Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 44%.
- 3 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 44%
Big J's So Cal Bbq
Big J's So Cal Bbq is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 35 at the 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (2024). They finished #259 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Big J's SoCal BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 12, 2024
latest Sep 12, 2025 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.25 · weakest Pork (154.82)
Road miles
26
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.29 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.90 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
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 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #259 (158 pts) | #265 (158 pts) | #277 (148 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 153.6456 | 160.25 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 149.6572 | 156.39 | top 55% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 150.2400 | 154.82 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6688 | 148.5372 | 155.10 | top 92% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 66 times, behind 100
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Jun 28, 2024 → Sep 12, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5828 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Boots & Brew
- Career-best overall score637.5320 BBQ Boots & Brew
- First call Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival
- First overall top-10 Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1508) 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | Jun 28, 2024 |
| +6.9 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival | May 31, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | Sep 12, 2025 |
| -10.9 | BBQ Boots & Brew | Apr 12, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 44% | 89% | 87.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 34 / 35 (625.0516) | 32 (164.5828) | 32 (161.6916) | 35 (150.2400) | 35 (148.5372) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 5 / 35 (320.4916) | 5 (162.2516) | 6 (158.2400) | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 9 / 39 (303.3028) | 9 (153.6456) | 9 (149.6572) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2024 | BBQ Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 37 / 39 (637.5320) | 33 (160.5028) | 35 (155.9660) | 37 (159.3944) | 33 (161.6688) |