The heartbreaker
2.8688
points from the title
Came within 2.8688 points of the Grand Championship at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (Jun 13, 2026).
Tankerbelle BBQ
Tankerbelle BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 37 at the Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #64 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1551
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 12, 2026
latest Aug 28, 2026
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.33
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (173.47)
Road miles
157
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
346.67 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Tankerbelle BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Tankerbelle BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 67 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#1,730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1551
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Tankerbelle BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1551
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 83%
- Peak
- 1551
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#1,743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1550
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,738 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1550
They were already cooking in 2016, 10 years before Tankerbelle BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,739 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1550
Level with Tankerbelle BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 169.6684 | 174.55 | top 19% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 170.8344 | 173.47 | top 28% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 17% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 22% | Aug 28, 2026 |
More numbers
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
92
finished ahead 147 times, behind 39
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
202611 milestones
- First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First call Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score342.7884 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First overall top-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First overall podium Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First Reserve Championship Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First category win (Chicken) Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1)
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1)
- Career-best overall score351.9772 Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1)
- Peak power rating (1551) Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2)
- Most recent contest Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +19.2 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 13, 2026 |
| +15.3 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1) | Aug 28, 2026 |
| +8.1 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 12, 2026 |
| +8 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) | Aug 28, 2026 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1) Cherry Valley, IL | 3 / 24 (351.9772) | 1 (180) | 12 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) Cherry Valley, IL | 8 / 25 (346.2400) | 3 (175.4056) | 11 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cherry Valley, IL | — | — | 2 (178.8572) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2026 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 2 / 37 (345.6800) | 4 (173.1200) | 3 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 15 / 40 (342.7884) | 20 (169.6684) | 8 (173.1200) | — | — |