The comeback
2.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2024-05-03).
- last seen 2021-05-28
- back 2024-05-03
Jr's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-05-28
latest 2025-06-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.74 · weakest Brisket (143.75)
Road miles
99
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
578.73 / 720
1 Master contest · 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.
Jr's BBQ 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 141 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Jr's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Jr's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Jr's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.5484 | 144.5256 | 148.73 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 145.6800 | 153.89 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 151.9656 | 156.74 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.2512 | 118.7772 | 143.75 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 85% | 2025-06-20 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2021-05-28 → 2025-06-20
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.74 · weakest Brisket (143.75)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
578.73
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
46
4–45 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
99
3 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
2021-05-28 → 2024-05-03
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships
- 2024
- First call IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- 2025
- Career-best overall score615.8624 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.8228 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA | 15 / 15 (615.8624) | 13 (149.1084) | 14 (145.6800) | 10 (162.8228) | 6 (158.2512) |
| 2024-05-03 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA | 7 / 10 (614.7312) | 8 (144.5256) | 5 (160.5600) | 7 (155.4284) | 5 (154.2172) |
| 2021-05-28 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA | 26 / 27 (578.7312) | 22 (152.5484) | 22 (155.4400) | 23 (151.9656) | 27 (118.7772) |