MYA&DJ'S BBQ

MYA&DJ'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 19 at the Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship (2025). They are ranked #2625 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,625

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1516

peak 1516 · rated over 28 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 28, 2017

latest Aug 7, 2026 · 9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#390

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 29 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2284 / 720

Master · Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

683.77 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.93 (+18.84)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest

Consistency

±17.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.59 · weakest Brisket (165.06)

Road miles

3,858

across 29 mapped stops · furthest 325 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$172K

listed at 22 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 23 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.93 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

690.2284 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.2284 at Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 16, 2025

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Bad Bears BBQ has finished one call ahead of MYA&DJ'S BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 46%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 46%

A tough matchup

23–1 behind in the head-to-head

Meat Candy Q ahead in 96% of their meetings

Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 23 of their 24 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Coaches Pit BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 (Jan 21, 2022).

last seen May 31, 2019
back Jan 21, 2022

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Old Town Franklin BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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An August team

Top 44% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 44% across 3 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,858 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,858 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 325 miles to Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship.

29 mapped stops
furthest 325 mi

The metronome

±2.47% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.47% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
29 contests

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
2026 ↗	Master	#495 (346 pts)	#659 (246 pts)	#535 (391 pts)	#428 (471 pts)	#531 (336 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#390 (539 pts)	#429 (534 pts)	#372 (699 pts)	#329 (679 pts)	#388 (559 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#791 (168 pts)	#775 (198 pts)	#766 (228 pts)	#822 (173 pts)	#754 (208 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#433 (452 pts)	#297 (767 pts)	#394 (627 pts)	#526 (377 pts)	#482 (407 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#456 (469 pts)	#427 (544 pts)	#418 (604 pts)	#439 (519 pts)	#468 (489 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1593 (120 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1536 (120 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#954 (300 pts)	#883 (370 pts)	#949 (345 pts)	#1011 (300 pts)	#780 (440 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2257 (65 pts)	#2271 (65 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2136 (80 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MYA&DJ'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SMOKIN FAT BOYS BBQ

#2,621 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1532

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MYA&DJ'S BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MYA&DJ'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2018

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BLUE EYED BBQ

#2,624 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 85
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1526

0–5 in 5 shared contests (0% to MYA&DJ'S BBQ)

85 contests to 29: their number has had years to settle where MYA&DJ'S BBQ's is still finding its level.

rated over 84 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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LEEPS BBQ

#2,618 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1541

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before MYA&DJ'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

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Rum Runners BBQ

#2,639 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Hot Rod's BBQ

#2,623 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1533

42 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 10% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Jul 31, 2020

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PASSIONS OF THE PIT

#2,635 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 2%
Peak: 1571

Level with MYA&DJ'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 44 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2024

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Meat Candy Q	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	22	3	19	14%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	21	1	20	5%	⚔ compare
B' Mackin BBQ	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
BULL MARKET BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
Cynical BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
Big Cat BBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
RBQ	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bliss BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
BONE RUBBIN BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Bad Bears BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
BIG RED BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	7	1	177.7144	155.9544	168.59	top 53%
Pork Ribs	27	9	2	178.2972	153.6800	166.74	top 54%
Pork	24	6	0	175.4056	150.2972	165.52	top 59%
Brisket	27	3	1	174.8456	145.6688	165.06	top 57%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 57%
Medium (20–39)	17	top 58%
Large (40+)	9	top 71%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Boots & Brew	3	20	top 64%	Apr 12, 2024
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	3	27	top 72%	Jun 2, 2023
Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	2	10	top 33%	Apr 24, 2026
Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest	2	13	top 51%	Mar 20, 2026
The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2)	2	22	top 78%	Jan 25, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 5 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 29 of 29 contests

Contests visited 21 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 329 finished ahead 353 times, behind 639

Longest layoff 2.6 yrs May 31, 2019 → Jan 21, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

Aug 7 Peak power rating (1516) Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)
Aug 7 Most recent contest Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)

20253 milestones

Mar 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
Apr 25 25th tracked contest Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
May 16 Career-best overall score690.2284 Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship

20222 milestones

Jan 21 10th tracked contest The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1
Aug 12 First overall top-10 Reata Round Up BBQ Contest

20181 milestone

Jul 13 First call 9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL)

