JACKS PIT SHACK

JACKS PIT SHACK is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 36 at the 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2643 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,643

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1515

peak 1522 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 11, 2018

latest Oct 14, 2022 · 4.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#306

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

4% of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0976 / 720

Master · 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

673.81 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.17 (+22.65)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±41.61

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.63 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.88)

Road miles

2,350

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 288 mi

Schedule strength

76%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)

Purse competed for

$84K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.17 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

689.0976 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0976 at 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 13, 2022

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 47%.

7 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 47%

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 93% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.75 points below their pork, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 35%.

Pork Ribs avg 162.88
Pork avg 167.63
2 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

A September team

Top 49% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 49% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 58% the rest of the year

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
2022 ↗	Master	#377 (607 pts)	#433 (537 pts)	#434 (581 pts)	#334 (727 pts)	#437 (527 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#306 (371 pts)	#366 (326 pts)	#314 (399 pts)	#257 (486 pts)	#230 (511 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#625 (520 pts)	#729 (465 pts)	#762 (430 pts)	#332 (955 pts)	#472 (715 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1412 (148 pts)	#1764 (113 pts)	#914 (363 pts)	#1045 (288 pts)	#1572 (123 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JACKS PIT SHACK, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Chucho Q

#2,639 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1527

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026

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DONE RIGHT SMOKIN

#2,637 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1544

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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Last Minute BBQ

#2,641 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1515

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 19, 2020

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HAWG COUNTY COOKERS

#2,646 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before JACKS PIT SHACK's first contest.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

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MAUS-Q-TEERS

#2,634 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before JACKS PIT SHACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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Evans Ranch BBQ

#2,640 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1515

Level with JACKS PIT SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Nov 22, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE BBQ BUS	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
QUE U	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
WE WILL ROCK QUE	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Carrol Lou's Smokehouse	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Rusty Pig BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
SmokinGhost BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
Risky Brisket	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
CHANNABILLY BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	1	0	0	176.5600	141.6344	164.05	top 65%
Pork Ribs	22	2	1	1	175.4400	150.2632	162.88	top 61%
Pork	20	7	1	4	178.8572	157.1200	167.63	top 41%
Brisket	20	4	0	1	177.7144	146.2172	164.59	top 52%

“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)	10	0	top 57%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
IN	9	top 56%
IL	8	top 59%
WI	3	top 64%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Rockin BBQ	3	24	top 71%	May 29, 2020
Best of the Midwest BBQ	2	23	top 81%	Oct 14, 2022
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two)	2	21	top 62%	Jun 25, 2022
8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2)	2	2	top 25%	May 14, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 7 contests

Contests a season 4.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 11 of 23 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 15 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 22 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Opponents faced 373 finished ahead 340 times, behind 521

Longest layoff 1 yrs May 1, 2021 → May 13, 2022

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

20226 milestones

May 13 First overall top-10 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)
May 13 First overall podium 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)
May 13 First Reserve Championship 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)
May 13 Career-best overall score689.0976 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)
May 14 Peak power rating (1522) 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2)
Oct 14 Most recent contest Best of the Midwest BBQ

20201 milestone

May 29 10th tracked contest Rockin BBQ

20192 milestones

Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.1828 CCSFest
Sep 20 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off

20183 milestones

May 11 First tracked contest Rockin BBQ
Oct 5 First call Harbor-Que
Oct 5 First category win (Pork Ribs) Harbor-Que

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.9	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)	May 13, 2022
+11.2	Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off	Sep 20, 2019
+9.9	Best of the Midwest	Oct 18, 2019
+9.5	Rockin BBQ	May 29, 2020
+7.4	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1	Sep 11, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	Best of the Midwest BBQ	Oct 16, 2020
-8.1	Rockin BBQ	May 11, 2018
-7.9	Rockin BBQ	May 10, 2019
-6.8	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown	Jul 19, 2019
-6.3	Best of the Midwest BBQ	Oct 14, 2022

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)
2022	7	1	1	43%	top 47%	95.7%	93.6%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 50%	92.2%	92.2%
2020	6	0	0	17%	top 66%	92.8%	87.1%
2019	6	0	0	83%	top 54%	94.4%	91.3%
2018	3	0	1	33%	top 75%	89.8%	88.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 14, 2022	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	23 / 36 (655.2340)	24 (167.3940)	21 (163.3828)	27 (159.3600)	18 (165.0972)
Jun 25, 2022	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	21 / 32 (671.2684)	11 (174.2628)	30 (160.5028)	17 (168.5256)	18 (167.9772)
Jun 24, 2022	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	21 / 36 (671.8972)	23 (168.5256)	25 (164.5716)	20 (168.5372)	16 (170.2628)
Jun 24, 2022	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs Belvidere, IL	—	—	10 (168.5372)	—	—
May 14, 2022	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	11 / 25 (681.5768)	15 (171.9656)	17 (165.0856)	1 (176)	11 (168.5256)
May 13, 2022	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	2 / 36 (689.0976)	6 (176.5600)	15 (167.4172)	4 (174.2860)	14 (170.8344)
May 13, 2022	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs) Warsaw, IN	—	—	24 (162.8344)	—	—
May 1, 2021	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	22 / 44 (663.8740)	34 (162.7884)	18 (165.7028)	28 (163.4056)	9 (171.9772)
Oct 16, 2020	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	49 / 50 (483.2912)	48 (153.6800)	—	38 (158.7884)	7 (170.8228)
Sep 12, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	19 / 26 (668.5032)	22 (166.8688)	11 (170.8688)	12 (169.1200)	23 (161.6456)
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	16 / 36 (667.9656)	21 (166.8800)	17 (166.8572)	22 (166.8112)	13 (167.4172)
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	30 (154.2172)	—	—
Aug 14, 2020	Big Blue Barbecue 🏅 Shelbyville, IN	39 / 50 (657.0172)	46 (160.4912)	31 (164.0116)	13 (172.5600)	45 (159.9544)
May 29, 2020	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	24 / 66 (660.4800)	25 (166.8456)	55 (155.9544)	14 (168.5600)	16 (169.1200)
Oct 18, 2019	Best of the Midwest 🏅 Union Grove, WI	16 / 52 (659.3488)	27 (163.3944)	26 (159.9772)	15 (166.8344)	11 (169.1428)
Sep 20, 2019	Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	16 / 54 (679.3832)	23 (167.3944)	12 (172.5944)	3 (178.8572)	37 (160.5372)
Jul 19, 2019	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL	28 / 40 (652.4344)	31 (159.9656)	37 (151.9544)	27 (162.8000)	2 (177.7144)
Jun 14, 2019	Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL	15 / 25 (647.8520)	14 (163.9660)	22 (150.2632)	10 (166.2400)	8 (167.3828)
May 10, 2019	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	37 / 42 (636.4116)	32 (161.6572)	36 (153.0744)	2 (175.4628)	42 (146.2172)
Apr 5, 2019	CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN	19 / 40 (670.1828)	15 (169.7028)	30 (162.8228)	7 (171.9772)	25 (165.6800)
Oct 5, 2018	Harbor-Que Winthrop Harbor, IL	18 / 28 (633.5660)	28 (141.6344)	1 (175.4400)	3 (168.5600)	23 (147.9316)
Jun 22, 2018	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL	37 / 51 (646.7660)	36 (164)	26 (164.5488)	41 (157.1200)	34 (161.0972)
May 11, 2018	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	33 / 37 (627.1540)	34 (153.0744)	20 (162.8228)	29 (158.7884)	32 (152.4684)

JACKS PIT SHACK

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

A September team

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)