The comeback
3.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.5 years, then back at Barbeque on the Bow (Sep 3, 2022).
- last seen Mar 22, 2019
- back Sep 3, 2022
Is It Done Yet?
Is It Done Yet? is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 10th of 48 at the Hammond BBQ (2019). They finished #1309 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “IS IT DONE YET”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 25, 2016
latest Sep 3, 2022 · 6.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.62 · weakest Brisket (150.25)
Road miles
2,110
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,873 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
629.91 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
296.61 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Is It Done Yet?, each with one reason worth a look.
Is It Done Yet? has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 125 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,798 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They turned up 6 years after Is It Done Yet? did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#3,793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Level with Is It Done Yet? on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,790 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Is It Done Yet?'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 146.3200 | 159.62 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 150.2856 | 156.94 | top 66% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 147.4400 | 153.13 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 145.6572 | 150.25 | top 88% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LA
4 of 6 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
168
finished ahead 70 times, behind 116
Longest layoff
3.5 yrs
Mar 22, 2019 → Sep 3, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow
20192 milestones
- First overall top-10 Hammond BBQ
- Peak power rating (1502) Hammond BBQ
20163 milestones
- First tracked contest Hamond BBQ
- Career-best overall score635.8972 Hamond BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8456 Hamond BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.6 | Hammond BBQ | Mar 22, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | Barbeque on the Bow | Sep 3, 2022 |
| -10.6 | Hamond BBQ | Mar 25, 2016 |
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 100% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 21% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2022 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 36 / 36 (623.9316) | 30 (161.6800) | 26 (159.9772) | 35 (147.4400) | 27 (154.8344) |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA | 10 / 48 (296.6056) | 13 (146.3200) | 19 (150.2856) | — | — |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | 56 / 58 (635.8972) | 22 (170.8456) | 50 (160.5716) | 52 (158.8228) | 58 (145.6572) |