The comeback
2.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Smoke on the Trails (2021-09-10).
- last seen 2019-05-10
- back 2021-09-10
PB &J BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-10
latest 2023-12-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154.43 · weakest Chicken (116.35)
Road miles
1,098
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 612 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
547.28 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
320.47 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
PB &J BBQ has 3 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 117 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with PB &J BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before PB &J BBQ'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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 20.0000 | 116.35 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 151.3828 | 154.43 | top 86% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 139.3256 | 152.52 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 133.6572 | 148.81 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.6 yrs
2019-05-10 → 2023-12-01
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 154.43 · weakest Chicken (116.35)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
547.28
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
320.47
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
22–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,098
3 mapped stops · furthest 612 mi
Schedule strength
1596
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
2019-05-10 → 2021-09-10
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Rockin BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1944 Rockin BBQ
- Career-best overall score650.1944 Rockin BBQ
- Peak power rating (1497) Rockin BBQ
- 2023
- First call Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8228 Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
- Most recent contest Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Smoke on the Trails | 2021-09-10 |
| -2.7 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2023-12-01 |
| -2.7 | Rockin BBQ | 2019-05-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 89% | 89% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 61.7% | 61.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-01 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 13 / 17 (320.4684) | 7 (166.8228) | 16 (153.6456) | — | — |
| 2021-09-10 | Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 52 / 53 (444.3656) | 53 (20.0000) | 47 (151.3828) | 49 (139.3256) | 51 (133.6572) |
| 2019-05-10 | Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 30 / 42 (650.1944) | 31 (162.2400) | 32 (158.2744) | 17 (165.7144) | 21 (163.9656) |