High-water mark
666.2056
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2056 at WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 23, 2021
Double J BBQ
Double J BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 21st of 45 at the WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (2021). They finished #1152 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “DOUBLE "J" BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Sep 3, 2016
latest Apr 23, 2021 · 4.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.13)
Road miles
5,166
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,274 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
647.11 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1152 (80 pts) | #1225 (75 pts) | #1297 (65 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Double J BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Double J BBQ 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 112 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Double J BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Double J BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,087 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Double J BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 72
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1503
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Double J BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 67 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with Double J BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
Fewer contests behind them than Double J BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
They turned up 8 years after Double J BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 152 | 159.99 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 148.5600 | 158.13 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 162.2972 | 167.29 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 160.5600 | 161.69 | top 63% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 172 | 0 | top 86% | Oct 29, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 9 contests · 7 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
633
finished ahead 191 times, behind 643
Longest layoff
4 yrs
May 6, 2017 → Apr 23, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2056 WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
- Career-best overall score666.2056 WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
- Peak power rating (1503) WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
- Most recent contest WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
20161 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1544 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest | Apr 23, 2021 |
| +2.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Sep 3, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 89.9% | 89% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2021 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest 🏅 Washington, MO | 21 / 45 (666.2056) | 22 (169.1200) | 24 (167.9656) | 13 (168.5600) | 31 (160.5600) |
| May 6, 2017 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 427 / 557 (630.8112) | 489 (152) | 438 (155.4056) | 329 (162.2972) | 309 (161.1084) |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 172 / 180 (643.9656) | 148 (165.1544) | 179 (148.5600) | 86 (169.1428) | 161 (161.1084) |
| Sep 3, 2016 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 28 / 58 (647.4404) | 52 (153.7032) | 34 (160.5828) | 21 (169.1544) | 22 (164) |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 9, 2014 | Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.