BIG JIM'S SMOKIN BBQ
BIG JIM'S SMOKIN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 4th of 15 at the Rumble on the River (2019). They finished #1690 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2019
their only contest in the data
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contest
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.66)
Purse competed for
$8,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
614.15 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
288.47 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1690 (105 pts) | #1558 (125 pts) | #1790 (100 pts) | #1689 (115 pts) | #1725 (105 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 160.5256 | 160.53 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6572 | 149.6572 | 149.66 | top 87% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 151.4284 | 151.4284 | 151.43 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5372 | 152.5372 | 152.54 | top 80% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2019 | Rumble on the River Morris MB | 4 / 15 (288.4684) | 9 (160.5256) | 13 (149.6572) | 10 (151.4284) | 12 (152.5372) |