JCs BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4280

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1477

peak 1507 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-04-04

latest 2022-06-17

Best ToY finish

#1161

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

667.2800 / 720

Master · Central Plains Ribfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

632.54 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 635.61 (-3.07)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0000

Brisket · Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1

Consistency

±18.06

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 160.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.28)

Road miles

4,758

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1379 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

635.61 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

667.2800 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.2800 at Central Plains Ribfest — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-06-17

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

4 LEGS UP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

4 LEGS UP BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.02 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 14%.

Pork Ribs avg 156.28
Brisket avg 160.30
2 calls in 7 entries

The comeback

5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5 years, then back at Central Plains Ribfest (2022-06-17).

last seen 2017-06-24
back 2022-06-17

The long haul

4,758 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,758 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,379 miles to Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1.

7 mapped stops
furthest 1,379 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SMOKE IT IF YA GOT IT

#4258 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1477

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to JCs BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JCs BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-01-16

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Game of Bones

#4290 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 14 contests to 7.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-11-02

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BBQ Bud's

#4297 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1476

No shared contest yet.

Level with JCs BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-06-11

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SONS OF SAUCE

#4277 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before JCs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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Jessie Rae's Barbecue

#4271 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before JCs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

3 Brothers BBQ

#4270 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-08-30

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	171.9772	147.9772	160.21	top 65%
Pork Ribs	7	2	167.3828	137.6344	156.28	top 62%
Pork	7	2	167.3828	148.5828	158.82	top 66%
Brisket	7	1	172.0000	149.7256	160.30	top 56%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NM	3	top 78%
WA	3	top 55%
NE	1	top 69%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 77%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	14	0	top 65%	2017-03-31

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.2 yrs 2014-04-04 → 2022-06-17

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NM 3 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 160.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.28)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 635.61 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 170 72–160 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,758 7 mapped stops · furthest 1,379 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Purse competed for $10,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5 yrs 2017-06-24 → 2022-06-17

Power rating 1477 peak 1507 · #4280 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Apr 4 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 4 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 25 First overall top-10 Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
Apr 25 Peak power rating (1507) Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
2017
Jun 23 Career-best single call (Brisket)172.0000 Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1
2022
Jun 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.2800 Central Plains Ribfest
Jun 17 Career-best overall score667.2800 Central Plains Ribfest
Jun 17 Most recent contest Central Plains Ribfest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.3	Washington State Spring BBQ Championship	2014-04-25
+2.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-04-04

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-03-31
-7.1	Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1	2017-06-23
-6.6	Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 2	2017-06-24
-6.2	Smokin' On The Pecos	2015-06-26
-1.5	Central Plains Ribfest	2022-06-17

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	100%	top 69%	92.7%	92.7%
2017	3	0	33%	top 82%	88.8%	87.1%
2015	1	0	0%	top 73%	85.3%	85.3%
2014	2	1	100%	top 42%	89.4%	89.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-06-17	Central Plains Ribfest 🏅 Holdrege, NE	20 / 29 (667.2800)	10 (171.9772)	15 (167.3828)	25 (162.2284)	18 (165.6916)
2017-06-24	Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 2 Artesia, NM	30 / 37 (639.2568)	28 (164.5256)	35 (143.9200)	30 (162.2628)	14 (168.5484)
2017-06-23	Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1 Artesia, NM	35 / 43 (609.5432)	40 (147.9772)	41 (137.6344)	33 (151.9316)	8 (172.0000)
2017-03-31	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	25 / 30 (632.3888)	19 (163.3828)	21 (158.8232)	22 (155.9428)	24 (154.2400)
2015-06-26	Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM	35 / 48 (614.2280)	38 (153.1084)	24 (162.8112)	36 (148.5828)	33 (149.7256)
2014-04-25	Washington State Spring BBQ Championship Monroe, WA	8 / 22 (643.8512)	6 (166.2628)	8 (162.2400)	10 (163.4056)	18 (151.9428)
2014-04-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	14 / 30 (642.7428)	24 (154.2628)	10 (161.1428)	7 (167.3828)	13 (159.9544)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017 ↗	Master	#2852 (55 pts)	#2118 (85 pts)	#2218 (75 pts)	#2199 (70 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1161 (252 pts)	#1355 (222 pts)	#1170 (272 pts)	#1152 (282 pts)	#1445 (197 pts)