Justice BBQ KS
Rating
1688
peak 1688
Contests
44
in the data
First seen
2019-08-23
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#6
Master 2026
Grand champs
6
5 reserve
Category wins
15
32 podiums
Overall top-10s
23
of 44 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
4 🔥
Current form
686.34 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 661.95 (+24.39)
Walk rate
68%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
9
and counting
Consistency
±78.99
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.92 · weakest Brisket (167.00)
Road miles
72202
mi across 44 mapped stops · furthest 5046 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
The BBQ Ranch has finished one call ahead of Justice BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Club Carbon CR has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 14 of their 16 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of 88 BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
BBQ Fest Panama is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.7600 points of the Grand Championship at BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque (2026-05-01).
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 8% across 5 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (2026-03-06) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 9-contest overall top-10 run.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 42 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 180.0000 🔥 | 152.5140 | 168.31 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 43 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 177.7144 | 160.5372 | 169.92 | top 37% |
| Pork | 39 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6456 | 169.06 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 39 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 177.7372 | 151.3828 | 167.00 | top 39% |
“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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 10 | 0 | top 59% |
| SJ | 2 | 0 | top 24% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| GG | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
| LT | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 10% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| AL | 1 | 1 | top 17% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 99% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 12 | 3 | top 20% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 3 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 15 | 0 | top 54% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (12 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (10 of 44 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (43 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Fuego y Humo 2021 (2021-04-23)
- Wins it all in 14% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 661.95
- 4 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 700.0456 | 683.18 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 695.3484 | 673.68 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 703.9888 | 687.02 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 679.9088 | 671.51 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 687.9656 | 598.04 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 684.5944 | 655.73 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 662.2288 | 662.23 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 3 / 19 (684.0000) | 4 (173.7144) | 3 (177.1544) | 16 (167.4400) | 12 (165.6912) |
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ Knife Clash Romano Di Lombardia, GG | 2 / 10 (679.2912) | 5 (171.9656) | 4 (168.5372) | 6 (169.6684) | 2 (169.1200) |
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ Knife Clash (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Romano Di Lombardia, GG | — | 5 (165.7256) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ Knife Clash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Romano Di Lombardia, GG | — | — | 5 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 5 / 23 (680.4684) | 3 (177.1428) | 7 (170.8456) | 9 (166.2400) | 5 (166.2400) |
| 2026-05-01 | BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque Guanacaste, 50101 | 2 / 14 (693.1200) | 1 (176.0228) | 8 (166.8344) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (170.2628) |
| 2026-04-03 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 4 / 42 (694.8000) | 18 (172.0000) | 8 (174.2628) | 4 (176.5600) | 8 (171.9772) |
| 2026-03-21 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 1 / 23 (667.9084) | 3 (170.2628) | 1 (174.2628) | 1 (172.0000) | 11 (151.3828) |
| 2026-03-06 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge Play Jaco, 61101 | 1 / 16 (700.0456) | 5 (171.4628) | 5 (174.8800) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2026-02-21 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Alajuela, 10903 | 2 / 18 (680.4912) | 11 (164.5256) | 1 (177.7028) | 4 (169.7028) | 2 (168.5600) |
| 2026-01-24 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui, +507 | 4 / 31 (668.4912) | 9 (167.4056) | 6 (171.4172) | 2 (175.4056) | 16 (154.2628) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 83 / 158 (686.1940) | 92 (171.4056) | 32 (175.4172) | 123 (167.3828) | 50 (171.9884) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 244 / 401 (671.8740) | 293 (165.1544) | 224 (168.5256) | 201 (169.6800) | 195 (168.5140) |
