A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bourbon & Blues BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bourbon & Blues BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Yee Haw BBQ
Yee Haw BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 27th of 40 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2025). Also listed in KCBS results as “YeeHaw BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.94
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.27 · weakest Brisket (152.53)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
320.88 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
609.54 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 152.5716 | 162.27 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 145.6344 | 152.94 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 153.6572 | 161.67 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 139.3716 | 152.53 | top 74% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 27 | 0 | top 78% | Jan 22, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
237
finished ahead 95 times, behind 324
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5256 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20251 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.8344 Lakeland Pig Festival
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score609.5432 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1487) Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -10.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -0.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 102% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 32 / 63 (324.5028) | 16 (168) | 41 (156.5028) | 15 (168.5256) | 38 (154.2400) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 27 / 40 (330.8344) | 16 (167.9772) | 36 (162.8572) | 31 (162.2628) | 48 (139.3716) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 55 / 61 (307.3144) | 39 (160.5372) | 57 (146.7772) | 28 (162.2516) | 26 (158.8228) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 52 / 51 (609.5432) | 47 (152.5716) | 52 (145.6344) | 50 (153.6572) | 37 (157.6800) |