They almost always walk
73%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 11 contests
A top-10 category call in 73% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
JACK9 BBQ - CA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1533 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2017-01-27
latest 2018-11-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.38 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 660.72 (-6.33)
Walk rate
73%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.59 · weakest Pork (158.40)
Road miles
2,058
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 289 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Master avg
660.72 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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
683.3256
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.3256 at Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-01-19
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
The Smoking J's has finished one call ahead of JACK9 BBQ - CA 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−10.2
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 45%.
- Pork avg 158.40
- Chicken avg 168.59
- 0 calls in 11 entries
A strong matchup
5–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 83% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BLUE EYED BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
6 of 8
shared chicken entries lost
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±1.88%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.88% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.8% of a perfect score
- 11 contests
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.
87 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2458 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1521
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to JACK9 BBQ - CA)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JACK9 BBQ - CA has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JACK9 BBQ - CA)
Fewer contests behind them than JACK9 BBQ - CA has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#2470 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2460 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2455 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with JACK9 BBQ - CA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAD FONDO BBQ | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| 7-8-9 BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Sharpe's Woodshed | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE EYED BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin it Up BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM WOODSHED | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 154.8000 | 168.59 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 158.2516 | 166.69 | top 47% |
| Pork | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 150.2400 | 158.40 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 154.7772 | 167.04 | top 37% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 10 | 0 | top 57% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 50% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2017-01-27 → 2018-11-03
Busiest season
2018
8 contests
Contests a season
5.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
10 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
11
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.59 · weakest Pork (158.40)
Walk rate
73%
a top-10 call in 8 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
27%
3 of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
660.72
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
219
236–245 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,058
11 mapped stops · furthest 289 mi
Schedule strength
1591
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Power rating
1521
peak 1533 · #2462 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Newport Beach Winter Q
- First call Grills N Grills
- First overall top-10 Grills N Grills
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8856 Grills N Grills
- 2018
- Career-best overall score683.3256 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1533) Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- 10th tracked contest *Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.9 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2018-01-19 |
| +10.5 | *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-29 |
| +7.6 | Grills N Grills | 2017-08-25 |
| +6.5 | The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-02-23 |
| +1.7 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | 2018-03-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | *Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-11-02 |
| -7.3 | *Newport Beach Winter Q | 2017-01-27 |
| -4.4 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-11-03 |
| -0.3 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 2018-07-13 |
| -0.1 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship | 2018-04-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 55% | 94.9% | 92% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 49% | 92.8% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-03 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA | 27 / 33 (663.8972) | 21 (169.1200) | 4 (175.4172) | 30 (153.1200) | 22 (166.2400) |
| 2018-11-02 | *Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA | 30 / 33 (647.7940) | 30 (161.6456) | 23 (164.5600) | 33 (153.0512) | 14 (168.5372) |
| 2018-08-17 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 27 / 51 (652.3772) | 12 (168.5372) | 6 (171.4172) | 34 (157.6456) | 35 (154.7772) |
| 2018-07-13 | *2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA | 10 / 19 (658.2172) | 7 (167.3828) | 12 (161.1200) | 12 (162.2856) | 7 (167.4288) |
| 2018-04-20 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship Lodi, CA | 26 / 48 (649.6344) | 4 (173.1428) | 36 (158.2516) | 44 (150.2400) | 14 (168.0000) |
| 2018-03-23 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 39 / 78 (664.4688) | 29 (169.7144) | 45 (165.1200) | 63 (158.8000) | 17 (170.8344) |
| 2018-02-23 | The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) Coachella, CA | 20 / 47 (681.0856) | 6 (176.0000) | 26 (169.1428) | 41 (163.3828) | 11 (172.5600) |
| 2018-01-19 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 13 / 70 (683.3256) | 31 (169.6800) | 30 (167.3828) | 12 (172.5600) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL) Sonora, CA | 9 / 30 (667.9312) | 7 (171.4056) | 15 (166.2972) | 23 (161.1084) | 7 (169.1200) |
| 2017-08-25 | Grills N Grills penn Valley, CA | 10 / 27 (663.8856) | 7 (173.1084) | 5 (170.8572) | 22 (155.3944) | 9 (164.5256) |
| 2017-01-27 | *Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA | 45 / 56 (635.2572) | 47 (154.8000) | 35 (163.9772) | 49 (154.8000) | 31 (161.6800) |