#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headJims Smokin Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2021-06-18
latest 2026-06-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.54 · weakest Brisket (127.35)
Road miles
230
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 230 mi
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
571.23 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Jims Smokin Que has 2 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 145 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.
#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Jims Smokin Que's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Jims Smokin Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Jims Smokin Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Jims Smokin Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Jims Smokin Que'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 151.9772 | 154.54 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6916 | 149.1428 | 149.42 | top 95% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8000 | 129.0512 | 139.93 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.0972 | 117.6116 | 127.35 | top 100% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2021-06-18 → 2026-06-12
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.54 · weakest Brisket (127.35)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
571.23
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
1–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
230
2 mapped stops · furthest 230 mi
Purse competed for
$14,800
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5 yrs
2021-06-18 → 2026-06-12
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- 2026
- Career-best overall score572.9372 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)157.0972 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
- Most recent contest York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
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 100% | 79.6% | 79.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 79.1% | 79.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA | 25 / 25 (572.9372) | 24 (157.0972) | 25 (149.6916) | 25 (129.0512) | 25 (137.0972) |
| 2021-06-18 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV | 27 / 28 (569.5316) | 27 (151.9772) | 25 (149.1428) | 25 (150.8000) | 28 (117.6116) |