The heartbreaker
1.6452
points from the title
Came within 1.6452 points of the Grand Championship at CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD) (Jul 10, 2022).
StandWithUkraine
StandWithUkraine is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 20 at the CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD) (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #1604 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jul 10, 2022
latest Mar 3, 2023
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.42 · weakest Brisket (155.43)
Road miles
72
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Purse competed for
$7,700
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
642.80 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
338.87 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1604 (53 pts) | #1631 (53 pts) | #1419 (63 pts) | #976 (123 pts) | #1567 (58 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.7144 | 158.2400 | 165.98 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 157.7144 | 161.43 | top 61% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 171.4172 | 171.42 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4288 | 155.4288 | 155.43 | top 86% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score642.8004 The Golden State Battle V
- Most recent contest The Golden State Battle V
20228 milestones
- First tracked contest CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
- First call CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
- First category win (Chicken) CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
- First overall top-10 CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
- First overall podium CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
- First Reserve Championship CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.8688 CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2023 | The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA | 27 / 28 (642.8004) | 28 (158.2400) | 23 (157.7144) | 11 (171.4172) | 24 (155.4288) |
| Jul 10, 2022 | CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD) Clayton, CA | 2 / 20 (338.8688) | 1 (173.7144) | 8 (165.1544) | — | — |