YOU GONNA LIKE IT

YOU GONNA LIKE IT is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 4th of 28 at the 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition (2015). They are ranked #4377 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,377

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1512 · rated over 33 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 31, 2013

latest Sep 22, 2017 · 4.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#574

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 33 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

672.4916 / 720

Master · Tri-City BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.17 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.96 (+4.21)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Pork · Tri-City BBQ Fest

Consistency

±16.05

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.17 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.98)

Road miles

1,695

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Master avg

641.96 / 720

33 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

672.4916 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.4916 at Tri-City BBQ Fest — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 18, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TIMBONE BARBECUE has finished one call ahead of YOU GONNA LIKE IT 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 48%.

6 contests
2 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 48%

A tough matchup

22–3 behind in the head-to-head

PORKY BUTTS BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

PORKY BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 22 of their 25 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 27%.

Pork Ribs avg 156.98
Chicken avg 164.17
3 calls in 33 entries

A strong matchup

13–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 81% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT in 13 of their 16 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 25 shared chicken entries lost

PORKY BUTTS BBQ ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PORKY BUTTS BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 25 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WOODWARD BARBEQUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 50% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 50% across 8 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

8 May contests
top 63% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.23% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.23% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.2% of a perfect score
33 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Tri City BBQ Fest every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 6th

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1062 (303 pts)	#1068 (333 pts)	#1178 (283 pts)	#1137 (298 pts)	#1008 (348 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#873 (402 pts)	#692 (582 pts)	#881 (437 pts)	#882 (442 pts)	#717 (557 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#661 (552 pts)	#696 (542 pts)	#948 (367 pts)	#621 (622 pts)	#613 (617 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#574 (653 pts)	#399 (938 pts)	#550 (708 pts)	#588 (663 pts)	#597 (613 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1931 (84 pts)	#1302 (209 pts)	#2600 (59 pts)	#2598 (59 pts)	#1898 (99 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to YOU GONNA LIKE IT, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Hogs Breath BBQ

#4,367 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1514

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to YOU GONNA LIKE IT)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team YOU GONNA LIKE IT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA

#4,389 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1523

They've been 1523 at their best, 48 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2017

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Smokin Good Time BBQ

#4,344 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1476

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Apr 18, 2025

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RIVERSIDE SMOKE

#4,356 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1528

29 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2024

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DEAD ON Q

#4,384 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1529

Level with YOU GONNA LIKE IT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 46 contests
last seen Oct 19, 2024

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Slapulator BBQ

#4,383 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1531

They turned up 8 years after YOU GONNA LIKE IT did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Apr 17, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	25	3	22	12%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	23	5	18	22%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	22	2	20	9%	⚔ compare
HELPING U BBQ	21	9	12	43%	⚔ compare
KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	20	13	7	65%	⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
PORK PATROL BBQ	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	19	5	14	26%	⚔ compare
SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT	16	13	3	81%	⚔ compare
TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
BOURBON & BONES	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	9	0	2	175.4172	148.5372	164.17	top 54%
Pork Ribs	33	3	0	1	174.8688	139.2572	156.98	top 69%
Pork	33	4	1	1	177.1544	145.6800	160.92	top 63%
Brisket	33	6	1	2	175.4744	140.5372	159.89	top 57%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 53%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 67%
Large (40+)	10	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NE	18	0	top 54%
IA	15	0	top 74%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tri City BBQ Fest	4	6	top 59%	Sep 22, 2017
BBQ in the Bluffs	3	19	top 66%	May 13, 2016
Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	2	14	top 59%	Sep 2, 2017
RiverFest Red White and Que	2	27	top 72%	Jul 15, 2016
Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 2) (Judges Full)	2	35	top 93%	Apr 23, 2016
Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2	16	top 32%	Sep 26, 2014
Cass County	2	26	top 69%	Aug 8, 2014
Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew	2	34	top 89%	Apr 26, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 10 contests

Contests a season 6.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NE 18 of 33 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 22 8 of them more than once

Opponents faced 384 finished ahead 429 times, behind 698

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

20171 milestone

Sep 22 Most recent contest Tri City BBQ Fest

20161 milestone

May 20 25th tracked contest 5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition

20155 milestones

May 29 First category win (Brisket) 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
May 29 First overall top-10 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
Sep 18 Career-best overall score672.4916 Tri-City BBQ Fest
Sep 18 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1544 Tri-City BBQ Fest
Sep 18 Peak power rating (1512) Tri-City BBQ Fest

20141 milestone

Jun 27 10th tracked contest 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival

20133 milestones

May 31 First tracked contest 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
May 31 First call 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
Aug 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3944 21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	May 29, 2015
+8.9	Tri-City BBQ Fest	Sep 18, 2015
+8.5	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	Sep 27, 2013
+8	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	Sep 26, 2014
+6	3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition	May 30, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	RiverFest Red White and Que	Jul 19, 2013
-10	Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 2) (Judges Full)	Apr 23, 2016
-9.9	Back to Mayberry BBQ	Jul 1, 2016
-9.7	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew	Apr 25, 2014
-9.3	Back to Mayberry	Jun 30, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	4	0	0	0%	top 66%	91.9%	90.2%
2016	8	0	0	25%	top 75%	90.4%	88.6%
2015	6	2	2	83%	top 48%	93.4%	90.9%
2014	10	0	0	50%	top 66%	91.3%	88.4%
2013	5	0	0	80%	top 56%	92.3%	88.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 22, 2017	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	27 / 37 (647.3140)	22 (166.2972)	28 (161.6800)	29 (158.8112)	22 (160.5256)
Sep 2, 2017	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	14 / 29 (661.5428)	11 (168.5256)	17 (161.0972)	11 (167.9656)	16 (163.9544)
Jun 30, 2017	Back to Mayberry Rodney, IA	29 / 29 (632.5144)	21 (166.2972)	29 (155.4172)	25 (161.6916)	29 (149.1084)
May 19, 2017	6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	21 / 47 (655.3256)	39 (157.6800)	22 (165.1200)	25 (163.9428)	13 (168.5828)
Sep 16, 2016	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	22 / 34 (634.1484)	16 (165.6684)	14 (167.3828)	32 (145.6800)	24 (155.4172)
Sep 3, 2016	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	31 / 45 (650.7196)	26 (164.5484)	45 (149.0512)	19 (166.8228)	11 (170.2972)
Jul 15, 2016	RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE	27 / 45 (639.3944)	9 (170.2744)	32 (155.9884)	33 (157.6916)	33 (155.4400)
Jul 1, 2016	Back to Mayberry BBQ Whiting, IA	34 / 35 (631.9088)	31 (159.4288)	28 (160.5716)	31 (162.2628)	34 (149.6456)
May 20, 2016	5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition Valley, NE	20 / 42 (649.6800)	31 (158.8228)	20 (164.0344)	20 (165.1428)	19 (161.6800)
May 13, 2016	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	24 / 33 (641.6116)	8 (171.4288)	33 (139.9200)	19 (162.2628)	8 (168)
Apr 23, 2016	Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 2) (Judges Full) Boone, IA	35 / 36 (622.1144)	34 (155.3828)	33 (157.0972)	35 (154.8228)	34 (154.8116)
Apr 22, 2016	Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 1) (Judges Full) Boone, IA	37 / 42 (635.8628)	17 (168.5600)	38 (153.6800)	39 (155.9656)	36 (157.6572)
Sep 25, 2015	Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo Omaha, NE	13 / 18 (646.7428)	4 (173.1428)	15 (155.9772)	16 (157.0628)	14 (160.5600)
Sep 18, 2015	Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	6 / 18 (672.4916)	6 (168.5372)	16 (153.6572)	1 (177.1544)	5 (173.1428)
Sep 5, 2015	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-Eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	16 / 31 (662.1828)	28 (160.5256)	3 (172)	26 (161.0972)	11 (168.5600)
Jun 26, 2015	3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE	20 / 34 (636.9940)	25 (157.6456)	27 (150.8228)	12 (162.2628)	11 (166.2628)
May 29, 2015	4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	4 / 28 (666.8340)	15 (161.6912)	11 (162.8456)	11 (166.8228)	1 (175.4744)
May 8, 2015	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	19 / 33 (641.0516)	19 (161.1660)	24 (154.8456)	9 (170.2628)	22 (154.7772)
Oct 11, 2014	WinnaVegas Rib Master Classic Sloan, IA	20 / 34 (649.6568)	19 (166.2856)	13 (168.5828)	19 (163.4056)	29 (151.3828)
Sep 26, 2014	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	16 / 47 (657.0400)	6 (170.8228)	27 (159.9772)	9 (169.1200)	30 (157.1200)
Sep 19, 2014	Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	14 / 21 (653.6572)	2 (174.2856)	13 (163.9772)	16 (162.2744)	19 (153.1200)
Aug 8, 2014	Cass County Weeping Water, NE	26 / 35 (616.4460)	16 (164.5716)	33 (141.7144)	29 (154.2056)	22 (155.9544)
Jul 3, 2014	Whiting BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA	13 / 21 (636.4572)	6 (169.1660)	17 (156.5140)	18 (153.6572)	14 (157.1200)
Jun 27, 2014	2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE	23 / 30 (630.7196)	26 (156.5484)	13 (164.5372)	28 (146.2056)	10 (163.4284)
May 30, 2014	3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE	12 / 30 (647.3944)	17 (162.8688)	8 (165.7372)	10 (161.6800)	16 (157.1084)
May 9, 2014	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	22 / 33 (639.8856)	27 (156.5028)	20 (164.5372)	18 (160.5600)	20 (158.2856)
Apr 26, 2014	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew Boone, IA	34 / 39 (616.2632)	30 (165.1316)	38 (139.2572)	19 (166.2400)	38 (145.6344)
Apr 25, 2014	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew Boone, IA	41 / 45 (618.2060)	43 (148.5372)	40 (150.2516)	19 (167.4284)	41 (151.9888)
Sep 27, 2013	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	17 / 56 (664.5032)	38 (161.6916)	6 (174.8688)	47 (152.5028)	2 (175.4400)
Aug 16, 2013	21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	19 / 43 (663.3944)	3 (175.4172)	36 (151.3828)	19 (168)	12 (168.5944)
Aug 9, 2013	Cass County Weeping Water, NE	28 / 44 (631.8968)	33 (156.5484)	38 (151.9772)	39 (152.5256)	5 (170.8456)
Jul 19, 2013	RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE	27 / 32 (607.9436)	16 (164)	30 (142.8348)	19 (160.5716)	31 (140.5372)
May 31, 2013	2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE	20 / 34 (622.8572)	4 (169.7144)	31 (142.8570)	28 (154.2858)	17 (156)

YOU GONNA LIKE IT

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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