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JAMBO PITS

JAMBO PITS is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Chillin & Grillin (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #788 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#788
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1629
peak 1629 · rated over 12 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

17
in the data

First seen

Oct 3, 2013
latest Dec 2, 2016 · 3.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#388
Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

1
1 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

2
9 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
47% of 17 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 32%
overall standings

Best overall

705.1776 / 720
Master · Chillin & Grillin

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

681.76 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 677.55 (+4.22)

Walk rate

65%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400
Pork · Firelake BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±14.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 171.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.11)

Road miles

9,360
across 17 mapped stops · furthest 1,264 mi

Schedule strength

70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)

Master avg

677.55 / 720
17 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Chillin & Grillin (Apr 8, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 19-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ.

On the rise

+47 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 47 points across 5 contests since Mar 25, 2016 — from 1582 up to 1629.

  • 5 contests since Mar 25, 2016
  • now 1629

Giant slayer

43 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 43-team field at Chillin & Grillin.

  • Apr 8, 2016

They almost always walk

65% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 11 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 65% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

705.1776 career-best overall

97.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 705.1776 at Chillin & Grillin — 97.9% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Apr 8, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CLARK CREW BBQ has finished one call ahead of JAMBO PITS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.40 points below their pork, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 47%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 167.11
  • Pork avg 171.52
  • 3 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

10–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN TRIGGERS in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

An April team

Top 6% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 6% across 3 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.

  • 3 April contests
  • top 32% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.97% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.97% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.1% of a perfect score
  • 17 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2016 ↗ Master #388 (1,005 pts) #480 (840 pts) #752 (530 pts) #483 (840 pts) #480 (860 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #552 (683 pts) #757 (488 pts) #644 (603 pts) #470 (828 pts) #412 (913 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JAMBO PITS, each with one reason worth a look.

29 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

HABITUAL SMOKERS
#789 of the rated field
1629 power rating
Contests
71
GCs
0
Top-10s
41%
Peak
1740
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to JAMBO PITS)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — JAMBO PITS ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 71 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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Southern Life BBQ
#790 of the rated field
1629 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
71%
Peak
1629

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Nov 14, 2025
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FUNTIME BBQ
#787 of the rated field
1629 power rating
Contests
57
GCs
0
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1653

57 contests to 17: their number has had years to settle where JAMBO PITS's is still finding its level.

  • rated over 57 contests
  • last seen Feb 21, 2020
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Smoke 'n Magic
#791 of the rated field
1629 power rating
Contests
67
GCs
2
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1687

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 67 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 62 contests
  • last seen Aug 7, 2026
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WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ
#775 of the rated field
1630 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
1
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1630
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JAMBO PITS)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen Oct 3, 2015
⚔ Head-to-head
LONGNECK SIPPERS
#779 of the rated field
1630 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
2
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1630
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to JAMBO PITS)

Level with JAMBO PITS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Oct 5, 2018
⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
CLARK CREW BBQ 14 4 10 29% ⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 12 4 8 33% ⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ 11 6 5 55% ⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 11 0 11 0% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS 10 10 0 100% ⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 9 1 8 11% ⚔ compare
BLAZEN BBQ 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
Cool Smoke 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
QUAU 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
One2BBQ 8 1 7 13% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 17 5 0 1 178.8572 151.3484 168.55 top 48%
Pork Ribs 17 3 0 1 176 160.5256 167.11 top 52%
Pork 17 8 0 3 179.4400 161.6572 171.52 top 30%
Brisket 17 9 2 4 178.8572 161.0856 170.37 top 30%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 56%
Medium (20–39)50top 44%
Large (40+)111top 25%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
TX40top 21%
MO40top 44%
CA30top 51%
OK31top 13%
KS20top 32%
CO10top 37%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 64 0 top 32% Oct 29, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 7 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 4.3 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in TX 4 of 17 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 16 1 of them more than once
First title Apr 8, 2016 Chillin & Grillin
Opponents faced 1,313 finished ahead 1,939 times, behind 715
Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Oct 3, 2013 → Dec 12, 2014

