A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Jayhawgs
Jayhawgs is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 437th of 444 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±48.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.89 · weakest Brisket (103.75)
Road miles
29
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$144K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
549.89 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3712 | 141.7028 | 147.78 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8684 | 148.5372 | 157.89 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 128.9256 | 140.47 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5484 | 20 | 103.75 | top 96% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 478 | 0 | top 98% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
791
finished ahead 24 times, behind 1,408
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score584.1940 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8684 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1488) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
| -11.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| -11.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 66.9% | 66.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 437 / 444 (583.8280) | 419 (151.3712) | 410 (154.2628) | 440 (129.6456) | 407 (148.5484) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 478 / 487 (584.1940) | 480 (141.7028) | 177 (170.8684) | 481 (128.9256) | 469 (142.6972) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 497 / 505 (481.6456) | 482 (150.2628) | 488 (148.5372) | 348 (162.8456) | 499 (20) |