The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Split Borders BBQ has finished one call ahead of Joker B's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Joker B's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-10-28
latest 2023-10-27
Best ToY finish
#1056
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.58
last 3 Master vs avg 625.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.70
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.49 · weakest Brisket (154.64)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
95%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1646)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.58 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big Reds Backyard BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Reds Backyard BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1646
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 95% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1646 power rating — a tougher draw than 95% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
Joker B's 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 150 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with Joker B's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Joker B's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 147.3828 | 157.49 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5828 | 150.7884 | 157.12 | top 99% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2512 | 153.6460 | 156.33 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1772 | 146.2284 | 154.64 | top 87% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) | 2 | 40 | 0 | top 95% | 2023-10-27 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2022-10-28 → 2023-10-27
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.49 · weakest Brisket (154.64)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
625.58
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
5–159 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1646
average field rating faced — tougher than 95% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$3,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1490) Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2176 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
- Career-best overall score658.2176 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
- Most recent contest Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship | 2022-10-28 |
| -9 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 | 2022-10-29 |
| -7.8 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) | 2023-10-27 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0% | top 89% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.5% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-27 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 42 / 47 (658.2176) | 14 (175.4056) | 47 (159.9888) | 47 (153.6460) | 29 (169.1772) |
| 2022-10-29 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 32 / 32 (615.8628) | 32 (149.6684) | 31 (160.5828) | 32 (157.0972) | 32 (148.5144) |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 40 / 40 (602.6508) | 40 (147.3828) | 40 (150.7884) | 37 (158.2512) | 40 (146.2284) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1092 (115 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1056 (117 pts) | #1116 (117 pts) | #1170 (117 pts) | #1103 (117 pts) | #1095 (117 pts) |