JT Tailgates
JT Tailgates is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 29 at the Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2022). They finished #1182 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Walk rate
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
Master avg
Backyard avg
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 142.8000 | 153.94 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 154.8000 | 161.69 | top 61% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 155.9428 | 155.94 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.2972 | 134.2972 | 134.30 | 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.
More numbers
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score587.8400 Smoke in the Spring
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First call Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.6572 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5716 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2024 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 97 / 97 (587.8400) | 97 (142.8000) | 94 (154.8000) | 92 (155.9428) | 97 (134.2972) |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 7 / 29 (333.6572) | 9 (165.0856) | 7 (168.5716) | — | — |