BBQ Hot Yard NO
Rating
1555
peak 1555
Contests
44
in the data
First seen
2023-08-12
latest 2026-06-20
Best ToY finish
#16
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
2 reserve
Category wins
9
24 podiums
Overall top-10s
16
of 44 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
686.22 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 669.08 (+17.15)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
7
best run (overall)
Consistency
±26.56
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.79 · weakest Brisket (164.88)
Road miles
15345
mi across 44 mapped stops · furthest 4933 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Onkel Felix BBQ has finished one call ahead of BBQ Hot Yard 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Woodquarter Smokerheads has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Smoky Cotte has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Art Razza Piave Bbq in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
BBQ Expo Master's Challenge is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 22% across 3 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Marchfelder Feuerfest (2026-05-02) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 22-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NO first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 28 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.3484 | 168.79 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 37 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 180.0000 🔥 | 148.5488 | 166.71 | top 57% |
| Pork | 24 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 179.4400 | 150.2856 | 168.17 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 24 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 177.1544 | 142.8116 | 164.88 | top 51% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO | 2 | 1 | top 44% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| LT | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 14 | 1 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (22 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NO (4 of 44 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (37 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Marchfelder Feuerfest (2026-05-02)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 669.08
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 699.3828 | 686.28 |
| 2025 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 697.6572 | 668.93 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 624.4000 | 619.58 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 614.8112 | 614.81 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 9 / 25 (685.6228) | 5 (175.4056) | 9 (173.1084) | 21 (164.5372) | 8 (172.5716) |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | 16 (164.0000) | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 4 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 85 / 117 (678.7772) | 48 (173.7144) | 116 (160.5028) | 82 (168.0000) | 20 (176.5600) |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | 67 (166.8228) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 78 (158.2056) | — | — |
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 2 / 23 (693.6916) | 7 (167.9888) | 5 (172.0000) | 2 (177.1428) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2026-05-02 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 1 / 8 (699.3828) | 8 (173.1084) | 4 (172.5600) | 4 (176.5600) | 1 (177.1544) |
| 2026-05-02 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 3 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2026-04-25 | Spitsbroek on Fire IV Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 6 / 15 (673.6344) | 5 (170.8344) | 10 (162.8000) | 3 (174.2856) | 9 (165.7144) |
| 2026-04-24 | Spitsbroek on Fire III Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 2 / 11 (678.2056) | 7 (168.5372) | 1 (171.4056) | 7 (165.1200) | 2 (173.1428) |
| 2026-04-11 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge PARMA, 43126 | 3 / 42 (694.8116) | 11 (175.4172) | 13 (169.6916) | 7 (174.2628) | 3 (175.4400) |
| 2026-03-07 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ | 5 / 10 (685.0512) | 7 (172.5484) | 6 (169.6800) | 5 (173.7028) | 4 (169.1200) |
| 2026-03-07 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ | — | 7 (161.0856) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-07 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT RIBS) Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ | — | — | 8 (165.7144) | — | — |
| 2026-02-28 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna, 1030 | 3 / 12 (687.3484) | 1 (179.4400) | 8 (163.9428) | 1 (179.4400) | 7 (164.5256) |
| 2026-02-28 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1030 | — | — | 3 (175.4288) | — | — |
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 11 / 11 (636.9028) | 4 (170.8228) | 11 (158.2400) | 11 (159.3600) | 11 (148.4800) |
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 10 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2025-10-11 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs, 3900 | 14 / 21 (677.0400) | 5 (177.7028) | 16 (166.2516) | 15 (165.0972) | 9 (167.9884) |
| 2025-10-11 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Szerencs, 3900 | — | — | 8 (161.7028) | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto, I-41057 | 13 / 24 (674.2056) | 6 (174.2628) | 8 (169.6800) | 9 (172.5600) | 21 (157.7028) |
| 2025-09-12 | Bulgarian Barbecue Championship Sofia, 1000 | 4 / 11 (697.6572) | 2 (176.0000) | 2 (176.5716) | 3 (177.7028) | 4 (167.3828) |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 10 / 20 (679.2796) | 16 (164.5140) | 11 (168.5372) | 2 (178.8572) | 10 (167.3712) |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode, 1215 | — | 8 (170.2628) | — | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 1 (177.1544) | — | — |
| 2025-06-28 | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck Innsbruck, 6020 | 3 / 7 (693.6456) | 7 (165.1200) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (175.4172) | 3 (173.1084) |
| 2025-06-28 | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) Innsbruck, 6020 | — | — | 3 (167.9888) | — | — |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 10 / 20 (682.2056) | 9 (173.1084) | 4 (176.5600) | 8 (172.5600) | 17 (159.9772) |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | 17 (166.2856) | — | — | — |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 12 (167.4056) | — | — |
| 2025-05-17 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 14 / 15 (638.7884) | 13 (162.2400) | 14 (161.7256) | 8 (162.2628) | 14 (152.5600) |
| 2025-05-17 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Freistadt, Os 4240 | — | — | — | — | 3 (167.4172) |
| 2025-05-17 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) Freistadt, Os 4240 | — | — | — | 5 (173.1200) | — |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 9 / 12 (647.2800) | 9 (163.3940) | 1 (175.4400) | 11 (157.0744) | 10 (151.3716) |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 7 (163.4400) | — | — |
| 2025-03-29 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia, 25125 | 9 / 30 (686.2172) | 1 (180.0000) | 26 (161.0972) | 17 (169.6800) | 3 (175.4400) |
| 2025-03-01 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Vienna, 1030 | 4 / 4 (645.0284) | 4 (165.0740) | 4 (170.3200) | 4 (158.2400) | 4 (151.3944) |
| 2025-03-01 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1030 | — | — | 4 (158.2516) | — | — |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 14 / 14 (614.7544) | 14 (161.7372) | 13 (159.3828) | 14 (150.8228) | 14 (142.8116) |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 18 (150.2056) | — | — |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 10 / 11 (624.4000) | 11 (151.3484) | 10 (148.5488) | 10 (159.9772) | 7 (164.5256) |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 6 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2023-08-12 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 11 / 12 (614.8112) | 11 (155.4628) | 11 (150.2628) | 11 (150.2856) | 6 (158.8000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #16 (1699 pts) | #30 (1525 pts) | #12 (1777 pts) | #21 (1504 pts) | #11 (1684 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #138 (1390 pts) | #68 (1744 pts) | #33 (2075 pts) | #79 (1654 pts) | #96 (1578 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #716 (205 pts) | #773 (200 pts) | #523 (443 pts) | #752 (205 pts) | #701 (235 pts) |