A tough matchup
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.71 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (2016-09-03).
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.
100 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Last Supper BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 12 years after Last Supper BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Last Supper BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 146.8228 | 160.89 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 156.5372 | 164.78 | top 39% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 154.8228 | 163.86 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 146.8572 | 155.07 | top 69% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 48% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-03 |
| +3.4 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +1 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.7 | *1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-07-13 |
| -2.1 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2013-05-10 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 89.3% | 88.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-13 | *1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO | 18 / 24 (636.9944) | 23 (146.8228) | 5 (170.2744) | 12 (162.8000) | 18 (157.0972) |
| 2017-09-02 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX | 22 / 46 (653.6456) | 14 (164.5600) | 17 (165.7028) | 17 (165.1084) | 26 (158.2744) |
| 2016-09-03 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 26 / 58 (653.6112) | 34 (163.3596) | 45 (156.5372) | 2 (177.7144) | 41 (156.0000) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 230 / 535 (642.7544) | 194 (164.5600) | 126 (166.2400) | 384 (154.8228) | 281 (157.1316) |
| 2013-05-10 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 30 / 52 (635.9998) | 15 (165.1428) | 18 (165.1428) | 36 (158.8570) | 47 (146.8572) |