The comeback
5.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.8 years, then back at American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest (2021-03-12).
- last seen 2015-06-12
- back 2021-03-12
JUSTICE FOR YOU BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-12
latest 2021-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.62 · weakest Chicken (138.27)
Road miles
353
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 349 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$66K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.47 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
289.71 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
JUSTICE FOR YOU BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 144 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4628 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JUSTICE FOR YOU BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JUSTICE FOR YOU BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JUSTICE FOR YOU BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with JUSTICE FOR YOU BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after JUSTICE FOR YOU BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 126.2172 | 138.27 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 150.8456 | 159.62 | top 67% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 137.6228 | 152.81 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 157.1200 | 157.70 | top 78% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.3 yrs
2015-06-12 → 2021-09-16
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.62 · weakest Chicken (138.27)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.47
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
289.71
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
534
25–516 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
353
3 mapped stops · furthest 349 mi
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$66,210
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.8 yrs
2015-06-12 → 2021-03-12
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1428 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
- Career-best overall score653.1428 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1656 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
- Peak power rating (1495) Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
- 2021
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest | 2021-03-12 |
| -11 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| -5.5 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) | 2015-06-12 |
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 94% | 80.5% | 79.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 449 / 467 (571.8056) | 459 (126.2172) | 432 (150.8456) | 453 (137.6228) | 340 (157.1200) |
| 2021-03-12 | American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest Kansas City, MO | 22 / 24 (289.7144) | 24 (130.8800) | 19 (158.8344) | — | — |
| 2015-06-12 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) Wynne, AR | 36 / 49 (653.1428) | 46 (157.7028) | 15 (169.1656) | 23 (168.0000) | 41 (158.2744) |