A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
QMEISTERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
QMEISTERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Southern Justice BBQ
Southern Justice BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 24th of 39 at the Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) (2015).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 8, 2015
latest May 27, 2016 · 1.1 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 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.29
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.33 · weakest Brisket (156.52)
Road miles
134
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.59 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Southern Justice BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 135 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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⚔ Compare careers#3,813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
Level with Southern Justice BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,824 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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⚔ Compare careers#3,803 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 150.7772 | 156.71 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 154.2744 | 159.03 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.9200 | 160.33 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 153.0512 | 156.52 | top 72% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 76% | May 13, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
107
finished ahead 40 times, behind 103
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20164 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5884 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score649.5884 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5372 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Most recent contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
20151 milestone
- Peak power rating (1498) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) | May 13, 2016 |
| -2.1 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) | May 8, 2015 |
| -1.1 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90.2% | 87.8% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 88% | 88% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2016 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 45 / 66 (649.5884) | 47 (162.8344) | 48 (161.1084) | 24 (168.5372) | 52 (157.1084) |
| May 13, 2016 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 37 / 41 (614.6284) | 40 (150.7772) | 35 (154.2744) | 29 (156.5256) | 34 (153.0512) |
| May 22, 2015 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 8, 2015 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 24 / 39 (633.5428) | 31 (156.5256) | 20 (161.7028) | 25 (155.9200) | 21 (159.3944) |
| May 23, 2014 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA | — | — | — | — | — |