High-water mark
678.8000
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.8000 at BBQ Jackpot — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 21, 2025
Yankee Twang BBQ Co.
Yankee Twang BBQ Co. is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 15th of 15 at the Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) (2025). They are ranked #5820 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1441
peak 1441 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Jun 20, 2025
latest May 1, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.90 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 636.18 (+11.72)
Walk rate
10%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.48
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.47 · weakest Brisket (152.82)
Road miles
7,102
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1,194 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$67K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.18 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 Yankee Twang BBQ Co., each with one reason worth a look.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,834 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Yankee Twang BBQ Co.'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,826 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Yankee Twang BBQ Co.'s first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,824 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
Level with Yankee Twang BBQ Co. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,825 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 149.6344 | 164.47 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 145.1088 | 159.46 | top 83% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 150.8228 | 160.70 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 130.1944 | 152.82 | top 89% |
“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 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
8 contests
Contests a season
5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IA
4 of 10 contests · 6 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
8
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
316
finished ahead 57 times, behind 313
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- 10th tracked contest ND BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1492) Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- First call Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.6972 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best overall score678.8000 BBQ Jackpot
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 BBQ Jackpot
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | BBQ Jackpot | Nov 21, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown | Jun 30, 2025 |
| -10.4 | Smoke in the Valley | Sep 27, 2025 |
| -9 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 14, 2025 |
| -8.5 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest | Jul 25, 2025 |
| -8.3 | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) | Jun 27, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 90% | 90% |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13% | top 91% | 94.3% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 60 / 71 (647.9432) | 46 (166.8228) | 68 (157.1660) | 51 (163.4172) | 54 (160.5372) |
| May 1, 2026 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 13 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Nov 21, 2025 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 52 / 90 (678.8000) | 11 (176.5828) | 51 (169.1200) | 57 (168.5600) | 72 (164.5372) |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 53 / 56 (650.6972) | 52 (162.8344) | 53 (161.6800) | 53 (159.9428) | 44 (166.2400) |
| Sep 27, 2025 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 22 / 23 (625.6116) | 15 (164.5600) | 16 (163.9772) | 21 (150.8228) | 22 (146.2516) |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA | 31 / 31 (636.4460) | 31 (155.3716) | 27 (162.2628) | 30 (159.9772) | 30 (158.8344) |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB | 24 / 24 (618.8460) | 6 (170.2628) | 23 (151.3944) | 22 (153.7716) | 24 (143.4172) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA | 15 / 15 (598.0348) | 15 (149.6344) | 15 (154.7888) | 14 (163.4172) | 15 (130.1944) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) Spencer, IA | — | — | 12 (161.6916) | — | — |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 22 / 25 (633.0748) | 11 (169.7144) | 24 (145.1088) | 19 (165.7144) | 22 (152.5372) |