YAZOO'S DELTA Q

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

Power ranking

#930

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1612

peak 1612 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-04-01

latest 2018-09-15

Best ToY finish

#482

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 28%

overall standings

Best overall

697.6916 / 720

Master · Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

684.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 682.21 (+2.19)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest

Consistency

±11.49

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 172.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.26)

Road miles

3,606

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 709 mi

Schedule strength

70%

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

Master avg

682.21 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork ×1

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

697.6916 career-best overall

96.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.6916 at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest — 96.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-10

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.73 points below their pork, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 58%.

Pork Ribs avg 168.26
Pork avg 172.99
1 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Extra Mile BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A September team

Top 18% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 18% across 3 contests, versus top 28% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 28% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,606 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,606 miles across 12 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 709 miles to Smithfield BBQ Classic.

12 mapped stops
furthest 709 mi

The metronome

±1.60% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.60% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.8% of a perfect score
12 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.

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

BULLHORN BBQ

#935 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1611

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to YAZOO'S DELTA Q)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team YAZOO'S DELTA Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

A Good Rub BBQ

#928 of the rated field

1612 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1623

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to YAZOO'S DELTA Q)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 28 contests to 12.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

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GONEHOGGIN.COM

#934 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1611

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2016-07-08

⚔ Head-to-head

BLACK CAT BBQ

#937 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1612

No shared contest yet.

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 52% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2016-08-05

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LITTLE LUKE'S BBQ

#936 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1614

No shared contest yet.

Level with YAZOO'S DELTA Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2018-08-24

⚔ Head-to-head

County Line Que

#933 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1620

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before YAZOO'S DELTA Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 30 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KILLER HOGS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
TENNESSEE MOJO	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	3	2	2	180.0000 🔥	159.9656	170.07	top 43%
Pork Ribs	12	1	0	0	174.8572	158.2284	168.26	top 41%
Pork	12	7	1	3	180.0000 🔥	163.9428	172.99	top 24%
Brisket	12	6	0	2	177.1544	164.5256	170.89	top 32%

“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	Avg finish
TN	4	top 24%
MS	3	top 28%
KS	2	top 20%
VA	1	top 29%
AR	1	top 10%
GA	1	top 71%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 19%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 36%
Large (40+)	7	top 25%

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

On the trail 2.5 yrs 2016-04-01 → 2018-09-15

Busiest season 2017 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 4 of 12 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 2 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 172.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.26)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 8 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 6 of 12 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 682.21 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 869 976–293 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,606 12 mapped stops · furthest 709 mi

Schedule strength 1589 average field rating faced — tougher than 70% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2017-09-08 → 2018-09-15

Power rating 1612 peak 1612 · #930 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Apr 1 First tracked contest Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6460 Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Apr 15 First call Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
Apr 15 First category win (Chicken) Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
Apr 15 First overall top-10 Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
Apr 15 First overall podium Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
Apr 15 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
Jun 10 Career-best overall score697.6916 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
2017
Sep 1 10th tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
2018
Sep 15 Peak power rating (1612) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Sep 15 Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2016-06-10
+14.9	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	2017-03-31
+13.7	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2017-09-01
+13.7	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2017-03-18
+13.5	Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest	2016-04-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.7	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)	2016-04-29

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)
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 34%	93.3%	93.3%
2017	6	3	1	83%	top 19%	96.3%	95.3%
2016	5	3	2	60%	top 37%	96.9%	94.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	157 / 467 (671.9196)	353 (159.9656)	117 (170.8228)	54 (173.7256)	173 (167.4056)
2017-09-08	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN	6 / 42 (693.6684)	15 (173.1084)	13 (168.5372)	5 (175.4400)	3 (176.5828)
2017-09-01	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	26 / 407 (691.4400)	112 (171.4172)	42 (173.7256)	33 (175.4516)	83 (170.8456)
2017-08-04	Smithfield BBQ Classic Smithfield, VA	8 / 28 (671.3256)	15 (167.9656)	24 (158.8000)	2 (173.7028)	4 (170.8572)
2017-03-31	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN	6 / 48 (693.6228)	23 (169.6684)	12 (171.9888)	1 (180.0000)	18 (171.9656)
2017-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	11 / 45 (685.6116)	15 (171.9772)	24 (167.3944)	10 (171.9772)	10 (174.2628)
2017-03-17	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	19 / 68 (681.0400)	45 (166.2400)	14 (173.7144)	8 (174.2744)	39 (166.8112)
2016-06-10	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	4 / 39 (697.6916)	4 (176.5600)	6 (174.8572)	25 (169.1200)	4 (177.1544)
2016-05-27	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	8 / 25 (677.5996)	1 (176.5828)	11 (165.6684)	9 (168.5372)	9 (166.8112)
2016-04-29	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	25 / 35 (660.3884)	31 (163.3828)	18 (168.5372)	26 (163.9428)	26 (164.5256)
2016-04-15	Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest Millington, TN	3 / 16 (692.5256)	1 (180.0000)	14 (158.2284)	3 (177.1544)	2 (177.1428)
2016-04-01	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	32 / 61 (669.6460)	39 (163.9428)	23 (166.8804)	13 (172.5600)	32 (166.2628)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#482 (778 pts)	#771 (513 pts)	#738 (543 pts)	#338 (1073 pts)	#499 (788 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#572 (691 pts)	#459 (871 pts)	#726 (556 pts)	#682 (591 pts)	#570 (706 pts)