Jessi James Smoking Guns BBQ FL
Rating
1510
peak 1510
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2025-03-21
latest 2025-11-21
Best ToY finish
#217
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.42 · weakest Chicken (161.95)
Road miles
123
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Storylines
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, Torry Island BBQ Showdown (2025-03-21).
Teams like this (closest power rating, FL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 159.9544 | 161.95 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 161.7144 | 164.58 | top 31% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 171.4172 | 171.42 | top 16% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 163.3828 | 163.38 | top 29% |
“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.
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in FL (2 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (2 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 326.53
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 331.3944 | 326.53 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 13 / 31 (331.3944) | 14 (163.9544) | 13 (167.4400) | 5 (171.4172) | 9 (163.3828) |
| 2025-03-21 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 5 / 26 (321.6688) | 5 (159.9544) | 5 (161.7144) | — | — |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #217 (105 pts) | #224 (100 pts) | #231 (105 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #246 (162 pts) | #250 (162 pts) | #266 (162 pts) | — | — |