2017 ↗	Master	#1277 (210 pts)	#1469 (185 pts)	#1762 (130 pts)	#1131 (300 pts)	#1657 (150 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1768 (121 pts)	#1290 (246 pts)	#1879 (121 pts)	#1749 (146 pts)	#2004 (116 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	171.9772	167.9656	169.69	top 36%
Pork Ribs	4	0	168.5600	146.1828	156.37	top 72%
Pork	4	2	174.2628	162.8112	168.25	top 37%
Brisket	4	0	170.2744	150.7888	160.68	top 60%

“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)	2	0	top 82%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 30%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
GA	3	0	top 60%
SC	1	0	top 43%

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

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

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 161 finished ahead 112 times, behind 83

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

20174 milestones

Mar 10 Career-best overall score681.0628 Flames on the Flint
Mar 10 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Flames on the Flint
Mar 10 Peak power rating (1511) Flames on the Flint
Apr 7 Most recent contest Brunskwick BBQ Beach Bash (GBC QUALIFIER)

20163 milestones

Jun 10 First tracked contest Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
Jun 10 First call Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
Jul 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8628 SC Festival of Discovery

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.1	Flames on the Flint	Mar 10, 2017
+5.8	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 7, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	Fitzgerald Pig Pickin	Jun 10, 2016
-5	Brunskwick BBQ Beach Bash (GBC QUALIFIER)	Apr 7, 2017

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0	0	0	100%	top 46%	94.6%	92.1%
2016	2	0	0	0	50%	top 66%	91.1%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 7, 2017	Brunskwick BBQ Beach Bash (GBC QUALIFIER) Brunswick, GA	19 / 25 (645.5200)	10 (171.9772)	23 (146.1828)	6 (170.8344)	21 (156.5256)
Mar 10, 2017	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	11 / 67 (681.0628)	33 (167.9656)	23 (168.5600)	10 (174.2628)	21 (170.2744)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	35 / 82 (655.8628)	15 (170.2628)	60 (155.3828)	32 (165.0972)	26 (165.1200)
Jun 10, 2016	Fitzgerald Pig Pickin Fitzgerald, GA	23 / 26 (637.4856)	9 (168.5372)	23 (155.3484)	18 (162.8112)	24 (150.7888)