High-water mark
678.1716
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1716 at Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 21, 2017
JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U
JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2017. Their best overall finish is 13th of 26 at the Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition (2017). They finished #1496 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 3, 2017
latest Apr 21, 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.81)
Road miles
97
across 5 mapped stops
Master avg
666.99 / 720
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1496 (171 pts) | #1676 (146 pts) | #1660 (151 pts) | #1337 (226 pts) | #1355 (216 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U, each with one reason worth a look.
JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 114 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,175 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
They turned up 8 years after JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Level with JAYJAYZ-QUE-4U on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 5 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 167.3828 | 169.39 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 160.5028 | 162.81 | top 69% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 160.5144 | 166.24 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 163.3828 | 168.55 | top 44% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 32 times, behind 54
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Aug 28, 2015 → Mar 3, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20175 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8056 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
- Career-best overall score678.1716 Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7144 Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
- Most recent contest Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
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 | 50% | top 60% | 94.2% | 92.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2017 | Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition Cornelia, GA | 13 / 26 (678.1716) | 19 (167.3828) | 17 (165.1088) | 6 (171.9656) | 7 (173.7144) |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 44 / 63 (655.8056) | 24 (171.4056) | 46 (160.5028) | 47 (160.5144) | 39 (163.3828) |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival (SBBQA) Cleveland, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 30, 2014 | Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |