FLAMIN YAWNS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5081

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1460

peak 1510 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-07-24

latest 2021-06-11

Best ToY finish

#858

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

657.6116 / 720

Master · Border War BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

631.62 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 641.98 (-10.36)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · Table Rock Boats and Bones

Consistency

±13.49

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.87 · weakest Brisket (158.93)

Road miles

1,117

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 204 mi

Schedule strength

60%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.98 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 54%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 54%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

3.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2021-06-11).

last seen 2017-07-08
back 2021-06-11

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.87% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.87% 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
10 contests

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.

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

MIKE'S KENTUCKY HURRICANES

#5092 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to FLAMIN YAWNS)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

BADASS BBQ TEAM

#5069 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to FLAMIN YAWNS)

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 2016-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Sholly AM Hams

#5070 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before FLAMIN YAWNS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

ON THE SPOT BBQ

#5080 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2017-10-06

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TEAM BACON

#5089 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1460

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-05-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG LOG BBQ

#5072 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GETTIN' BASTED	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	0	170.8344	155.4056	161.87	top 73%
Pork Ribs	10	4	1	1	174.8572	149.6572	161.40	top 58%
Pork	10	1	0	0	168.5600	150.8684	159.79	top 75%
Brisket	10	3	0	0	173.1084	145.6344	158.93	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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	6	0	top 70%
KS	4	0	top 79%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 65%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 77%
Large (40+)	1	top 51%

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.9 yrs 2014-07-24 → 2021-06-11

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 6 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.87 · weakest Brisket (158.93)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 6 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 641.98 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 242 78–216 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,117 10 mapped stops · furthest 204 mi

Schedule strength 1576 average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests

Purse competed for $13,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3.9 yrs 2017-07-08 → 2021-06-11

Power rating 1460 peak 1510 · #5081 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jul 24 First tracked contest ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition
Jul 24 First call ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition
Jul 24 First overall top-10 ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition
Jul 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9656 ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition
Jul 24 Peak power rating (1510) ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition
Sep 13 First category win (Pork Ribs) Table Rock Boats and Bones
Sep 13 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Table Rock Boats and Bones
Oct 24 Career-best overall score657.6116 Border War BBQ
2021
Jun 11 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 11 Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.8	ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition	2014-07-24
+2	Border War BBQ	2014-10-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	2021-06-11
-10.9	Q'ing for a Cause	2015-09-04
-9.6	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge	2016-06-10
-8.2	Red White Blue and Que Presented by Lucas Oil Speedway	2017-07-08
-5.7	Smokin' with Woods	2014-08-08

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 93%	90.4%	90.4%
2017	2	0	0	0%	top 88%	87.7%	87%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 88%	87%	87%
2015	2	0	0	100%	top 80%	91.3%	89.3%
2014	4	1	1	75%	top 54%	91.3%	90.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-06-11	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	26 / 28 (650.7884)	17 (170.8344)	27 (155.9772)	28 (150.8684)	9 (173.1084)
2017-07-08	Red White Blue and Que Presented by Lucas Oil Speedway Wheatland, MO	29 / 31 (631.7716)	28 (159.9772)	30 (152.4800)	22 (164.5372)	28 (154.7772)
2017-06-10	*Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	23 / 28 (620.4000)	22 (155.4056)	23 (149.6572)	20 (161.0856)	22 (154.2516)
2016-06-10	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS	30 / 34 (626.1488)	30 (155.4172)	23 (159.9428)	27 (158.8228)	30 (151.9660)
2015-09-04	Q'ing for a Cause Columbia, MO	20 / 21 (628.9828)	20 (158.2856)	20 (156.5028)	9 (168.5600)	19 (145.6344)
2015-06-05	Smokin' Summer Kick-off Branson, MO	11 / 17 (657.6112)	9 (170.2628)	7 (165.7028)	17 (156.5028)	9 (165.1428)
2014-10-24	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	21 / 41 (657.6116)	18 (165.6800)	25 (162.2972)	19 (165.6800)	17 (163.9544)
2014-09-13	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	21 / 34 (654.6744)	28 (159.3600)	1 (174.8572)	31 (156.5028)	16 (163.9544)
2014-08-08	Smokin' with Woods Odessa, MO	21 / 28 (639.8740)	23 (161.6800)	4 (171.4400)	25 (155.3828)	24 (151.3712)
2014-07-24	ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition Kansas City, MO	7 / 25 (651.9656)	13 (161.7488)	5 (165.1428)	15 (159.9540)	8 (165.1200)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1564 (53 pts)	#1158 (93 pts)	#1600 (53 pts)	#1558 (53 pts)	#898 (138 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1860 (119 pts)	#1791 (124 pts)	#1945 (119 pts)	#1648 (149 pts)	#1784 (124 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2841 (59 pts)	#2859 (59 pts)	#2304 (69 pts)	#2863 (59 pts)	#2864 (59 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1364 (183 pts)	#1412 (198 pts)	#1341 (218 pts)	#1397 (213 pts)	#1362 (203 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#858 (393 pts)	#1031 (333 pts)	#539 (728 pts)	#1073 (308 pts)	#837 (413 pts)