A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
TRUE SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
TRUE SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
JD BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-03
latest 2018-09-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.13
last 3 Master vs avg 605.13 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.81 · weakest Brisket (144.20)
Road miles
53
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
605.13 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
JD 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 139 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.
#4516 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1472
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to JD BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JD BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after JD BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with JD BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 155.4284 | 139.4284 | 146.83 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 142.8456 | 154.29 | top 85% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 150.2628 | 159.81 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8800 | 136.6172 | 144.20 | top 90% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Big Muddy Brew N Que | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 81% | 2018-09-01 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-09-03 → 2018-09-01
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.81 · weakest Brisket (144.20)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.13
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
68
9–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
53
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2017-06-23 → 2018-09-01
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First call Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Career-best overall score624.0000 Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8800 Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Peak power rating (1493) Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Big Muddy Brew N Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | *Rotary Rockn Ribs | 2017-06-23 |
| -8.2 | *Big Muddy Brew N Que | 2018-09-01 |
| -7.1 | Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | 2016-09-03 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.2% | 80.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-01 | *Big Muddy Brew N Que Winona, MN | 19 / 22 (613.7484) | 18 (155.4284) | 17 (163.4056) | 16 (158.2972) | 21 (136.6172) |
| 2017-06-23 | *Rotary Rockn Ribs LaCrosse, WI | 36 / 37 (577.6452) | 37 (139.4284) | 34 (142.8456) | 34 (150.2628) | 35 (145.1084) |
| 2016-09-03 | Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Winona, MN | 15 / 20 (624.0000) | 20 (145.6228) | 17 (156.6172) | 4 (170.8800) | 16 (150.8800) |