Uncle Jesse's BBQ

Uncle Jesse's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 33 at the Best Dam BBQ (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They finished #382 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1522

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 19, 2020

latest May 23, 2026 · 5.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#382

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

706.2512 / 720

Master · 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Consistency

±156.01

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 174.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (170.69)

Road miles

510

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 431 mi

Schedule strength

68%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)

Purse competed for

$53K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

604.38 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.0004 points from the title

Came within 0.0004 points of the Grand Championship at 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (Jan 16, 2026).

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork ×1

On the rise

+37 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 37 points across 3 contests since Jul 18, 2025 — from 1484 up to 1522.

3 contests since Jul 18, 2025
now 1522

High-water mark

706.2512 career-best overall

98.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 706.2512 at 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge — 98.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jan 16, 2026

The comeback

5.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.1 years, then back at Blaze of 47 (Jul 18, 2025).

last seen Jun 19, 2020
back Jul 18, 2025

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
2026 ↗	Master	#382 (518 pts)	#647 (253 pts)	#679 (268 pts)	#435 (468 pts)	#493 (373 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	1	1	180 🔥	163.9884	173.56	top 37%
Pork Ribs	4	1	0	0	176	165.1428	170.69	top 48%
Pork	3	2	0	1	180 🔥	167.4056	174.66	top 36%
Brisket	3	2	0	0	177.7028	164.5600	172.18	top 38%

“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 60%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 4%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
UT	2	top 88%
NV	1	top 6%
AZ	1	top 4%

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

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

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 107 finished ahead 89 times, behind 51

Longest layoff 5.1 yrs Jun 19, 2020 → Jul 18, 2025

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

20266 milestones

Jan 16 First overall top-10 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 16 First overall podium 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 16 First Reserve Championship 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 16 Career-best overall score706.2512 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
May 23 Peak power rating (1522) Best Dam BBQ
May 23 Most recent contest Best Dam BBQ

20254 milestones

Jul 18 First call Blaze of 47
Jul 18 First category win (Chicken) Blaze of 47
Jul 18 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Blaze of 47
Jul 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.1084 Blaze of 47

20201 milestone

Jun 19 First tracked contest Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+19.4	11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 16, 2026
+18	Best Dam BBQ	May 23, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship	Jun 19, 2020
-6	Blaze of 47	Jul 18, 2025

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	2	0	100%	top 5%	98.1%	97.6%
2025	1	0	1	100%	top 85%	94%	94%
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 91%	46.5%	46.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 23, 2026	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	2 / 33 (699.3484)	6 (177.7028)	18 (170.8228)	4 (176.5600)	7 (174.2628)
Jan 16, 2026	11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	2 / 53 (706.2512)	21 (172.5484)	6 (176)	2 (180)	4 (177.7028)
Jul 18, 2025	Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	22 / 26 (677.1084)	1 (180)	24 (165.1428)	24 (167.4056)	22 (164.5600)
Jun 19, 2020	Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Riverdale, UT	29 / 32 (334.7996)	27 (163.9884)	11 (170.8112)	—	—