Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Jack's Smokey BBQ
Jack's Smokey BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 10 at the Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp (2025). They finished #378 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 10, 2025
latest Oct 11, 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.68
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.89 · weakest Brisket (159.24)
Road miles
1,375
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
674.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #378 (557 pts) | #258 (871 pts) | #351 (746 pts) | #377 (597 pts) | #462 (452 pts) |
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Jack's Smokey BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,307 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Jack's Smokey BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Jack's Smokey BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,310 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with Jack's Smokey BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,299 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Jack's Smokey BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1498
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 178.8572 | 165.6800 | 172.89 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175.4288 | 160.5488 | 169.82 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 166.2628 | 171.12 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 157.0744 | 159.24 | top 75% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
More numbers
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
43
finished ahead 23 times, behind 35
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
202510 milestones
- First tracked contest Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- First call Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- First category win (Chicken) Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- First overall top-10 Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- First overall podium Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.0516 Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- Career-best overall score689.0516 Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- Peak power rating (1509) Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp
- Most recent contest V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp | May 10, 2025 |
| +3 | Bulgarian Barbecue Championship | Sep 12, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition | Oct 11, 2025 |
| -5.2 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Aug 9, 2025 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2025 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs | 17 / 21 (663.8632) | 6 (176.5600) | 20 (160.5488) | 10 (169.6800) | 21 (157.0744) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Bulgarian Barbecue Championship Sofia | 5 / 11 (678.2516) | 1 (177.1428) | 4 (174.2744) | 8 (166.2628) | 6 (160.5716) |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode | 14 / 20 (668.4576) | 15 (165.6800) | 3 (175.4288) | 12 (168.5372) | 15 (158.8116) |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode | — | 15 (166.2284) | — | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode | — | — | 10 (169.1544) | — | — |
| May 10, 2025 | Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp Targu Mures | 3 / 10 (689.0516) | 1 (178.8572) | 6 (169.6800) | 2 (180) | 7 (160.5144) |