A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Justice BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Justice BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BBQ Love Club
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-01-28
latest 2026-03-21
Best ToY finish
#670
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
601.14
last 3 Master vs avg 601.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±41.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.87 · weakest Pork (130.46)
Road miles
301
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
601.14 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional (2026-01-24).
- last seen 2023-01-28
- back 2026-01-24
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.
BBQ Love Club 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 129 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.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before BBQ Love Club's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ Love Club on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before BBQ Love Club's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before BBQ Love Club's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4744 | 153.6800 | 158.28 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 156.5372 | 158.87 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.6284 | 83.8168 | 130.46 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160.0456 | 142.8456 | 153.53 | top 49% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2023-01-28 → 2026-03-21
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.87 · weakest Pork (130.46)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
601.14
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
29–41 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
301
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1509
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2023-01-28 → 2026-01-24
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
- First call Panama BBQ Fest
- 2026
- First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Panama
- Career-best overall score633.3028 BBQ Fest Panama
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4744 BBQ Fest Panama
- Peak power rating (1492) BBQ Fest Panama
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Panama
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.2 | BBQ Fest Panama | 2026-03-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Panama BBQ Fest | 2023-01-28 |
| -1.7 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional | 2026-01-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 88% | 87.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 95% | 75.4% | 75.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 7 / 23 (633.3028) | 4 (167.4744) | 9 (157.1884) | 14 (150.9372) | 8 (157.7028) |
| 2026-01-24 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui, +507 | 19 / 31 (626.8912) | 24 (153.6800) | 21 (156.5372) | 21 (156.6284) | 7 (160.0456) |
| 2023-01-28 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City, | 18 / 19 (543.2336) | 12 (153.6912) | 9 (162.8800) | 19 (83.8168) | 17 (142.8456) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #670 (153 pts) | #668 (198 pts) | #848 (133 pts) | #863 (103 pts) | #730 (143 pts) |