A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
333BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
333BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
PORKY JR'S BBQ
PORKY JR'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 5 at the Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #4218 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 8, 2019
latest Jun 19, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±56.88
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (138.18)
Road miles
591
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 287 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
613.87 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.13 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #969 (79 pts) | #1084 (64 pts) | #1031 (109 pts) | #920 (109 pts) | #1000 (79 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #197 (230 pts) | #207 (230 pts) | #211 (230 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1087 (77 pts) | #1213 (62 pts) | #1270 (67 pts) | #1122 (82 pts) | #1067 (92 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1084 (106 pts) | #1193 (91 pts) | #1298 (96 pts) | #1116 (106 pts) | #894 (156 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1175 (94 pts) | #971 (144 pts) | #1277 (94 pts) | #781 (214 pts) | #976 (134 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1723 (99 pts) | #1748 (109 pts) | #1473 (139 pts) | #1774 (104 pts) | #1821 (89 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to PORKY JR'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
133 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,204 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1479
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,223 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
They've been 1511 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before PORKY JR'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,201 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1479
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before PORKY JR'S BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with PORKY JR'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,228 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 162.8228 | 155.9772 | 159.78 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 165.6916 | 20 | 138.18 | top 68% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.7256 | 164.5712 | 166.71 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 143.9316 | 158.50 | top 64% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 77% | Jun 19, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SK
4 of 6 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
59
finished ahead 24 times, behind 75
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
Jun 8, 2019 → Nov 26, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
20254 milestones
- Career-best overall score658.1944 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
20231 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5372 Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ
20211 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7256 Agribition Supreme BBQ
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
- First call Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1495) Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 25, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Agribition Supreme BBQ | Nov 26, 2021 |
| -5.1 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | Jun 8, 2019 |
| -5 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Jun 19, 2026 |
| -4.2 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ | Jun 16, 2023 |
| -3.4 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Jun 21, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 91.4% | 90.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 70.4% | 70.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 19 / 24 (651.9544) | 22 (159.4172) | 13 (165.1200) | 13 (166.2628) | 19 (161.1544) |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Winnipeg, MB | 2 / 5 (325.1320) | 2 (161.1660) | 2 (163.9660) | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 20 / 27 (658.1944) | 23 (162.8228) | 22 (165.6916) | 19 (166.2628) | 17 (163.4172) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Regina, SK | 12 / 16 (648.5372) | 15 (159.3828) | 14 (157.7260) | 12 (164.5712) | 6 (166.8572) |
| Nov 26, 2021 | Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina | 14 / 14 (506.8112) | 7 (159.9428) | 14 (20) | 3 (169.7256) | 8 (157.1428) |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK | 14 / 19 (603.8632) | 12 (155.9772) | 8 (156.5600) | — | 16 (143.9316) |