20172 milestones

May 19 First tracked contest SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL)
Jul 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.3660 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.3	The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out	Sep 23, 2022
+12.7	Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship	May 16, 2025
+10.5	Reata Round Up BBQ Contest	Aug 12, 2022
+9.8	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	Apr 25, 2025
+9.1	Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest	Aug 4, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	The Golden State Battle	Jan 25, 2019
-8.9	America's Finest BBQ State Championship	Sep 14, 2018
-7.7	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)	May 31, 2019
-7.4	The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1	Jan 21, 2022
-6.7	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival	Jun 1, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	1	100%	top 46%	95%	94.7%
2025	5	2	80%	top 54%	95.9%	94.5%
2024	2	0	50%	top 55%	94.1%	94%
2023	5	0	60%	top 62%	93.7%	93.2%
2022	5	2	80%	top 59%	94.5%	92.1%
2019	2	0	0%	top 89%	87.8%	87.6%
2018	5	0	20%	top 76%	91.3%	89.6%
2017	2	0	0%	top 65%	91.4%	91.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 7, 2026	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Felton, CA	14 / 25 (679.3028)	20 (165.0856)	18 (167.9772)	8 (174.2744)	12 (171.9656)
Apr 24, 2026	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	10 / 29 (683.8740)	21 (165.6800)	6 (173.1200)	4 (175.4056)	13 (169.6684)
Mar 20, 2026	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	13 / 27 (681.5884)	16 (171.9772)	9 (171.4056)	11 (171.9656)	14 (166.2400)
May 16, 2025	Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Oroville, CA	5 / 19 (690.2284)	9 (171.9656)	7 (170.8572)	6 (172.5600)	2 (174.8456)
Apr 25, 2025	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	10 / 31 (683.8740)	18 (170.8228)	5 (175.4056)	5 (172.5600)	21 (165.0856)
Mar 14, 2025	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	14 / 26 (683.3484)	8 (174.2628)	2 (178.2972)	20 (163.4056)	16 (167.3828)
Jan 25, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 🏅 Hollister, CA	23 / 27 (674.1716)	23 (169.6800)	23 (168.5488)	—	23 (165.1084)
Jan 24, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) 🏅 Hollister, CA	22 / 31 (670.2748)	15 (170.2972)	28 (161.1316)	6 (174.8688)	20 (163.9772)
Apr 12, 2024	BBQ Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	23 / 39 (677.6116)	22 (168.5256)	7 (176)	32 (162.2400)	18 (170.8460)
Mar 1, 2024	The Golden State Battle VI 🏅 Hollister, CA	17 / 33 (675.3832)	12 (172.0116)	24 (161.6916)	14 (170.2628)	14 (171.4172)
Oct 6, 2023	Swanner House Autumn Reata Round Up BBQ Contest 🏅 San Juan Capistrano, CA	15 / 17 (665.5428)	5 (175.4056)	16 (157.0744)	—	14 (165.0856)
Aug 4, 2023	Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	12 / 29 (674.2060)	2 (177.7144)	2 (177.1544)	25 (161.6572)	26 (157.6800)
Jun 2, 2023	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	27 / 43 (674.8112)	18 (171.4172)	15 (171.4056)	17 (172)	36 (159.9884)
Apr 28, 2023	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	20 / 33 (670.1716)	20 (172.5600)	17 (169.6800)	24 (163.9544)	21 (163.9772)
Mar 3, 2023	The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA	16 / 28 (671.4176)	6 (174.2972)	20 (163.4060)	24 (164.5600)	12 (169.1544)
Sep 23, 2022	The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out 🏅 Fresno, CA	9 / 43 (679.4172)	5 (173.7028)	16 (167.9772)	13 (168.5828)	11 (169.1544)
Aug 12, 2022	Reata Round Up BBQ Contest 🏅 San Juan Capistrano, CA	9 / 25 (680.5944)	7 (171.4744)	6 (172.5828)	—	7 (169.6800)
Jun 3, 2022	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	27 / 37 (658.8116)	34 (157.0856)	36 (157.6800)	8 (174.8916)	18 (169.1544)
Apr 8, 2022	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	21 / 29 (659.3484)	18 (168.5484)	7 (170.2744)	15 (169.1428)	27 (151.3828)
Jan 21, 2022	The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 🏅 Santa Barbara, CA	28 / 30 (637.6004)	26 (161.0856)	13 (168.5488)	25 (162.2972)	28 (145.6688)
May 31, 2019	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA	39 / 49 (629.5772)	—	—	—	—
Jan 25, 2019	The Golden State Battle 🏅 Santa Ynez, CA	47 / 48 (632.5028)	46 (157.6572)	43 (158.2628)	46 (154.3316)	31 (162.2512)
Oct 12, 2018	Temecula State BBQ Championship Temecula, CA	31 / 46 (657.6688)	23 (167.9656)	16 (170.8916)	37 (157.6916)	30 (161.1200)
Sep 14, 2018	America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA	34 / 40 (628.5260)	32 (155.9544)	32 (153.6800)	38 (150.2972)	12 (168.5944)
Jul 13, 2018	9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA	25 / 37 (651.8744)	30 (157.0972)	31 (158.2056)	26 (162.8688)	10 (173.7028)
Jun 1, 2018	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival Norco, CA	46 / 57 (644.5260)	17 (172.5944)	48 (159.4172)	51 (154.8000)	47 (157.7144)
Mar 23, 2018	7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	60 / 78 (643.4748)	21 (171.4400)	66 (156.5832)	74 (152.5944)	42 (162.8572)
Jul 28, 2017	8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA	26 / 40 (658.3660)	24 (165.7028)	24 (164.6288)	25 (165.1772)	21 (162.8572)
May 19, 2017	SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL) Pomona, CA	—	—	—	—	—

MYA&DJ'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)