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Joint Effort

Joint Effort is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 52nd of 54 at the Sertoma 48 BBQ (2014). They are ranked #5925 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,925
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1438
peak 1438 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Sep 27, 2013
latest Sep 23, 2016 · 3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 93%
overall standings

Best overall

607.7944 / 720
Master · Sertoma 48 BBQ

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

0%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

160.5484
Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±10.46
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 153.21 · weakest Brisket (145.32)

Road miles

57
across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)

State championships

0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

597.12 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Dead Last BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Dead Last BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.89 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Brisket avg 145.32
  • Pork Ribs avg 153.21
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMF in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 97th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Joint Effort, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SWINE-O-MITE
#5,928 of the rated field
1438 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1438
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Joint Effort)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Joint Effort has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen May 13, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head
BIG BAD DAD'S BBQ
#5,921 of the rated field
1438 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1438

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Oct 13, 2017
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JUSTUS BBQ COLORADO
#5,932 of the rated field
1438 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1438

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Aug 2, 2019
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Doc's Bar B Que
#5,930 of the rated field
1438 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1438

Level with Joint Effort on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Jun 24, 2017
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KING OF THE GRILL
#5,931 of the rated field
1438 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1438

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Apr 23, 2016
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Que Lis Bbq
#5,922 of the rated field
1438 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1438

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Dead Last BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
Theslabs.com 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
Evening Wood 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
SKY BLUE THIGHS 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
PORK 'N MINDY 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
FUNNY FARM BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 154.3316 140.4916 148.89 top 90%
Pork Ribs 5 0 0 0 160.5256 142.2400 153.21 top 76%
Pork 5 0 0 0 160.5484 138.2056 149.69 top 84%
Brisket 5 0 0 0 157.0972 129.0628 145.32 top 83%

“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.

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 4 97 0 top 93% Sep 23, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests
Contests a season 1.3 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 5 of 5 contests
Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 228 finished ahead 35 times, behind 463

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

20161 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20141 milestone
  1. Career-best overall score607.7944 Sertoma 48 BBQ
20133 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  2. Career-best single call (Pork)160.5484 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  3. Peak power rating (1489) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

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

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.2Sertoma 48 BBQMay 9, 2014
-13.2Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 26, 2014
-12.5Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 23, 2016
-12Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 25, 2015
-11.1Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 27, 2013

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20161000 0% top 96% 82.2% 82.2%
20151000 0% top 94% 83.1% 83.1%
20142000 0% top 96% 84.4% 82.5%
20131000 0% top 85% 84.4% 84.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 23, 2016 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 107 / 111 (591.8740) 106 (148.5372) 61 (160.5256) 97 (153.7484) 110 (129.0628)
Sep 25, 2015 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 105 / 112 (598.6516) 110 (140.4916) 84 (157.0856) 103 (147.3944) 78 (153.6800)
Sep 26, 2014 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 107 / 112 (579.8628) 99 (148.5488) 107 (142.2400) 102 (148.5484) 105 (140.5256)
May 9, 2014 Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS 52 / 54 (607.7944) 49 (152.5488) 36 (159.9428) 54 (138.2056) 37 (157.0972)
Sep 27, 2013 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 97 / 114 (607.3944) 89 (154.3316) 99 (146.2744) 59 (160.5484) 94 (146.2400)

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