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Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1501
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1564
peak 1564 · rated over 35 contests

Best runs

4
straight top-10s

Contests

47
in the data

First seen

2021-01-29
latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#147
Master 2023

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

3
8 podiums

Overall top-10s

7
of 47 contests

Avg finish

top 56%
overall standings

Best overall

699.9772 / 720
Master · Ozarks BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

683.94 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 671.95 (+11.99)

Walk rate

40%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

4
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±20.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.34 · weakest Brisket (166.14)

Road miles

15,447
mi across 47 mapped stops · furthest 3804 mi

Schedule strength

81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)

Purse competed for

$658K
listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 33 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.95 / 720
38 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (13 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

  • Chicken ×2

On the rise

+26 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 26 points across 5 contests since 2025-07-25 — from 1538 up to 1564.

  • 5 contests since 2025-07-25
  • now 1564

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Ozarks BBQ Fest (2023-06-09).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

High-water mark

699.9772 career-best overall

97.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.9772 at Ozarks BBQ Fest — 97.2% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • 2023-06-09

The one to beat

one call ahead of them

CEO BBQ has finished one call ahead of Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2025 their best year

2025 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 40%.

  • 7 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 40%

A tough matchup

20–4 behind in the head-to-head

Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 26%.

  • Brisket avg 166.14
  • Chicken avg 170.34
  • 7 calls in 38 entries

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ROADKILL BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

15 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MAN MEAT BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 24 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1606 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.

  • 35 rated contests

A June team

Top 16% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 16% across 3 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

  • 3 June contests
  • top 56% the rest of the year

The long haul

15,447 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,447 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 3,804 miles to Curley Que Classic.

  • 47 mapped stops
  • furthest 3,804 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

Smokin Suckers
#1493 of the rated field
1564 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
35
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1564
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 35 contests
  • last seen 2026-08-14
⚔ Head-to-head
Just wing it BBQ team
#1498 of the rated field
1564 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
1
Top-10s
61%
Peak
1564
No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 32 contests
  • last seen 2026-05-23
  • on a 10-contest top-10 run
⚔ Head-to-head
What the Pork?
#1503 of the rated field
1564 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
43
GCs
0
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1596
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 43 contests to 47, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 41 contests
  • last seen 2025-09-27
⚔ Head-to-head
BUBBAJACK'S
#1506 of the rated field
1563 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
44
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1575
No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 44 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
MEAT MISTERS
#1504 of the rated field
1564 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
26
GCs
0
Top-10s
31%
Peak
1566
No shared contest yet.

26 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 26 contests
  • last seen 2020-07-24
⚔ Head-to-head
Col. Buck’s BBQ
#1507 of the rated field
1563 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1563
No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen 2024-08-10
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
MAN MEAT BBQ 24 5 19 21% ⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ 24 4 20 17% ⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 20 4 16 20% ⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ 19 2 17 11% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 19 2 17 11% ⚔ compare
Smoked & Furious 18 3 15 17% ⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 17 8 9 47% ⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q 16 6 10 38% ⚔ compare
PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 16 5 11 31% ⚔ compare
Can Country Outlaw BBQ 16 4 12 25% ⚔ compare
Kermit's Ex 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS 16 2 14 13% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 16 0 16 0% ⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare
Smoke 'n Magic 15 5 10 33% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 38 10 2 5 180.0000 🔥 145.0052 170.34 top 43%
Pork Ribs 42 7 0 0 177.7144 151.3944 166.65 top 64%
Pork 38 6 0 0 176.5600 156.5028 168.70 top 51%
Brisket 38 7 1 3 178.8572 150.2400 166.14 top 52%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO110top 63%
OK100top 70%
KS90top 40%
TX40top 41%
MS20top 62%
HI10top 33%
AR10top 43%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 54%
Medium (20–39)140top 66%
Large (40+)210top 50%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) 6 10 0 top 60% 2025-11-01
Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 4 17 0 top 80% 2023-07-22
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 129 0 top 58% 2023-09-27
City of Springs BBQ Championship 3 7 0 top 71% 2023-05-12
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 21 0 top 25% 2025-11-05
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 2 32 0 top 42% 2025-09-12
Southaven Springfest 2 20 0 top 62% 2024-04-26

