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YELTON FARM SERVICES
YELTON FARM SERVICES is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 25th of 28 at the 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (2024). They finished #966 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 12, 2024
latest Aug 15, 2025 · 1.1 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 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.44
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.81)
Road miles
24
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.31 / 720
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1065 (60 pts) | #886 (130 pts) | #1203 (60 pts) | #1111 (60 pts) | #1046 (80 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #966 (113 pts) | #846 (168 pts) | #845 (183 pts) | #1007 (113 pts) | #889 (133 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.3088 | 162.2400 | 165.12 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 138.8456 | 150.81 | top 93% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 153.6112 | 157.06 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 150.2288 | 160.33 | top 72% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2 | 50 | 0 | top 85% | Aug 15, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
100
finished ahead 21 times, behind 130
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ & Fly-In on the River
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Peak power rating (1493) 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2112 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Career-best overall score651.2112 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | Aug 15, 2025 |
| -7.2 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off | Jul 12, 2024 |
| -3.8 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | Aug 16, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87% | 87% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 90.4% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 58 / 62 (626.0688) | 52 (162.8116) | 61 (149.0856) | 49 (163.9428) | 58 (150.2288) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 50 / 65 (651.2112) | 50 (162.2400) | 50 (162.2400) | 63 (153.6112) | 21 (173.1200) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 25 / 28 (634.6512) | 14 (170.3088) | 27 (153.0628) | 27 (153.6340) | 25 (157.6456) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Cameron, MO | — | — | 20 (138.8456) | — | — |