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20168 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Firelake BBQ Cook Off
  2. First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ
  3. First Reserve Championship Cedar Fest BBQ
  4. First Grand Championship Chillin & Grillin
  5. Biggest field won (43 teams) Chillin & Grillin
  6. Career-best overall score705.1776 Chillin & Grillin
  7. Peak power rating (1629) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
  8. Most recent contest The Smithfield King of the Smoker (INVITATIONAL) (Judges Full)
20153 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
  2. First overall top-10 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
  3. 10th tracked contest King of the Smoker Invitational (JUDGES FULL)
20141 milestone
  1. First call King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL)
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5996 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.7Chillin & GrillinApr 8, 2016
+13.4Firelake BBQ Cook OffMar 25, 2016
+13.1Cedar Fest BBQApr 1, 2016
+12.8Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye ChampionshipAug 28, 2015
+12.136th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- OpenOct 3, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20167141 57% top 26% 97.9% 94.7%
20157041 86% top 32% 96.7% 94.4%
20141000 100% top 46% 95.6% 95.6%
20132000 0% top 52% 90.3% 90.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Dec 2, 2016 The Smithfield King of the Smoker (INVITATIONAL) (Judges Full) unrated Rancho Mirage, CA 21 / 24 (673.6000) 20 (167.9656) 17 (169.1200) 14 (169.6800) 19 (166.8344)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 64 / 557 (681.0740) 142 (169.7144) 140 (169.7028) 34 (174.8456) 186 (166.8112)
Oct 28, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 94 / 180 (676.4684) 134 (167.3712) 79 (169.7144) 106 (167.9772) 71 (171.4056)
Apr 22, 2016 Bynum School's Best of the Basin Midland, TX 6 / 46 (672.5028) 11 (164.5600) 10 (170.2744) 10 (168) 9 (169.6684)
Apr 8, 2016 Chillin & Grillin Sand Springs, OK 1 / 43 (705.1776) 9 (175.4172) 8 (174.8916) 2 (176.0116) 1 (178.8572)
Apr 1, 2016 Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX 2 / 67 (670.8568) 3 (174.8800) 27 (162.2856) 24 (162.8340) 7 (170.8572)
Mar 25, 2016 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK 7 / 66 (692.0116) 4 (176.5600) 48 (161.7260) 2 (179.4400) 9 (174.2856)
Dec 11, 2015 King of the Smoker Invitational (JUDGES FULL) unrated La Quinta, CA 5 / 24 (696.5260) 4 (178.8572) 22 (167.3944) 8 (175.4172) 3 (174.8572)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 72 / 606 (678.2856) 183 (168.0228) 285 (164.5372) 5 (179.4400) 203 (166.2856)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 110 / 187 (672.5144) 106 (168.5600) 125 (165.1544) 32 (173.1200) 131 (165.6800)
Sep 18, 2015 2015 Colorado Rockies Championship Denver, CO 13 / 35 (688.5140) 25 (170.8456) 34 (162.2628) 2 (177.7028) 6 (177.7028)
Aug 28, 2015 Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX 6 / 57 (680.4912) 30 (165.6912) 3 (176) 8 (171.4172) 13 (167.3828)
Jun 13, 2015 BBQ Battle Royale at Taste of Dallas Dallas, TX 10 / 18 (663.8744) 16 (161.0856) 13 (165.1088) 13 (165.6800) 3 (172)
Jun 5, 2015 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK 8 / 30 (678.7316) 7 (175.4172) 19 (163.9544) 23 (161.6572) 1 (177.7028)
Dec 12, 2014 King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL) LaQuinta, CA 11 / 24 (687.9888) 17 (170.8456) 17 (170.8916) 8 (174.2744) 10 (171.9772)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 122 / 174 (650.0564) 157 (158.2168) 62 (167.3712) 102 (163.3828) 116 (161.0856)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 180 / 535 (649.5996) 444 (151.3484) 238 (160.5256) 13 (174.8800) 178 (162.8456)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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