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.8 yrs 2021-01-29 → 2025-11-05
Busiest season 2023 18 contests
Contests a season 9.4 across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in OK 14 of 47 contests · 7 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 23 7 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 42 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.34 · weakest Brisket (166.14)
Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 19 of 47 contests
Overall top-10 rate 15% 7 of 47 contests
Best top-10 run 4 straight contests
Master average 671.95 out of 720 · 38 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced 1,619 2,089–2,066 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 15,447 47 mapped stops · furthest 3,804 mi
Schedule strength 1606 average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Purse competed for $657,595 listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 0 from 33 state-championship entries
Power rating 1564 peak 1564 · #1501 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2021
  2. First tracked contest Humble BBQ Cook Off
  3. First call City Of Springs BBQ Championship
  4. 2022
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4000 Beats, Brews, & BBQ
  6. 10th tracked contest City of Springs BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs 2)
  7. First perfect 180 (Chicken) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
  8. 2023
  9. First overall top-10 Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)
  10. First category win (Chicken) City of Springs BBQ Championship
  11. First multi-meat day Ozarks BBQ Fest
  12. Career-best overall score699.9772 Ozarks BBQ Fest
  13. First overall podium The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  14. 25th tracked contest Smokin on the Route
  15. 2025
  16. Peak power rating (1564) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  17. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+17.7American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest2024-10-30
+16Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)2023-03-31
+15.4The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship2023-06-23
+15.3Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2)2025-11-01
+14.3Ozarks BBQ Fest2023-06-09

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-10.8Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)2023-07-22
-10.1American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST2021-09-16
-8Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)2024-10-25
-7.8Que' For a Cause2023-08-04
-7.3Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)2023-07-21

