JIM BOB'S BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4783

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1467

peak 1467 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-05-05

latest 2019-07-05

Best ToY finish

#790

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

656.5028 / 720

Master · *Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

641.73 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 640.03 (+1.70)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±12.60

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.92 · weakest Brisket (154.24)

Road miles

743

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi

Schedule strength

57%

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

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

640.03 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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 tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Wabash BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Wabash BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.68 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 154.24
Pork Ribs avg 162.92
1 calls in 8 entries

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork ribs entries lost

Wabash BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Wabash BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork ribs entries.

The metronome

±1.75% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.75% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.9% of a perfect score
8 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.

144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Grilluminati

#4793 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1511 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke Eaters

#4777 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-08-20

⚔ Head-to-head

TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ

#4760 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before JIM BOB'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ

#4795 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after JIM BOB'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ TEAM NATTE

#4766 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Level with JIM BOB'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-09-10

⚔ Head-to-head

R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM

#4758 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2020-09-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Wabash BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	0	0	170.8800	146.2284	160.05	top 70%
Pork Ribs	8	2	1	1	178.8572	148.0000	162.92	top 59%
Pork	8	1	0	1	169.6800	153.7144	162.82	top 59%
Brisket	8	1	0	0	169.1200	143.8972	154.24	top 75%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 78%
Medium (20–39)	5	top 79%
Large (40+)	2	top 62%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Johnson County BBQ Challenge	2	31	0	top 78%	2019-07-05

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2017-05-05 → 2019-07-05

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.92 · weakest Brisket (154.24)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 640.03 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 208 69–190 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 743 8 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi

Schedule strength 1572 average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1467 peak 1467 · #4783 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
May 5 First tracked contest Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest
May 5 First call Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest
2018
Apr 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5028 *Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
Apr 20 Career-best overall score656.5028 *Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
Apr 20 Peak power rating (1493) *Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
Jul 6 First category win (Pork Ribs) Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
Jul 6 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
2019
Jul 5 Most recent contest Johnson County BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.7	*Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest	2018-04-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q	2018-05-04
-8	Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest	2017-05-05
-6.8	Johnson County BBQ Challenge	2019-07-05
-6.7	*7th Annual Smokin on the Lake	2018-06-01
-1.7	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	2018-09-14

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 89%	87.1%	87.1%
2018	6	1	50%	top 72%	91.2%	89.4%
2017	1	0	100%	top 78%	87.8%	87.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-07-05	Johnson County BBQ Challenge 🏅 Warrensburg, MO	33 / 37 (627.4172)	15 (169.7028)	35 (148.0000)	36 (153.7144)	27 (156.0000)
2018-09-14	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO	23 / 35 (654.1828)	12 (170.8800)	10 (171.4400)	16 (165.0856)	34 (146.7772)
2018-07-13	*1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO	16 / 24 (651.8624)	16 (162.8228)	16 (163.4056)	18 (156.5140)	7 (169.1200)
2018-07-06	Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL) Warrensburg, MO	31 / 47 (645.5660)	44 (151.9888)	1 (178.8572)	22 (166.8228)	43 (147.8972)
2018-06-01	*7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	24 / 29 (629.6456)	26 (154.8456)	22 (158.2972)	17 (163.4056)	26 (153.0972)
2018-05-04	Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q St. Joseph, MO	34 / 37 (622.6512)	29 (160.5484)	32 (155.3944)	29 (162.8112)	36 (143.8972)
2018-04-20	*Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	23 / 40 (656.5028)	23 (163.4056)	20 (163.9540)	20 (164.5600)	20 (164.5832)
2017-05-05	Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	14 / 18 (632.4224)	18 (146.2284)	12 (163.9884)	3 (169.6800)	13 (152.5256)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#1736 (110 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#790 (413 pts)	#749 (463 pts)	#514 (728 pts)	#720 (503 pts)	#748 (473 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1997 (98 pts)	#2163 (78 pts)	#2023 (108 pts)	#1353 (218 pts)	#2018 (103 pts)