The heartbreaker
1.0400
points from the title
Came within 1.0400 points of the Grand Championship at Lakeland Pig Festival (Jan 24, 2020).
UNCLE JOHNS PRIDE
UNCLE JOHNS PRIDE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2248 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Uncle John's Pride”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1529
peak 1529 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2017
latest Jan 27, 2023 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
1 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.45
spread of their Backyard (4-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.77 · weakest Brisket (156.79)
Road miles
2
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
577.53 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
661.40 / 720
4 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 1 GC
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to UNCLE JOHNS PRIDE, each with one reason worth a look.
76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,239 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before UNCLE JOHNS PRIDE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
Level with UNCLE JOHNS PRIDE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1541
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before UNCLE JOHNS PRIDE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1529
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1529
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 143.8968 | 161.67 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 143.3944 | 163.77 | top 41% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 154.2972 | 162.40 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 135.3944 | 156.79 | top 45% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 5 | 1 | 1 | top 36% | Jan 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
First title
Jan 25, 2019
Lakeland Pig Festival
Opponents faced
299
finished ahead 329 times, behind 145
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 24, 2020 → Jan 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Peak power rating (1529) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20201 milestone
- First Reserve Championship Lakeland Pig Festival
201910 milestones
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall podium Lakeland Pig Festival
- First Grand Championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- First state championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.8800 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Biggest field won (58 teams) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score686.8800 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Lakeland Pig Festival
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 25, 2019 |
| +15.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
| +6.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| +1.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 87% | 87% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 4% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 2% | 95.4% | 95.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.2% | 80.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 18 / 51 (659.9540) | 20 (166.2284) | 34 (162.8456) | 12 (170.2972) | 31 (160.5828) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 27 / 60 (626.1832) | 31 (154.2288) | 11 (167.4172) | 31 (154.2972) | 29 (150.2400) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 2 / 53 (672.5940) | 2 (173.7028) | 11 (167.4628) | 18 (163.4056) | 6 (168.0228) |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 1 / 58 (686.8800) | 7 (170.2972) | 1 (177.7144) | 9 (169.1428) | 4 (169.7256) |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 58 / 60 (577.5312) | 57 (143.8968) | 58 (143.3944) | 53 (154.8456) | 59 (135.3944) |