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20257020 43% top 40% 97.1% 95.3%
20246000 33% top 51% 97% 94.7%
202318053 44% top 54% 97.2% 94.3%
202211000 45% top 65% 94.7% 91.8%
20215000 20% top 76% 89.6% 87.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 80 / 158 (686.2288) 71 (173.1316) 88 (171.4288) 32 (175.4172) 116 (166.2512)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 179 / 401 (679.9200) 182 (170.8344) 178 (170.2628) 283 (165.6800) 86 (173.1428)
2025-11-01 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 10 / 50 (693.0628) 3 (180.0000) 27 (171.9772) 30 (171.9656) 22 (169.1200)
2025-10-31 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 30 / 53 (687.3604) 33 (171.9656) 40 (168.0004) 9 (176.5600) 29 (170.8344)
2025-09-12 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX 32 / 92 (673.1200) 14 (173.1428) 69 (162.2744) 37 (169.1656) 27 (168.5372)
2025-07-25 Curley Que Classic 🏅 Honolulu, HI 4 / 12 (699.3944) 4 (175.4056) 7 (171.9772) 5 (174.2972) 2 (177.7144)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 21 / 444 (698.2972) 98 (174.8572) 128 (173.1084) 47 (176.0000) 48 (174.3316)
2024-10-26 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 42 / 56 (674.1596) 17 (174.2628) 53 (162.8228) 31 (169.7028) 34 (167.3712)
2024-10-25 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 47 / 53 (669.0284) 31 (171.4056) 51 (162.2628) 37 (169.1200) 39 (166.2400)
2024-09-20 Smoke on the Water 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR 18 / 42 (682.2056) 17 (171.9656) 27 (165.1200) 26 (169.1200) 7 (176.0000)
2024-04-26 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 20 / 44 (686.7656) 16 (171.9656) 31 (166.2400) 8 (176.0000) 12 (172.5600)
2023-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 18 / 40 (687.9544) 22 (174.2628) 12 (174.2744) 27 (166.8572) 14 (172.5600)
2023-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oak Grove, MO 20 (167.9772)
2023-10-27 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 34 / 47 (679.2912) 23 (173.1084) 32 (170.8228) 13 (174.2628) 41 (161.0972)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 299 / 487 (665.0400) 209 (169.7144) 173 (171.4056) 429 (156.5028) 226 (167.4172)
2023-09-08 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX 49 / 99 (662.2740) 37 (168.5372) 17 (173.7256) 50 (166.8684) 78 (153.1428)
2023-08-11 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Mayetta, KS 52 / 90 (683.3140) 35 (173.1200) 67 (167.9656) 31 (174.2628) 60 (167.9656)
2023-08-04 Que' For a Cause Tahlequah, OK 28 / 36 (673.0516) 29 (165.0972) 31 (164.5372) 13 (174.2972) 26 (169.1200)
2023-08-04 Que' For a Cause (ONE MEAT RIBS) Tahlequah, OK 23 (163.9428)
2023-07-28 Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK 24 / 29 (674.1256) 2 (177.7144) 23 (168.5256) 17 (170.8228) 28 (157.0628)
2023-07-22 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO 27 / 28 (651.2224) 10 (174.8572) 27 (160.5256) 26 (161.0740) 26 (154.7656)
2023-07-21 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO 24 / 31 (670.7312) 17 (170.8228) 30 (156.5256) 8 (175.4056) 17 (167.9772)
2023-06-30 Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS 10 / 33 (697.0856) 20 (171.4056) 8 (176.0000) 11 (174.2628) 4 (175.4172)
2023-06-23 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 3 / 167 (697.7028) 38 (169.7028) 4 (176.5828) 13 (174.8572) 7 (176.5600)
2023-06-09 Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO 5 / 30 (699.9772) 1 (178.8572) 14 (170.8456) 12 (171.4172) 1 (178.8572)
2023-05-12 City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK 7 / 16 (686.7196) 1 (177.7028) 16 (163.9428) 10 (170.8112) 2 (174.2628)
2023-04-21 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 27 / 34 (658.1028) 16 (170.8228) 26 (162.2400) 28 (161.0972) 24 (163.9428)
2023-03-31 Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) 🏅 Wagoner, OK 4 / 29 (697.0628) 9 (174.2628) 4 (177.7144) 19 (169.6800) 4 (175.4056)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 129 / 505 (681.6224) 3 (180.0000) 410 (159.4056) 130 (171.9656) 141 (170.2512)
2022-08-19 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX 27 / 59 (646.7084) 23 (167.4056) 32 (162.8228) 21 (166.2400) 42 (150.2400)
2022-07-23 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO 17 / 26 (669.6112) 5 (176.5600) 13 (170.2512) 22 (162.8000) 20 (160.0000)
2022-07-22 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO 23 / 28 (659.8396) 13 (170.8112) 21 (162.2284) 18 (165.1316) 24 (161.6684)
2022-05-20 City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK 21 / 25 (640.4228) 19 (161.6800) 20 (157.0628) 17 (168.5944) 23 (153.0856)
2022-05-20 City of Springs BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs 2) Sulphur, OK 5 (165.1200)
2022-05-20 City of Springs BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Sulphur, OK 4 (165.0972)
2022-05-06 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK 18 / 38 (678.7428) 22 (167.3828) 15 (170.8228) 15 (170.8228) 13 (169.7144)
2022-04-15 Pork-A-Palooza 🏅 Weatherford, OK 26 / 29 (652.4232) 8 (175.4056) 23 (163.4172) 21 (162.8116) 26 (150.7888)
2022-04-01 Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK 24 / 30 (660.4000) 21 (167.3828) 25 (159.3944) 15 (168.5372) 19 (165.0856)
2021-11-11 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK 105 / 111 (644.9252) 101 (160.5484) 84 (165.6916) 105 (157.0512) 95 (161.6340)
2021-11-11 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary unrated Shawnee, OK
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 408 / 467 (616.3768) 445 (145.0052) 429 (151.3944) 367 (157.1316) 256 (162.8456)
2021-05-01 City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK 12 / 14 (635.9544) 12 (153.7144) 8 (168.0000) 10 (161.1200) 12 (153.1200)
2021-01-29 Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX 40 / 113 (633.6912) 76 (147.9428) 26 (165.6912) 30 (162.8800) 43 (157.1772)

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

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #698 (142 pts) #752 (152 pts) #932 (112 pts) #579 (237 pts) #608 (212 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #377 (562 pts) #316 (717 pts) #506 (442 pts) #404 (547 pts) #398 (552 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #581 (295 pts) #593 (320 pts) #744 (240 pts) #687 (240 pts) #557 (345 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #147 (1234 pts) #93 (1495 pts) #178 (1189 pts) #174 (1113 pts) #93 (1493 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #373 (613 pts) #214 (1033 pts) #255 (951 pts) #333 (733 pts) #379 (633 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #672 (224 pts) #723 (224 pts) #668 (254 pts) #673 (234 pts) #715 (224 pts)

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