A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LUNA SMOKE - Italy ahead in 100% of their meetings
LUNA SMOKE - Italy has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Jack & Place
Jack & Place is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 12 at the FO.G & SMOKE (2022). They are ranked #5767 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Jack&Place”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1444
peak 1444 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jan 16, 2015
latest Sep 19, 2026 · 11.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.50
last 5 Master vs avg 627.86 (-0.36)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.89
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.63 · weakest Brisket (153.44)
Road miles
397
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
627.86 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Jack & Place, each with one reason worth a look.
81 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,775 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
They turned up 9 years after Jack & Place did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#5,766 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Jack & Place's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
Level with Jack & Place on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 141.7028 | 156.47 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 141.6800 | 157.30 | top 68% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 151.4284 | 160.63 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 146.2288 | 153.44 | top 87% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 82% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fo.G & Smoke 2026 | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 87% | Sep 19, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
92
finished ahead 24 times, behind 109
Longest layoff
7.2 yrs
Jun 20, 2015 → Sep 17, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Fo.G & Smoke 2026
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score644.5716 FO.G & Smoke 2023
20221 milestone
- First overall top-10 FO.G & SMOKE
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- First call 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1316 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Peak power rating (1490) Italian Barbecue Championship 2015
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 | Jun 20, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Fo.G & Smoke 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 |
| -11.5 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Jan 16, 2015 |
| -11.3 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 | Sep 21, 2024 |
| -10.5 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | Sep 20, 2025 |
| -6 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 | Sep 16, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 88.7% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 | Fo.G & Smoke 2026 Spilamberto | 22 / 22 (597.0516) | — | 22 (141.6800) | 21 (151.4284) | 21 (147.3944) |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto | 22 / 24 (613.6228) | 21 (158.2628) | 23 (144) | 18 (163.9656) | 23 (147.3944) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO) | 18 / 19 (638.7888) | 16 (160) | 11 (166.8572) | 19 (154.2744) | 16 (157.6572) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It | 12 / 15 (644.5716) | 14 (155.4400) | 8 (163.4516) | 12 (162.8228) | 12 (162.8572) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | FO.G & SMOKE Spilamberto, Mo | 9 / 12 (643.4516) | 9 (162.2972) | 10 (158.2972) | 6 (167.4400) | 12 (155.4172) |
| Jun 20, 2015 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 Percorso Verde, Perugia | 12 / 24 (638.7884) | 13 (161.1428) | 15 (157.6800) | 14 (162.8228) | 14 (157.1428) |
| Jan 16, 2015 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers | 21 / 24 (618.7204) | 24 (141.7028) | 5 (169.1316) | 16 (161.6572) | 23 (146.2288) |