Jessie Raes BBQ

Jessie Raes BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 20 at the Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge (2015). They are ranked #3493 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “JESSIE RAE'S BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,493

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1528 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 10, 2014

latest Nov 21, 2025 · 11.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1020

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

673.7032 / 720

Master · Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

643.68 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 654.85 (-11.17)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0116

Pork Ribs · 6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship

Consistency

±12.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.96 · weakest Brisket (157.23)

Road miles

720

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 153 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$44K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.85 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

673.7032 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.7032 at Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 9, 2015

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.74 points below their pork, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 40%.

Brisket avg 157.23
Pork avg 166.96
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

4.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.5 years, then back at BBQ Jackpot (Nov 21, 2025).

last seen May 28, 2021
back Nov 21, 2025

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Pork nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork entries lost

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG POPPA SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork entries.

An October team

Top 46% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 46% across 3 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 59% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.75% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.75% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
10 contests

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 ↗	Master	#1020 (60 pts)	#1093 (60 pts)	#1161 (60 pts)	#1067 (60 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Jessie Raes BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Troublemakers BBQ

#3,477 of the rated field

1494 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1523

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Jessie Raes BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Jessie Raes BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

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Whistle Pig BBQ

#3,490 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1529

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Jessie Raes BBQ)

They've been 1529 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 33 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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PIG PEN ENTERPRISES

#3,497 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Jessie Raes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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McLay Brothers BBQ

#3,475 of the rated field

1494 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1518

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2021

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UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM

#3,500 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1505

Level with Jessie Raes BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2016

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BBQ Bravado

#3,476 of the rated field

1494 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1506

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Jessie Raes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MONSOON BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SIN CITY SMOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SWEET PETE'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	4	0	172.5600	147.3828	165.36	top 52%
Pork Ribs	10	3	1	176.0116	158.2288	165.30	top 49%
Pork	10	4	0	174.2972	158.1940	166.96	top 48%
Brisket	10	1	1	171.4172	146.1940	157.23	top 71%

“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)	6	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 67%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AZ	5	top 53%
NV	4	top 62%
CA	1	top 81%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2	48	0	top 80%	Jan 17, 2020
Best Dam Barbecue	2	14	0	top 53%	May 27, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AZ 5 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 285 finished ahead 181 times, behind 286

Longest layoff 4.5 yrs May 28, 2021 → Nov 21, 2025

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

20252 milestones

Nov 21 10th tracked contest BBQ Jackpot
Nov 21 Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot

20154 milestones

Feb 27 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Oct 9 First overall top-10 Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
Oct 9 Career-best overall score673.7032 Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
Oct 24 Peak power rating (1528) Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival

20143 milestones

Oct 10 First tracked contest Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
Oct 10 First call Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge
Oct 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5884 Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.6	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	Feb 27, 2015
+8.7	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge	Oct 9, 2015
+5.4	Best Dam Barbecue	May 22, 2015
+2.5	Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival	Oct 24, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.6	BBQ Jackpot	Nov 21, 2025
-7.6	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships	May 28, 2021
-6.8	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 17, 2020
-6	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 19, 2018
-5	Best Dam Barbecue	May 27, 2016

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)
2025	1	0	0%	top 91%	90.7%	90.7%
2021	1	0	100%	top 81%	88.2%	88.2%
2020	1	0	100%	top 81%	88.9%	88.9%
2018	1	0	0%	top 79%	89.8%	89.8%
2016	1	0	0%	top 69%	89.5%	89.5%
2015	4	1	100%	top 33%	93.6%	92.8%
2014	1	0	100%	top 62%	91.3%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	82 / 90 (652.9712)	84 (159.9544)	62 (167.9656)	80 (161.6800)	76 (163.3712)
May 28, 2021	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	22 / 27 (634.7544)	25 (147.3828)	12 (163.3944)	5 (174.2972)	22 (149.6800)
Jan 17, 2020	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	48 / 59 (639.9548)	46 (160.5600)	48 (158.2288)	10 (169.7372)	53 (151.4288)
Jan 19, 2018	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	55 / 70 (646.2632)	58 (161.1428)	60 (159.9660)	39 (165.1428)	52 (160.0116)
May 27, 2016	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	25 / 36 (644.4568)	13 (169.6800)	18 (161.7028)	19 (166.8800)	31 (146.1940)
Oct 24, 2015	Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival Las Vegas, NV	17 / 34 (662.8456)	10 (170.8684)	11 (169.7372)	9 (172.5600)	28 (149.6800)
Oct 9, 2015	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	5 / 20 (673.7032)	6 (169.7372)	9 (162.8344)	5 (169.7144)	3 (171.4172)
May 22, 2015	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	14 / 38 (665.6456)	7 (172)	13 (164.5600)	27 (163.9656)	19 (165.1200)
Feb 27, 2015	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	15 / 82 (670.3084)	17 (169.7484)	3 (176.0116)	24 (167.4400)	56 (157.1084)
Oct 10, 2014	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	13 / 21 (657.5884)	8 (172.5600)	9 (168.5944)	19 (158.1940)	17 (158.2400)

Jessie Raes BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

An October team

The metronome

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

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)