High-water mark
675.3944
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.3944 at Montana Pitmaster Classic — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 22, 2025
Jay Miller and the Experience
Jay Miller and the Experience is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 21st of 32 at the Smoke-N-Wings (2025). They are ranked #4947 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 9, 2022
latest Aug 22, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.45 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 647.97 (+7.48)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.45
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.28)
Road miles
2,613
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 700 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$80K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
647.97 / 720
7 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 | #798 (147 pts) | #627 (292 pts) | #993 (127 pts) | #739 (202 pts) | #683 (222 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #935 (118 pts) | #898 (148 pts) | #1091 (118 pts) | #725 (223 pts) | #976 (118 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1055 (112 pts) | #995 (127 pts) | #1218 (112 pts) | #982 (122 pts) | #946 (137 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1640 (56 pts) | #1647 (56 pts) | #1400 (61 pts) | #1644 (56 pts) | #1329 (61 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Jay Miller and the Experience, each with one reason worth a look.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,951 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1464
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,949 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1509
They've been 1509 at their best, 45 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Jay Miller and the Experience's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,941 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
They were already cooking in 2016, 6 years before Jay Miller and the Experience's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,960 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Level with Jay Miller and the Experience on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,959 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Jay Miller and the Experience's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bite BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rhythm n QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 151.3828 | 163.16 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 155.3600 | 160.28 | top 84% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 147.9656 | 163.40 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4628 | 149.6800 | 161.38 | top 67% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 3 | 23 | 0 | top 72% | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Best Dam Barbeque | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 89% | May 24, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MT
3 of 7 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
147
finished ahead 54 times, behind 183
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2168 Smoke-N-Wings
- Career-best overall score675.3944 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
20241 milestone
- First call Montana Pitmaster Classic
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Western Legends BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1490) Western Legends BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.5 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 22, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Western Legends BBQ Contest | Sep 9, 2022 |
| -8.7 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 26, 2023 |
| -7.9 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 23, 2024 |
| -6.4 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 24, 2024 |
| -3.8 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 25, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 93.8% | 93.4% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 90% | 89.4% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 89.4% | 88.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2025 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 23 / 38 (675.3944) | 3 (178.2972) | 31 (161.1200) | 12 (173.1428) | 25 (162.8344) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 21 / 32 (670.2168) | 29 (159.3828) | 23 (166.8456) | 21 (168.5256) | 7 (175.4628) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 33 / 39 (647.9548) | 38 (153.7144) | 33 (162.8232) | 7 (174.2972) | 33 (157.1200) |
| May 24, 2024 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 28 / 33 (639.8168) | 19 (169.1084) | 31 (157.0628) | 25 (163.9656) | 28 (149.6800) |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 31 / 44 (643.8744) | 23 (169.6800) | 38 (155.3600) | 38 (152.5144) | 21 (166.3200) |
| May 26, 2023 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 25 / 27 (636.4000) | 24 (160.5484) | 25 (157.0860) | — | 24 (157.1200) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 29 / 31 (622.1136) | 29 (151.3828) | 24 (161.6568) | 31 (147.9656) | 24 (161.1084) |