High-water mark
693.6456
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.6456 at VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 25, 2024
Cajun JuJu
Cajun JuJu is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 31 at the VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition (2024). They finished #543 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Nov 3, 2023
latest Oct 25, 2024 · 1 year on the trail
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 177.72 · weakest Brisket (169.67)
Road miles
2
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
691.63 / 720
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #543 (328 pts) | #676 (263 pts) | #578 (378 pts) | #572 (333 pts) | #728 (223 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 171.9772 | 172.55 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 176 | 177.72 | top 20% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 168.5256 | 171.69 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 167.3828 | 169.67 | top 47% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- First overall top-10 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score693.6456 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- First call VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.6112 VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2024 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 4 / 31 (693.6456) | 13 (171.9772) | 3 (179.4400) | 3 (174.8456) | 19 (167.3828) |
| Nov 3, 2023 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 11 / 27 (689.6112) | 8 (173.1200) | 8 (176) | 15 (168.5256) | 9 (171.9656) |