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AJU BBQ

AJU BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 26th of 49 at the Original SD BBQ Championship (2021). They are ranked #4013 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,013
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1483
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

10
in the data

First seen

Jun 4, 2021
latest Jun 6, 2025 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1148
Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 71%
overall standings

Best overall

667.9312 / 720
Master · Original SD BBQ Championships

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

30%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200
Pork Ribs · Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs)

Consistency

±12.66
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.94 · weakest Pork (161.12)

Road miles

2
across 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength

57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)

Purse competed for

$50K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.89 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

667.9312 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.9312 at Original SD BBQ Championships — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jun 6, 2025

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BnB BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BnB BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.8 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.82 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Pork avg 161.12
  • Chicken avg 166.94
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Alt's Custom Q in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The metronome

±1.76% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.76% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 90.5% of a perfect score
  • 10 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #1221 (60 pts) #766 (229 pts) #1190 (60 pts) #920 (120 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1464 (59 pts) #1163 (84 pts) #783 (218 pts) #1478 (59 pts) #1465 (59 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1255 (60 pts) #1257 (75 pts) #698 (284 pts) #1287 (60 pts) #1150 (100 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #1309 (60 pts) #1341 (60 pts) #1101 (124 pts) #1348 (60 pts) #1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1236 (60 pts) #978 (120 pts) #1092 (115 pts) #1113 (100 pts) #1245 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to AJU BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Dirt Road Smokers
#4,011 of the rated field
1483 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1483

Fewer contests behind them than AJU BBQ has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Nov 21, 2025
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Northern Lights Smoke
#3,992 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1484

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before AJU BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
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Outlaw Attitude BBQ
#4,026 of the rated field
1483 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1503

They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before AJU BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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BBQ STATE OF MIND
#4,003 of the rated field
1483 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1483

Level with AJU BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 21, 2019
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Goon's BBQ
#3,998 of the rated field
1483 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1483

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before AJU BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
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TOM'S SMOKIN' HOT BBQ PITSTOP
#4,015 of the rated field
1483 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1508

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before AJU BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
SMOKE JUMPERS BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
Bohica BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
PURE SMOKE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
BnB BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
OWENS BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 170.8228 161.1200 166.94 top 56%
Pork Ribs 10 3 0 1 173.1200 151.3372 162.42 top 64%
Pork 5 0 0 0 169.1200 157.1200 161.12 top 76%
Brisket 5 0 0 0 171.4400 156.5372 163.86 top 56%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)20top 77%
Large (40+)30top 68%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Original SD BBQ Championships 3 27 0 top 72% Jun 6, 2025
Original SD BBQ Championship 2 26 0 top 70% Jun 3, 2022

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in SD 10 of 10 contests
Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced 104 finished ahead 64 times, behind 147
Longest layoff 1 yrs Jun 2, 2023 → Jun 7, 2024

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20254 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs)
  2. 10th tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships
  3. Career-best overall score667.9312 Original SD BBQ Championships
  4. Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships
20231 milestone
  1. First call Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs)
20213 milestones
  1. First tracked contest The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3256 Original SD BBQ Championship
  3. Peak power rating (1502) Original SD BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+2.4Original SD BBQ ChampionshipJun 4, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.4Original SD BBQ ChampionshipJun 3, 2022
-7.4Original SD BBQ ChampionshipsJun 7, 2024
-2.6Original SD BBQ ChampionshipsJun 2, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20252000 50% top 63% 92.8% 92.8%
20242000 50% top 85% 89% 89%
20232000 50% top 69% 90.6% 90.6%
20222000 0% top 87% 88.2% 88.2%
20212000 0% top 53% 92.1% 92.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 6, 2025 Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD 30 / 48 (667.9312) 25 (170.8228) 37 (162.8000) 38 (162.8684) 13 (171.4400)
Jun 5, 2025 Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD — — 6 (173.1200) — —
Jun 7, 2024 Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD 29 / 34 (641.0056) 20 (167.4172) 30 (158.8112) 31 (158.2400) 26 (156.5372)
Jun 7, 2024 Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD — — 6 (167.9772) — —
Jun 2, 2023 Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD 27 / 39 (652.4456) 22 (165.0856) 29 (163.4056) 36 (158.2744) 17 (165.6800)
Jun 1, 2023 Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD — — 3 (171.4056) — —
Jun 3, 2022 Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD 40 / 46 (634.7200) 40 (161.1200) 43 (152.5144) 39 (157.1200) 30 (163.9656)
Jun 2, 2022 Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD — — 23 (160.5372) — —
Jun 4, 2021 Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD 26 / 49 (663.3256) 13 (170.2628) 34 (162.2628) 17 (169.1200) 33 (161.6800)
Jun 4, 2021 The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest Huron, SD — — 29 (151.3372) — —

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