High-water mark
670.1604
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1604 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 27, 2023
Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ
Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 14th of 39 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2014). They are ranked #3560 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Is It Ready Yet? BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1507 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Nov 22, 2013
latest Jan 27, 2023 · 9.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.24 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 657.26 (+3.98)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.67 · weakest Brisket (160.61)
Road miles
20
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.26 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
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) | #1246 (85 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1114 (115 pts) | #1230 (85 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,532 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1501
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,543 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 7.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1507
They turned up 12 years after Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with Is It Ready Yet ? BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,575 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAMP BOYS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Poppell Insurance BBQ Team | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| SWINOS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Florida Boys | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BLUE Q FL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 155.3484 | 166.09 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 155.9316 | 163.88 | top 53% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 158.2628 | 166.67 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 147.3372 | 160.61 | top 62% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 64% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 47% | Nov 22, 2019 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
265
finished ahead 161 times, behind 244
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Nov 20, 2015 → Nov 16, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score670.1604 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4288 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20151 milestone
- Peak power rating (1507) Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
20142 milestones
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0628 Plant City Pig Jam
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 21, 2014 |
| +3.8 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest | Nov 20, 2015 |
| +2.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 19, 2021 |
| -5.5 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 16, 2018 |
| -3.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2013 |
| -2.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 35 / 51 (670.1604) | 11 (175.4288) | 15 (172.5600) | 41 (162.8000) | 39 (159.3716) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 26 / 37 (661.5660) | 20 (169.6916) | 30 (157.6572) | 14 (170.2628) | 20 (163.9544) |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 15 / 39 (666.1712) | 25 (162.8340) | 21 (165.6916) | 4 (174.2628) | 22 (163.3828) |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 34 / 44 (644.9600) | 29 (164.5256) | 36 (155.9316) | 15 (168.5256) | 38 (155.9772) |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | 21 / 49 (663.3368) | 22 (165.7028) | 23 (165.1084) | 25 (165.6800) | 18 (166.8456) |
| Nov 21, 2014 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 14 / 39 (657.0628) | 10 (169.1200) | 21 (162.2744) | 25 (158.2628) | 15 (167.4056) |
| Nov 22, 2013 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 35 / 53 (637.5312) | 46 (155.3484) | 13 (167.9656) | 12 (166.8800) | 47 (147.3372) |