The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Beta BBQ has finished one call ahead of Jakes BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Jakes BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1514 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2021-10-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.92 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 588.77 (+17.14)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±43.20
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.02 · weakest Brisket (142.41)
Road miles
4,043
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1594 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
588.77 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−12.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.62 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Brisket avg 142.41
- Pork Ribs avg 155.02
- 0 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
4.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.5 years, then back at The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 (2021-04-16).
- last seen 2016-10-14
- back 2021-04-16
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 71 at their very first tracked contest, New Holland Summer Fest (2013-08-23).
- 2013-08-23
- 71-team field
The long haul
4,043
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,043 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,594 miles to The Golden State Battle III - Day 1.
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 1,594 mi
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Anchor City Cook Off every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 19th
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.
109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Jakes BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Jakes BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Jakes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5528 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#5537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5549 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Level with Jakes BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 147.4172 | 153.31 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 142.8116 | 155.02 | top 85% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1772 | 145.6684 | 154.37 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 125.0172 | 142.41 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 5 | 0 | top 94% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 4% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor City Cook Off | 5 | 19 | 0 | top 94% | 2021-10-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2021-10-08
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
5 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 155.02 · weakest Brisket (142.41)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
14%
1 of 7 contests
Master average
588.77
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
210
82–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,043
7 mapped stops · furthest 1,594 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,100
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.5 yrs
2016-10-14 → 2021-04-16
Power rating
1449
peak 1514 · #5536 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
- First overall top-10 New Holland Summer Fest
- First overall podium New Holland Summer Fest
- Peak power rating (1514) New Holland Summer Fest
- First call Anchor City Cook Off
- 2014
- Career-best overall score634.8460 Anchor City Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 Anchor City Cook Off
- 2021
- Most recent contest Anchor City Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2013-08-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2013-10-11 |
| -12.7 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2015-10-09 |
| -10.8 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2016-10-14 |
| -9.8 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 | 2021-04-16 |
| -9.7 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2021-10-08 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 84.9% | 84.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.8% | 79.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 50% | 83.5% | 75.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | Anchor City Cook Off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 19 / 19 (611.2688) | 17 (160.0000) | 19 (159.4172) | 18 (153.0972) | 19 (138.7544) |
| 2021-04-16 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 🏅 Hollister, CA | 39 / 41 (605.5200) | 38 (147.9088) | 40 (149.1200) | 41 (145.6684) | 29 (162.8228) |
| 2016-10-14 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 33 / 34 (603.2116) | 31 (153.0744) | 30 (154.2400) | 33 (149.1200) | 32 (146.7772) |
| 2015-10-09 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 20 / 20 (574.7320) | 20 (147.4172) | 20 (142.8116) | 19 (151.4172) | 20 (133.0860) |
| 2014-10-10 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 21 / 27 (634.8460) | 23 (157.7372) | 9 (171.4172) | 22 (157.7144) | 25 (147.9772) |
| 2013-10-11 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 28 / 29 (601.0288) | 28 (153.7028) | 27 (153.1316) | 7 (169.1772) | 29 (125.0172) |
| 2013-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 3 / 71 (490.8112) | — | — | — | — |