A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
F.O.M.S.B. ahead in 100% of their meetings
F.O.M.S.B. has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
JACKS OR BETTER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2014-04-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Best overall
642.8456 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.30
last 3 Master vs avg 621.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
164.6172
Consistency
±19.31
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.69 · weakest Pork (148.00)
Road miles
115
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.30 / 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.
JACKS OR BETTER 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 136 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after JACKS OR BETTER did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with JACKS OR BETTER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 153.1428 | 156.75 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 159.9544 | 161.69 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 138.8572 | 148.00 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 141.1428 | 154.85 | top 60% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2014-04-25
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.69 · weakest Pork (148.00)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
621.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
133
40–120 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
115
3 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
- Peak power rating (1487) 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
- 2014
- Career-best overall score642.8456 VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.6172 VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- Most recent contest VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) | 2013-04-19 |
| -5.7 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest | 2013-10-18 |
| -1.2 | VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | 2014-04-25 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-25 | VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS | 39 / 65 (642.8456) | 52 (154.8228) | 29 (162.2628) | 30 (164.6172) | 28 (161.1428) |
| 2013-10-18 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest 🏅 Garnett, KS | 18 / 25 (625.0400) | 19 (162.2972) | 15 (159.9544) | 24 (140.5256) | 12 (162.2628) |
| 2013-04-19 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) Overland Park, KS | 66 / 73 (596.0000) | 55 (153.1428) | 17 (162.8572) | 72 (138.8572) | 66 (141.1428) |