High-water mark
681.7372
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.7372 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-06-25
JayhawkJayBBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1514 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2021-06-25
latest 2026-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.66
last 4 Master vs avg 646.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.68 · weakest Chicken (155.56)
Road miles
8
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$58K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.66 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Nice Rack in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2026-06-26).
- last seen 2024-06-21
- back 2026-06-26
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
JayhawkJayBBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 124 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before JayhawkJayBBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before JayhawkJayBBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with JayhawkJayBBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before JayhawkJayBBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before JayhawkJayBBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 147.9428 | 155.56 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 138.2172 | 160.72 | top 48% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 154.2400 | 163.69 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 163.9544 | 166.68 | top 31% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 44% | 2026-06-26 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2021-06-25 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.68 · weakest Chicken (155.56)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
646.66
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
313
282–352 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$58,325
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2024-06-21 → 2026-06-26
Power rating
1498
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.7372 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score681.7372 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2744 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1514) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- 2026
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2022-06-24 |
| -4.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2024-06-21 |
| -0.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2026-06-26 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86% | 86% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 8% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 86 / 157 (651.3600) | 149 (147.9428) | 55 (169.2000) | 51 (170.2628) | 73 (163.9544) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 117 / 172 (634.2628) | 154 (150.8800) | 88 (162.2972) | 135 (156.0000) | 62 (165.0856) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 141 / 164 (619.2916) | 92 (161.7028) | 161 (138.2172) | 139 (154.2400) | 51 (165.1316) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 12 / 145 (681.7372) | 71 (161.7256) | 13 (173.1772) | 14 (174.2744) | 13 (172.5600) |