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.
JAKIS SMOKE HOUSE has 2 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 146 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JAKIS SMOKE HOUSE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after JAKIS SMOKE HOUSE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with JAKIS SMOKE HOUSE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130.8456 | 130.2512 | 130.55 | top 98% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.7144 | 134.8228 | 138.27 | top 93% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 157.7372 | 158.29 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127.3944 | 103.9200 | 115.66 | top 99% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 76.7% | 75.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-16 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 60 / 61 (533.6228) | 59 (130.2512) | 52 (141.7144) | 37 (157.7372) | 60 (103.9200) |
| 2016-08-26 | Grills 'N' Grilles(presented by the United Way of Nevada Country) Penn Valley, CA | 28 / 28 (551.8972) | 28 (130.8456) | 28 (134.8228) | 16 (158.8344) | 28 (127.3944) |