RAMMER JAMMER BBQ

RAMMER JAMMER BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 24 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #582 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#582

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1662

peak 1662 · rated over 23 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 26, 2016

latest Mar 7, 2025 · 9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#233

Backyard 2024 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

54% of 24 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

681.6456 / 720

Master · World Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

343.51 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 341.82 (+1.69)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±4.82

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 170.65 · weakest Pork (168.93)

Road miles

3,004

across 24 mapped stops · furthest 226 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)

Purse competed for

$231K

listed at 15 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.78 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

341.82 / 360

12 Backyard contests · 1 GC

Backyard (3-meat) avg

511.25 / 540

5 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 1 GC

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Among the elite

#582 of 6,485 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1662 puts them #582 of 6,485 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

rating 1662
peak 1662
23 rated contests

Against the odds

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) (Oct 21, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Hickory Hangover.

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 8%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 24 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 24 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.6456 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.6456 at World Barbecue Championship — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 11, 2016

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 11 entries at contests carrying the title.

11 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

LEE LA Q has finished one call ahead of RAMMER JAMMER BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2021 1 Grand Championship

2021 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 17%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 17%

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 88% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Hickory Hangover in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off (Feb 22, 2019).

last seen Feb 24, 2017
back Feb 22, 2019

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

REDBONES BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 19% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 19% across 4 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 30% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,004 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,004 miles across 24 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 226 miles to Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY).

24 mapped stops
furthest 226 mi

The metronome

±1.50% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.50% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.5% of a perfect score
24 contests

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 ↗	Backyard	#294 (125 pts)	#309 (115 pts)	#292 (140 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#233 (185 pts)	#261 (160 pts)	#244 (185 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#291 (105 pts)	#284 (115 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#56 (792 pts)	#66 (752 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#88 (406 pts)	#64 (536 pts)	—	—
2020 ↗	Backyard	—	#10 (956 pts)	#9 (1,021 pts)	—	—
2019 ↗	Master	#1814 (80 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#1324 (175 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2076 (83 pts)	#2080 (93 pts)	#1992 (113 pts)	#2251 (63 pts)	#1936 (118 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1070 (297 pts)	#1039 (337 pts)	#1456 (202 pts)	#1246 (262 pts)	#712 (567 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1661 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 82%
Peak: 1661

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
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SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS

#584 of the rated field

1661 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1685

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

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#585 of the rated field

1661 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1675

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 57 contests to 24.

rated over 57 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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PIRATES OF THE PIG

#581 of the rated field

1662 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1662

64 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 63 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2019

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SWEET & SAVORY BBQ

#578 of the rated field

1662 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 73%
Peak: 1694

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RAMMER JAMMER BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RAMMER JAMMER BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Oct 27, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

1Bite Stand

#579 of the rated field

1662 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1662

They turned up 8 years after RAMMER JAMMER BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LEE LA Q	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
RIBLIFE	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
REDBONES BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Hickory Hangover	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
HELL ON SQUEALS	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
The Real Squeal BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
Flaps Up BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Holy Smokers	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
Groundhog Smokers	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
PERFECTLY BLENDED	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
GENERAL LEE SMOKING	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	11	0	4	174.2972	159.9312	169.91	top 37%
Pork Ribs	23	14	0	5	178.2972	155.3712	169.59	top 35%
Pork	12	5	1	3	176.5600	158.7884	168.93	top 37%
Brisket	6	2	1	2	177.1544	166.2284	170.65	top 33%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	3	1	top 32%
Medium (20–39)	15	1	top 26%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AL	16	0	top 31%
MS	6	2	top 19%
FL	1	0	top 74%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Roast N Boast	3	1	1	top 20%	Oct 28, 2022
Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	3	0	top 20%	Mar 7, 2025
Poosa Q	3	13	0	top 27%	Oct 5, 2023
Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	1	1	top 8%	Oct 21, 2022
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	14	0	top 57%	Feb 24, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2020 5 contests

Contests a season 2.4 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 17 of 24 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 15 5 of them more than once

First title Aug 27, 2021 Roast-N-Boast

Opponents faced 594 finished ahead 797 times, behind 299

Longest layoff 2 yrs Feb 24, 2017 → Feb 22, 2019

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

20252 milestones

Mar 7 Peak power rating (1662) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 7 Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20213 milestones

Aug 27 First Grand Championship Roast-N-Boast
Aug 27 First state championship Roast-N-Boast
Nov 12 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)

