High-water mark
666.2400
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2400 at USA Barbecue Championship — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-30
JW HAYES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-06-20
latest 2014-10-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.76
last 4 Master vs avg 638.76 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.86 · weakest Brisket (153.53)
Road miles
266
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 202 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Master avg
638.76 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
JW HAYES has 4 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 151 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Level with JW HAYES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 149.6684 | 160.26 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 149.1312 | 157.11 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 153.7028 | 167.86 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 136.5372 | 153.53 | top 73% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2014-06-20 → 2014-10-30
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.86 · weakest Brisket (153.53)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
638.76
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
200
104–193 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
266
4 mapped stops · furthest 202 mi
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
- First call 6th Annual Vista Q Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0404 6th Annual Vista Q Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score666.2400 USA Barbecue Championship
- Peak power rating (1489) USA Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest USA Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | USA Barbecue Championship | 2014-10-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship | 2014-06-20 |
| -1.8 | 6th Annual Vista Q Classic | 2014-07-25 |
| -1.5 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2014-10-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 67% | 92.5% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-30 | USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 39 / 79 (666.2400) | 64 (162.8344) | 37 (167.4172) | 41 (165.7256) | 24 (170.2628) |
| 2014-10-02 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 58 / 97 (650.7200) | 72 (161.1200) | 71 (159.3828) | 7 (176.5600) | 81 (153.6572) |
| 2014-07-25 | 6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA | 38 / 60 (649.0404) | 34 (167.4056) | 51 (152.5144) | 2 (175.4516) | 51 (153.6688) |
| 2014-06-20 | 3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA | 62 / 65 (589.0396) | 59 (149.6684) | 58 (149.1312) | 52 (153.7028) | 61 (136.5372) |