The heartbreaker
0.0116
points from the title
Came within 0.0116 points of the Grand Championship at York County BBQ Festival (Jun 28, 2019).
SOUTHERN YANKS BARBEQUE
SOUTHERN YANKS BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 48 at the York County BBQ Festival (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2247 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1529
peak 1541 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2019
latest Jul 24, 2020 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.09
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.68 · weakest Pork (154.82)
Road miles
236
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$54K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.91 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
326.51 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 SOUTHERN YANKS BARBEQUE, each with one reason worth a look.
76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,248 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,239 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before SOUTHERN YANKS BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before SOUTHERN YANKS BARBEQUE's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
Level with SOUTHERN YANKS BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1529
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1529
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REDNECK SMOKE CLUB | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| APORKALYPSE NOW | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Sasquatch BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 BOXERS Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKECRAFT - MD | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD AZZ MULE BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| DANTE'S INFERNO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| THE NUT HOUSE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| DRILLING & GRILLING | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Top Gun Barbecue | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 176.0344 | 162.8460 | 168.68 | top 15% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 151.9200 | 158.69 | top 41% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 150.8228 | 154.82 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 147.9772 | 155.70 | top 67% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Grove | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 71% | Jul 24, 2020 |
| York County BBQ Festival | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 11% | Jun 26, 2020 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
228
finished ahead 253 times, behind 179
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20202 milestones
- Peak power rating (1541) York County BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Grove
20199 milestones
- First tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Interstate BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9200 Interstate BBQ Festival
- First call Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- First category win (Chicken) York County BBQ Festival
- First overall podium York County BBQ Festival
- First Reserve Championship York County BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score648.5376 Smoke in the Grove
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0344 Smoke in the Grove
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.7 | York County BBQ Festival | Jun 28, 2019 |
| +15.4 | Interstate BBQ Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
| +9.9 | York County BBQ Festival | Jun 26, 2020 |
| +6.5 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 17, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 24, 2020 |
| -7.7 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 26, 2019 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 91.6% | 89.6% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75% | top 24% | 92.7% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2020 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 48 / 59 (631.2912) | 16 (170.2628) | 49 (154.2284) | 51 (158.8228) | 54 (147.9772) |
| Jun 26, 2020 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 9 / 53 (329.6684) | 10 (164) | 6 (165.6684) | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 32 / 53 (648.5376) | 2 (176.0344) | 38 (158.2516) | 49 (150.8228) | 22 (163.4288) |
| Jun 28, 2019 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 2 / 48 (333.6684) | 1 (170.2628) | 6 (163.4056) | — | — |
| May 17, 2019 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 10 / 44 (314.7660) | 10 (162.8460) | 12 (151.9200) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 5 / 54 (327.9200) | — | — | — | — |