20203 milestones

Mar 13 First overall podium Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 10th tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 9 First Reserve Championship Roast-N-Boast

20165 milestones

Feb 26 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 26 First category win (Brisket) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0628 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 6 First overall top-10 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
Nov 11 Career-best overall score681.6456 World Barbecue Championship

20141 milestone

Mar 27 First tracked contest BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Roast-N-Boast	Oct 9, 2020
+13.8	Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 21, 2022
+12.7	Roast-N-Boast	Aug 27, 2021
+12.5	Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 5, 2020
+12.4	Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest	Sep 25, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.5	Smokin In The Square	Mar 18, 2016

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	1	0	0	0	100%	top 37%	94.1%	94.1%
2024	1	0	1	0	100%	top 40%	96.5%	96.5%
2023	1	0	0	0	0%	top 18%	95.7%	95.7%
2022	4	1	2	0	50%	top 28%	96.3%	94.9%
2021	4	1	3	1	75%	top 17%	97.9%	95.9%
2020	5	0	5	0	100%	top 15%	94.9%	94.1%
2019	2	0	1	0	100%	top 37%	94.2%	93.6%
2017	1	0	0	0	0%	top 68%	91.6%	91.6%
2016	4	0	1	1	50%	top 48%	94.7%	93.5%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 7, 2025	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	11 / 30 (338.8000)	13 (167.3828)	9 (171.4172)	8 (170.8228)	—
May 3, 2024	The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Mobile, AL	4 / 10 (347.4172)	5 (173.7028)	4 (173.7144)	—	—
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	13 / 73 (344.5256)	16 (171.9656)	14 (172.5600)	—	—
Oct 28, 2022	Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	4 / 8 (511.3140)	5 (168.5256)	8 (167.3828)	2 (175.4056)	—
Oct 21, 2022	Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) Vicksburg, MS	1 / 28 (346.8572)	4 (174.2972)	4 (172.5600)	—	—
May 5, 2022	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	13 / 72 (339.9428)	13 (171.9656)	21 (167.9772)	—	—
Apr 8, 2022	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	14 / 34 (338.2400)	13 (169.6800)	17 (168.5600)	—	—
Nov 12, 2021	Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) Vicksburg, MS	4 / 30 (352.5828)	5 (174.2856)	3 (178.2972)	—	—
Aug 27, 2021	Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	1 / 19 (527.4172)	2 (174.2856)	2 (176.5716)	2 (176.5600)	—
Apr 9, 2021	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	14 / 38 (339.3600)	21 (168.5256)	11 (170.8344)	—	—
Mar 12, 2021	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	3 / 28 (506.7540)	18 (159.9312)	6 (170.2628)	1 (176.5600)	—
Oct 9, 2020	Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	2 / 36 (505.1200)	2 (170.8572)	2 (173.7028)	14 (160.5600)	—
Sep 25, 2020	Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest 🏅 Semmes, AL	3 / 23 (338.8116)	7 (170.2744)	3 (168.5372)	—	—
Jun 5, 2020	Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL	3 / 23 (341.6688)	3 (173.1200)	7 (168.5488)	—	—
Mar 13, 2020	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	3 / 23 (505.6344)	3 (170.8228)	2 (166.8344)	5 (167.9772)	—
Feb 21, 2020	Capital City Cook Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL	7 / 25 (338.8000)	12 (169.6684)	7 (169.1316)	—	—
Jun 14, 2019	Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	21 / 48 (678.1828)	38 (163.9544)	6 (175.4172)	13 (172.5600)	29 (166.2512)
Feb 22, 2019	Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL	8 / 27 (334.8116)	12 (162.2284)	5 (172.5832)	—	—
Feb 24, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	19 / 28 (659.8052)	17 (166.8228)	13 (167.9656)	23 (158.7884)	12 (166.2284)
Nov 11, 2016	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	31 / 89 (681.6456)	33 (171.9772)	34 (169.1200)	34 (169.7028)	31 (170.8456)
May 6, 2016	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	10 / 27 (675.3140)	10 (171.9656)	18 (163.9656)	17 (165.0972)	3 (174.2856)
Mar 18, 2016	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	32 / 43 (662.6856)	26 (168.5372)	40 (159.3600)	28 (165.6684)	19 (169.1200)
Feb 26, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	14 / 30 (673.0628)	8 (173.1200)	29 (155.3712)	14 (167.4172)	1 (177.1544)
Mar 27, 2014	BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL	—	—	—	—	—

RAMMER JAMMER BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Among the elite

Against the odds

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)