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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.
Jacob Barker Musicfest Wishmakers has 1 rated contest — 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 152 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.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Jacob Barker Musicfest Wishmakers's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2015, 10 years before Jacob Barker Musicfest Wishmakers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Jacob Barker Musicfest Wishmakers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Jacob Barker Musicfest Wishmakers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Jacob Barker Musicfest Wishmakers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Jacob Barker Musicfest Wishmakers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.2972 | 108.2972 | 108.30 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9544 | 143.9544 | 143.95 | top 100% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5144 | 148.5144 | 148.51 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.0288 | 133.0288 | 133.03 | top 96% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 74.1% | 74.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) 🏅 Jackson, TN | 25 / 25 (533.7948) | 25 (108.2972) | 25 (143.9544) | 24 (148.5144) | 24 (133.0288) |