High-water mark
337.1544
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.1544 at B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.7% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Aug 5, 2022
Carnivorous Jim BBQ
Carnivorous Jim BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 8th of 40 at the Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (2020). They are ranked #2457 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2019
latest Aug 5, 2022 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
322.49 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 323.99 (-1.50)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.90
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.94 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.04)
Road miles
173
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
323.99 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Carnivorous Jim BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
91 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with Carnivorous Jim BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,460 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,465 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Carnivorous Jim BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,458 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Carnivorous Jim BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 155.9544 | 162.94 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 149.7028 | 161.04 | top 39% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
185
finished ahead 170 times, behind 118
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Jun 21, 2019 → Oct 16, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- Career-best overall score337.1544 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2972 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1522) B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20191 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.4744 Bring'n Home the Bacon
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 | Oct 16, 2020 |
| +7 | Bring'n Home the Bacon | Jun 21, 2019 |
| +2.2 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 5, 2022 |
| +1.8 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) | Jun 3, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 | Jun 12, 2021 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 93.7% | 89.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 89% | 89% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2022 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 10 / 21 (337.1544) | 9 (170.2972) | 9 (166.8572) | — | — |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 13 / 33 (305.6572) | 13 (155.9544) | 15 (149.7028) | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI | 22 / 45 (320.5372) | 20 (161.7144) | 21 (158.8228) | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 8 / 40 (326.8004) | 10 (164.5488) | 15 (162.2516) | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI | 11 / 37 (331.4744) | 8 (168.0116) | 12 (163.4628) | — | — |
| — | Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Wisconsin Dells, WI | 10 / 25 (322.2976) | 15 (157.1432) | 8 (165.1544) | — | — |