Happy hunting ground
Top 13%
average finish here
Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 5th
- average top 13%
The Meatyo-Q'rs
The Meatyo-Q'rs is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 40 at the Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (2020). They are ranked #2400 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1541 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Oct 16, 2020
latest Aug 21, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
298.81 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 304.15 (-5.34)
Walk rate
86%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±61.72
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.02)
Road miles
557
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 113 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
304.15 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 The Meatyo-Q'rs, each with one reason worth a look.
96 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before The Meatyo-Q'rs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1523
Level with The Meatyo-Q'rs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,389 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1524
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before The Meatyo-Q'rs's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before The Meatyo-Q'rs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,408 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before The Meatyo-Q'rs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Grefe! | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Porket About It | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Ten Bones | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| DAD BOD BARBEQUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Pittie Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 165.6800 | 166.83 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 157.6572 | 165.02 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 21% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 13% | Jun 11, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
6 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
4 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
169
finished ahead 247 times, behind 103
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- Career-best overall score334.2516 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1
- Peak power rating (1541) Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.6800 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
- First call Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
- First overall top-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.8456 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 | Oct 16, 2020 |
| +12.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 | Jun 11, 2021 |
| +8.7 | Minnesota in May | May 7, 2021 |
| +5.1 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 | Jun 12, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16.8 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 7, 2021 |
| -1 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 21, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83% | top 45% | 92.8% | 83% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2021 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 10 / 18 (327.3372) | 7 (169.6800) | 14 (157.6572) | — | — |
| Aug 7, 2021 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 21 / 21 (166.2400) | 5 (166.2400) | — | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI | 15 / 45 (331.9888) | 10 (167.4516) | 18 (164.5372) | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 7 / 52 (334.2516) | 12 (165.6800) | 6 (168.5716) | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 14 / 60 (334.2516) | 16 (165.6916) | 10 (168.5600) | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs Cambridge, MN | — | — | 21 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 5 / 40 (330.8456) | 6 (166.2628) | 7 (164.5828) | — | — |