A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
4 BOXERS Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
4 BOXERS Q has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Jack the Ribber
Jack the Ribber is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 18th of 23 at the Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They are ranked #5204 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1458
peak 1458 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 24, 2020
latest Aug 25, 2023 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.67 · weakest Brisket (149.57)
Road miles
45
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$53K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
623.78 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
288.64 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1320 (90 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1221 (75 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #917 (120 pts) | #978 (120 pts) | #1023 (120 pts) | #855 (155 pts) | #957 (120 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Jack the Ribber, each with one reason worth a look.
114 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,213 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1507
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Jack the Ribber)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Jim's Pequea Pullers ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,192 of the rated field
- Contests
- 30
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1527
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Jack the Ribber)
They've been 1527 at their best, 69 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,203 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,214 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Jack the Ribber's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,191 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Jack the Ribber's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
Level with Jack the Ribber on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pappy's Q | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 BOXERS Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DIG'N N PIG'N | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HARCO LOCO BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEKEND SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.6912 | 146.8228 | 156.38 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 127.9428 | 153.01 | top 73% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 151.4400 | 160.67 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 133.6572 | 149.57 | top 79% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 83% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland Summer Fest | 3 | 33 | 0 | top 77% | Aug 25, 2023 |
| Smoke in the Grove | 2 | 48 | 0 | top 94% | Jul 30, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
188
finished ahead 44 times, behind 294
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jul 24, 2020 → Jul 30, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score641.0400 Smoke in the Grove
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.7372 Smoke in the Grove
20201 milestone
- Peak power rating (1486) Smoke in the Grove
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 24, 2020 |
| -11.4 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 30, 2021 |
| -6.8 | New Holland Summer Fest | Aug 26, 2022 |
| -5.6 | New Holland Summer Fest | Aug 27, 2021 |
| -4.4 | New Holland Summer Fest | Aug 25, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 80.2% | 80.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 89% | 87.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2023 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 33 / 44 (629.0744) | 42 (150.8000) | 19 (163.9772) | 40 (151.4400) | 22 (162.8572) |
| Aug 26, 2022 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 39 / 49 (638.7196) | 29 (165.6912) | 39 (157.6800) | 34 (159.3828) | 35 (155.9656) |
| Aug 27, 2021 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 33 / 44 (617.0512) | 32 (157.7256) | 26 (155.9656) | 18 (164.5372) | 42 (138.8228) |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 48 / 54 (641.0400) | 50 (156.5372) | 39 (162.2400) | 27 (165.7372) | 43 (156.5256) |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 58 / 59 (593.0056) | 59 (146.8228) | 53 (150.2628) | 43 (162.2628) | 58 (133.6572) |
| — | Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) Broadway Westville, NJ | 18 / 23 (288.6400) | 6 (160.6972) | 21 (127.9428) | — | — |