SMOKIN JAY'S BARTZ-B-QUE
SMOKIN JAY'S BARTZ-B-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2018. Their best overall finish is 20th of 20 at the Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Strongest meat
Purse competed for
Master avg
Backyard avg
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7372 | 118.8456 | 136.29 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.8116 | 142.8116 | 142.81 | top 95% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 158.8456 | 158.85 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8228 | 146.8228 | 146.82 | top 90% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20183 milestones
- Career-best overall score602.2172 America's Finest BBQ State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)158.8456 America's Finest BBQ State Championship
- Most recent contest America's Finest BBQ State Championship
—1 milestone
- First tracked contest Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2018 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA | 37 / 40 (602.2172) | 35 (153.7372) | 38 (142.8116) | 29 (158.8456) | 36 (146.8228) |
| — | Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Spring Valley, CA | 20 / 20 (118.8456) | 20 (118.8456) | — | — | — |