| 2025-09-19 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL | 20 / 56 (695.3484) | 2 (180.0000) | 44 (167.3828) | 12 (176.5600) | 32 (171.4056) |
| 2025-06-27 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 5 / 16 (677.0168) | 5 (166.2628) | 1 (176.5600) | 7 (169.6684) | 7 (164.5256) |
| 2025-05-24 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom, 2850 | 5 / 20 (681.6456) | 11 (169.7028) | 6 (171.4056) | 7 (169.6800) | 5 (170.8572) |
| 2025-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom, 2850 | 7 / 16 (647.8628) | 12 (160.5600) | 9 (160.5372) | 13 (157.6456) | 4 (169.1200) |
| 2025-05-17 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 8 / 15 (667.9084) | 11 (162.2856) | 3 (173.1200) | 11 (160.5028) | 4 (172.0000) |
| 2025-04-26 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 2 / 23 (654.2280) | 9 (158.8340) | 4 (164.5600) | 3 (168.5712) | 4 (162.2628) |
| 2025-03-14 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose, 10104 | 2 / 17 (677.1428) | 6 (168.0000) | 2 (174.3088) | 1 (174.2856) | 7 (160.5484) |
| 2025-02-21 | Best in the Southwest Yuma, AZ | 18 / 29 (677.6000) | 14 (170.8572) | 25 (163.9428) | 5 (173.1200) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2025-01-24 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Play Jaco, 61101 | — | 3 (172.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2025-01-24 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Play Jaco, 61101 | — | — | 1 (175.4400) | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 71 / 169 (686.7312) | 117 (169.6684) | 66 (173.1200) | 54 (173.1200) | 84 (170.8228) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 110 / 444 (686.2628) | 194 (170.3200) | 44 (176.0000) | 217 (169.1084) | 128 (170.8344) |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 12 / 87 (693.0396) | 31 (171.9656) | 44 (171.4056) | 13 (175.4056) | 15 (174.2628) |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 1 / 17 (703.9888) | 1 (180.0000) | 10 (168.5716) | 2 (177.7028) | 1 (177.7144) |
| 2024-03-02 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City, | 1 / 22 (665.0740) | 1 (174.2628) | 6 (161.1428) | 2 (166.2628) | 2 (163.4056) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 214 / 487 (675.9428) | 52 (176.5600) | 238 (169.1200) | 291 (166.2628) | 308 (164.0000) |
| 2023-06-16 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 7 / 29 (679.9088) | 7 (174.2744) | 14 (166.2400) | 11 (170.8344) | 9 (168.5600) |
| 2023-04-15 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 San Jose, | 5 / 26 (671.4288) | 18 (160.5600) | 7 (170.8344) | 11 (169.1428) | 10 (163.4400) |
| 2023-01-28 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City, | 3 / 19 (658.7428) | 8 (162.2516) | 2 (169.6800) | 4 (166.8228) | 5 (159.9884) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 46 / 83 (673.6456) | 64 (164.5716) | 34 (171.9772) | 68 (163.9540) | 17 (173.1428) |
| 2022-10-07 | 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs) Oneonta, AL | 1 / 6 (177.7144) | — | 1 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 216 / 249 (665.5656) | 176 (168.5372) | 114 (171.4056) | 215 (164.5372) | 227 (161.0856) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 288 / 505 (662.7772) | 172 (170.2744) | 375 (162.2744) | 324 (163.9656) | 230 (166.2628) |
| 2022-05-28 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 2) Big Bear Lake, CA | 19 / 25 (655.2916) | 21 (161.6800) | 18 (163.3944) | 18 (163.9428) | 16 (166.2744) |
| 2022-05-27 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 1) Big Bear Lake, CA | 16 / 25 (663.3372) | 22 (153.7144) | 11 (170.8344) | 21 (163.3828) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose, | 3 / 28 (687.9656) | 11 (165.6800) | 4 (175.4056) | 2 (178.2972) | 15 (168.5828) |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK | 91 / 92 (649.5312) | 91 (162.2400) | 77 (167.3828) | 87 (160.5256) | 89 (159.3828) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 178 / 185 (652.4108) | 168 (162.2512) | 148 (165.1084) | 109 (169.1428) | 179 (155.9084) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 362 / 467 (636.3996) | 416 (152.5140) | 176 (168.5372) | 352 (158.2172) | 339 (157.1312) |
| 2021-04-23 | Fuego y Humo 2021 San Jose, | 1 / 22 (684.5944) | 1 (174.8916) | 6 (160.6284) | 10 (166.2856) | 1 (177.7372) |
| 2019-08-23 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 34 / 66 (662.2288) | 24 (169.1200) | 36 (164.0228) | 42 (162.2516) | 26 (166.8344) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #6 (2064 pts) | #16 (1740 pts) | #8 (1887 pts) | #9 (1834 pts) | #24 (1464 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #133 (1401 pts) | #133 (1428 pts) | #106 (1649 pts) | #120 (1421 pts) | #135 (1331 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #328 (659 pts) | #352 (659 pts) | #557 (399 pts) | #359 (609 pts) | #357 (634 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #343 (614 pts) | #455 (484 pts) | #428 (569 pts) | #423 (499 pts) | #411 (494 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #320 (719 pts) | #623 (318 pts) | #354 (724 pts) | #479 (468 pts) | #474 (483 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #592 (272 pts) | #615 (272 pts) | #911 (152 pts) | #952 (122 pts) | #625 (272 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1957 (60 pts) | #2013 (65 pts) | #2028 (60 pts) | #2032 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) |