A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
YANKEE DOODLE 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
2013-04-19
latest 2019-04-05
Best ToY finish
#1647
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
594.46
last 3 Master vs avg 594.46 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.30
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 152.03 · weakest Brisket (144.16)
Road miles
89
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
594.46 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
5.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.6 years, then back at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon (2019-04-05).
- last seen 2013-09-13
- back 2019-04-05
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.
YANKEE DOODLE 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 145 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.
#4490 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to YANKEE DOODLE BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team YANKEE DOODLE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ 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#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after YANKEE DOODLE BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with YANKEE DOODLE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 138.8228 | 150.09 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.9260 | 146.8574 | 152.03 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1430 | 129.6916 | 148.19 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1428 | 133.0744 | 144.16 | top 83% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2019-04-05
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 152.03 · weakest Brisket (144.16)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
594.46
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
19–107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
89
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.6 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2019-04-05
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- Career-best overall score616.0004 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)161.1430 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- Peak power rating (1491) 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- 2019
- Most recent contest Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2019-04-05 |
| -9.3 | 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | 2013-04-19 |
| -8.6 | Cherokee Strip Cook-Off | 2013-09-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 85.6% | 84% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-05 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon 🏅 Stillwater, OK | 32 / 34 (573.6460) | 27 (156.5828) | 31 (154.2972) | 33 (129.6916) | 32 (133.0744) |
| 2013-09-13 | Cherokee Strip Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 28 / 33 (593.7372) | 33 (138.8228) | 25 (154.9260) | 26 (153.7256) | 30 (146.2628) |
| 2013-04-19 | 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 51 / 63 (616.0004) | 46 (154.8572) | 57 (146.8574) | 39 (161.1430) | 41 (153.1428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1647 (133 pts) | #1712 (133 pts) | #1727 (133 pts) | #1748 (133 pts) | #1680 (133 pts) |