High-water mark
683.3600
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.3600 at Bucks, Ducks & BBQ — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 18, 2014
JAC JAC'S SMOKESTACK
JAC JAC'S SMOKESTACK is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 9th of 26 at the Bucks, Ducks & BBQ (2014). They are ranked #2898 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1520 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 6, 2014
latest Mar 11, 2016 · 1.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.46)
Road miles
1,039
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 272 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Master avg
655.37 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2951 (54 pts) | #2333 (64 pts) | #2954 (54 pts) | #2863 (59 pts) | #1543 (179 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to JAC JAC'S SMOKESTACK, each with one reason worth a look.
106 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,895 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with JAC JAC'S SMOKESTACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,899 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before JAC JAC'S SMOKESTACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,897 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
They turned up 9 years after JAC JAC'S SMOKESTACK did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,912 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 154.2400 | 162.60 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0116 | 149.6800 | 157.46 | top 72% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 174.9372 | 154.2972 | 169.28 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 158.8344 | 166.03 | top 31% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
205
finished ahead 127 times, behind 107
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20151 milestone
- Peak power rating (1520) 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
20147 milestones
- First tracked contest Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- First call Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9200 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ
- Career-best overall score683.3600 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4056 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ
- First category win (Pork) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | Bucks, Ducks & BBQ | Jul 18, 2014 |
| +8.2 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2014 |
| +1.9 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff | Jun 6, 2014 |
| +1.1 | 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Apr 17, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 11, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 90% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 37% | 94.9% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 26 / 29 (631.3372) | 23 (154.2400) | 26 (153.6800) | 24 (154.2972) | 5 (169.1200) |
| Apr 17, 2015 | 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 40 / 75 (657.0284) | 57 (157.0856) | 36 (166.2400) | 23 (170.9028) | 40 (162.8000) |
| Aug 30, 2014 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 20 / 76 (653.1888) | 28 (164.5600) | 65 (149.6916) | 1 (174.9372) | 20 (164) |
| Jul 18, 2014 | Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR | 9 / 26 (683.3600) | 19 (168.5372) | 16 (168.0116) | 12 (171.4056) | 4 (175.4056) |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK | 17 / 33 (651.9200) | 13 (168.5600) | 25 (149.6800) | 5 (174.8456) | 14 (158.8344) |