The heartbreaker
4.5600
points from the title
Came within 4.5600 points of the Grand Championship at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (Oct 9, 2020).
GEAR JAMMERS
GEAR JAMMERS is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 37 at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2020), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 9, 2020
latest May 14, 2021
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.14 · weakest Pork (151.36)
Road miles
64
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
627.23 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
332.56 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 165.6800 | 152.5144 | 159.10 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.8800 | 163.4060 | 165.14 | top 35% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3600 | 151.3600 | 151.36 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 159.9544 | 159.95 | top 76% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score627.2348 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF
- Most recent contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF
20207 milestones
- First tracked contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First call The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall podium The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First Reserve Championship The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score332.5600 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8800 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2021 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 38 / 42 (627.2348) | 40 (152.5144) | 27 (163.4060) | 41 (151.3600) | 32 (159.9544) |
| Oct 9, 2020 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 2 / 37 (332.5600) | 2 (165.6800) | 2 (166.8800) | — | — |