High-water mark
670.8228
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.8228 at 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-05-19
JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-05-20
latest 2017-07-14
Best ToY finish
#1467
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.84
last 3 Master vs avg 657.84 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.22 · weakest Brisket (159.61)
Road miles
254
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 254 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Master avg
657.84 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK 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 117 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.
#3070 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1522
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3059 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK)
21 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with JAKE'S SMOKE SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 162.8344 | 165.70 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 161.6572 | 165.31 | top 47% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 162.8228 | 167.22 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 149.7144 | 159.61 | top 61% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2016-05-20 → 2017-07-14
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.22 · weakest Brisket (159.61)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
657.84
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
62–72 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
254
3 mapped stops · furthest 254 mi
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Power rating
1504
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition
- 2017
- First call 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8228 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score670.8228 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1506) 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 Cookin On Kampeska
- Most recent contest Cookin On Kampeska
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition | 2017-05-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | 5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition | 2016-05-20 |
| -2.6 | Cookin On Kampeska | 2017-07-14 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 93.2% | 92.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 | Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD | 33 / 48 (660.4916) | 31 (166.2744) | 12 (171.9772) | 34 (162.8228) | 36 (159.4172) |
| 2017-05-19 | 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 14 / 47 (670.8228) | 18 (167.9772) | 27 (162.2972) | 8 (170.8456) | 10 (169.7028) |
| 2016-05-20 | 5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 28 / 42 (642.1944) | 26 (162.8344) | 24 (161.6572) | 14 (167.9884) | 36 (149.7144) |
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 | #1467 (175 pts) | #1631 (155 pts) | #1480 (185 pts) | #1359 (215 pts) | #1424 (195 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2319 (65 pts) | #2024 (115 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |