High-water mark
503.9200
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 503.9200 at Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) — 93.3% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Jul 29, 2022
Learnin' N Burnin' BBQ
Learnin' N Burnin' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 10th of 47 at the Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 26, 2020
latest Jul 29, 2022 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.03
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.11 · weakest Pork (164.81)
Road miles
130
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
328.69 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
503.92 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 159.3712 | 166.11 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 159.9656 | 164.83 | top 22% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 163.3828 | 164.81 | top 23% |
“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 (Day 1) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 28% | Jul 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
186
finished ahead 223 times, behind 107
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best overall score503.9200 Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1530) Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
20213 milestones
- First overall top-10 Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.0740 Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1084 Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
20202 milestones
- First tracked contest York County BBQ Festival
- First call York County BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | Apr 16, 2021 |
| +8.6 | York County BBQ Festival | Jun 26, 2020 |
| +8.1 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) | Jul 29, 2022 |
| +3.5 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 30, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 26% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 92.5% | 92% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2022 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 14 / 54 (503.9200) | 19 (169.1316) | 13 (168.5484) | 14 (166.2400) | — |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 16 / 54 (329.6572) | 21 (162.8228) | 9 (166.8344) | 11 (163.3828) | — |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 10 / 47 (333.0740) | 4 (173.1084) | 14 (159.9656) | — | — |
| Jun 26, 2020 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 12 / 53 (323.3484) | 16 (159.3712) | 9 (163.9772) | — | — |