A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dogpatch Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dogpatch Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh
Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 14th of 15 at the Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 (2021). They finished #785 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1462
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 14, 2021
latest May 13, 2022 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.13
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 143.18 · weakest Chicken (134.96)
Road miles
278
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 242 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
563.65 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh, each with one reason worth a look.
Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 126 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,037 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Level with Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,050 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,054 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,045 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Jim's Smokin Que BBQ Pittsburgh's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1660 | 111.7256 | 134.96 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.3088 | 133.1200 | 143.18 | top 96% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9772 | 131.9656 | 141.87 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7028 | 130.2172 | 141.30 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WV
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 1 times, behind 115
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
20214 milestones
- First tracked contest Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest B
- Peak power rating (1486) Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1
- Career-best overall score587.9660 Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2
- Career-best single call (Brisket)153.7028 Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 | May 14, 2021 |
| -12.8 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 13, 2022 |
| -11.7 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 | May 15, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 72.8% | 72.8% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.7% | 81% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2022 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 39 / 39 (524.2172) | 39 (111.7256) | 38 (150.3088) | 39 (131.9656) | 39 (130.2172) |
| May 15, 2021 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV | 14 / 15 (587.9660) | 13 (149.1660) | 15 (137.1200) | 14 (147.9772) | 12 (153.7028) |
| May 14, 2021 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 🏅 Mannington, WV | 18 / 18 (578.7660) | 17 (143.9772) | 17 (149.1316) | 18 (145.6800) | 18 (139.9772) |
| May 1, 2021 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest A Buckhannon, WV | — | — | 15 (146.2172) | — | — |
| May 1, 2021 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest B Buckhannon, WV | — | — | 14 (133.1200) | — | — |