A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE BBQ GURU ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE BBQ GURU has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Jack's Down Home BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-05
latest 2016-08-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.79
last 4 Master vs avg 633.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.70 · weakest Brisket (154.96)
Road miles
102
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 102 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
633.79 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BURNT SIDE DOWN in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
Jack's Down Home BBQ has 4 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 92 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.
#2834 of the rated field
- Contests
- 47
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1542
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Jack's Down Home BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Jack's Down Home BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Jack's Down Home BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Jack's Down Home BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 142.7772 | 157.13 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 149.7028 | 161.70 | top 36% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7488 | 149.1428 | 160.00 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 147.3944 | 154.96 | top 49% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland Summer Fest | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 39% | 2016-08-26 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2013-10-05 → 2016-08-26
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.70 · weakest Brisket (154.96)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
633.79
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
171
150–134 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
102
4 mapped stops · furthest 102 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2015-08-28
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship
- 2014
- First call New Holland Summer Fest
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6572 New Holland Summer Fest
- Career-best overall score649.6572 New Holland Summer Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8800 New Holland Summer Fest
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1510) New Holland Summer Fest
- Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2015-08-28 |
| +4.2 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2014-08-22 |
| +2 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2016-08-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.4 | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship | 2013-10-05 |
Category scores over time
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 31 / 66 (642.2056) | 42 (157.7028) | 13 (169.1200) | 33 (161.1544) | 42 (154.2284) |
| 2015-08-28 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 21 / 70 (649.6572) | 9 (170.8800) | 14 (167.4172) | 20 (163.9656) | 52 (147.3944) |
| 2014-08-22 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 29 / 70 (637.1544) | 38 (157.1428) | 53 (149.7028) | 11 (165.7488) | 9 (164.5600) |
| 2013-10-05 | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ | 57 / 85 (606.1372) | 82 (142.7772) | 24 (160.5716) | 57 (149.1428) | 40 (153.6456) |