The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2016-05-06).
- last seen 2014-07-11
- back 2016-05-06
BIG JIM'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-12
latest 2016-05-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.97
last 3 Master vs avg 616.97 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.09 · weakest Brisket (151.01)
Road miles
2,010
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2009 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
616.97 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BIG JIM'S BBQ has 3 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 143 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.
#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG JIM'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after BIG JIM'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 151.9544 | 155.78 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2284 | 149.6456 | 153.10 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 154.2056 | 157.09 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 128.4688 | 151.01 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Country Big Q | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 65% | 2014-07-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2013-07-12 → 2016-05-06
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.09 · weakest Brisket (151.01)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.97
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
131
41–111 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,010
3 mapped stops · furthest 2,009 mi
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2016-05-06
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q
- 2014
- First call Wine Country Big Q
- Career-best overall score634.1484 Wine Country Big Q
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1656 Wine Country Big Q
- Peak power rating (1493) Wine Country Big Q
- 2016
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.1 | Wine Country Big Q | 2014-07-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2016-05-06 |
| -7.7 | Wine Country Big Q | 2013-07-12 |
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 85% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 57 / 67 (622.0568) | 42 (162.8228) | 61 (149.6456) | 63 (154.2056) | 49 (155.3828) |
| 2014-07-11 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 23 / 44 (634.1484) | 33 (151.9544) | 27 (158.2284) | 29 (154.8000) | 6 (169.1656) |
| 2013-07-12 | Wine Country Big Q Santa Rosa, CA | 34 / 44 (594.7084) | 33 (152.5484) | 29 (151.4284) | 13 (162.2628) | 42 (128.4688) |