JP BBQ and Catering

JP BBQ and Catering is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 26 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2024). They are ranked #2023 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,023

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1537

peak 1539 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 18, 2022

latest Jan 22, 2026 · 3.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#169

Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 8 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

655.8628 / 720

Backyard · Lakeland Pig Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

334.90 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 332.22 (+2.69)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Pork · Lakeland Pig Festival

Consistency

±8.41

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.68 · weakest Brisket (160.10)

Road miles

across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$143K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

332.22 / 360

6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (4-meat) avg

652.99 / 720

2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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 (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.57 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 38% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 160.10
Chicken avg 166.68
3 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

Nuts & Butts ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Nuts & Butts has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Belly Bustin Bistro has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.15% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
8 contests

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A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Lakeland Pig Festival every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 9th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Backyard	#194 (190 pts)	#187 (215 pts)	#185 (220 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Backyard	#169 (297 pts)	#186 (267 pts)	#188 (277 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#193 (252 pts)	#186 (282 pts)	#215 (232 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#180 (263 pts)	#200 (213 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JP BBQ and Catering, each with one reason worth a look.

84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

The Rusty Pig

#2,035 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1537

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to JP BBQ and Catering)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — The Rusty Pig ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2026

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Amped Up

#2,024 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1537

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to JP BBQ and Catering)

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Feb 20, 2026

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Belly Bustin Bistro

#2,030 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1551

3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to JP BBQ and Catering)

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 43% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Apr 25, 2026

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Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q

#2,037 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1585

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to JP BBQ and Catering)

They've been 1585 at their best, 48 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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Ridge Bros BBQ

#2,028 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1557

Level with JP BBQ and Catering on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 6, 2025

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GRILLDROIDS

#2,020 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1541

They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before JP BBQ and Catering's first contest.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 14, 2025
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
K & E's Little Smokers	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Ain't EZ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BBQmyway	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
Tillman's BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Mad Dog BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Belly Bustin Bistro	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Nuts & Butts	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Tarheel Cookers	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Uncle G's BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
K-Dubs BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Slapulator BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Cool Guys BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	0	170.8228	161.6800	166.68	top 31%
Pork Ribs	8	4	1	173.1316	152.5260	163.75	top 47%
Pork	8	4	0	175.4172	147.3488	163.75	top 41%
Brisket	8	3	2	167.9772	153.6572	160.10	top 43%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 31%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 44%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Lakeland Pig Festival	4	9	0	top 44%	Jan 22, 2026
Plant City Pig Jam	4	3	0	top 31%	Nov 21, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 282 finished ahead 365 times, behind 234

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Jan 22 Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival

20251 milestone

Nov 21 Peak power rating (1539) Plant City Pig Jam

20241 milestone

Nov 22 First overall podium Plant City Pig Jam

20232 milestones

Jan 27 Career-best overall score655.8628 Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 27 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Lakeland Pig Festival

20224 milestones

Nov 18 First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 18 First call Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 18 First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1260 Plant City Pig Jam

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 26, 2024
+13	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 22, 2024
+6.7	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 18, 2022
+5.5	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 21, 2025
+1.6	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 24, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.9	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 22, 2026
-1.2	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 17, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0%	top 52%	90%	90%
2025	2	1	50%	top 41%	94.9%	93.7%
2024	2	2	100%	top 13%	94.7%	93.9%
2023	2	0	100%	top 54%	91.1%	89.8%
2022	1	1	100%	top 32%	90.3%	90.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 22, 2026	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	33 / 63 (323.9200)	17 (167.9656)	42 (155.9544)	21 (166.2400)	29 (160.5028)
Nov 21, 2025	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	9 / 31 (341.6572)	11 (168.5256)	6 (173.1316)	4 (171.9884)	15 (158.2400)
Jan 24, 2025	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	21 / 40 (333.0744)	17 (167.9656)	31 (165.1088)	37 (159.3716)	35 (156.5604)
Nov 22, 2024	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	3 / 26 (334.7656)	5 (166.2284)	3 (168.5372)	4 (166.2972)	2 (162.2744)
Jan 26, 2024	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	9 / 61 (341.0972)	6 (170.8228)	10 (170.2744)	5 (175.4056)	38 (153.6572)
Nov 17, 2023	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	13 / 25 (318.7772)	13 (161.6800)	15 (157.0972)	17 (147.3488)	10 (157.1084)
Jan 27, 2023	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	29 / 51 (655.8628)	24 (163.4056)	49 (152.5260)	5 (175.4172)	22 (164.5140)
Nov 18, 2022	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	8 / 25 (650.1260)	4 (166.8228)	7 (167.3944)	21 (147.9316)	3 (167.9772)

JP BBQ and Catering

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Backyard avg

Backyard (4-meat) avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)