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The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company IN

Power ranking

#278
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1653
peak 1653

Contests

97
in the data

First seen

2019-02-15
latest 2025-08-01

Best ToY finish

#124
Master 2022

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

6
29 podiums

Overall top-10s

17
of 97 contests

Avg finish

top 45%
overall standings

Best overall

698.2288

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

690.44 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 670.58 (+19.86)

Walk rate

70%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
and counting

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±32.62
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 169.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.91)

Road miles

20962
mi across 97 mapped stops · furthest 1971 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

WE WILL ROCK QUE has finished one call ahead of The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SmokinGhost BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 35 of their 37 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ in 24 of their 27 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.7028 points of the Grand Championship at The Buckeye BBQ Classic (2024-07-19).

📅 A November team

Something about November: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IN first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 84 25 2 8 179.4400 152.4684 169.10 top 50%
Pork Ribs 92 23 2 7 177.7372 152.5488 167.91 top 47%
Pork 85 21 0 5 177.7600 150.2056 168.68 top 47%
Brisket 84 35 2 9 178.8572 151.9428 169.51 top 40%

“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
IN260top 50%
IL150top 52%
TN80top 40%
MI60top 28%
OH60top 36%
KS60top 50%
OK50top 55%
GA30top 30%
NC10top 62%
AR10top 34%
KY10top 71%
MS10top 50%
MO10top 51%
FL10top 55%
WI10top 26%
OR10top 21%
TX10top 58%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 44%
Medium (20–39)400top 52%
Large (40+)420top 41%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025700 697.1312 691.54
2024601 694.8116 689.30
2023900 683.3256 671.97
20222501 698.2288 680.51
20212301 693.6456 663.98
20201402 686.2056 665.67
20191301 684.5372 652.67

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-08-01 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 6 / 43 (697.1312) 3 (177.7028) 19 (169.6684) 5 (177.7600) 10 (172.0000)
2025-07-18 Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH 8 / 40 (690.8116) 10 (174.2628) 17 (170.8344) 16 (171.9884) 9 (173.7260)
2025-06-06 Hoosier BBQ Classic Franklin, IN 19 / 30 (674.7200) 15 (171.9772) 24 (164.5372) 5 (176.5600) 25 (161.6456)
2025-05-25 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN 17 / 70 (697.0744) 49 (170.8344) 18 (175.4056) 22 (174.2744) 8 (176.5600)
2025-05-24 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) Lebanon, TN 30 / 106 (692.4800) 68 (170.8228) 64 (170.8228) 41 (173.1200) 5 (177.7144)
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN
2025-03-14 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 14 / 100 (697.0512) 62 (170.8228) 21 (174.2628) 33 (174.2628) 8 (177.7028)
2024-11-15 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cuming, GA 20 / 58 (687.3256) 25 (172.5484) 10 (176.5600) 17 (173.1200) 45 (165.0972)
2024-08-02 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 15 / 40 (681.0860) 6 (175.4172) 36 (158.2400) 17 (169.7144) 2 (177.7144)
2024-07-19 The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH 2 / 33 (694.8116) 1 (178.8572) 2 (175.4172) 24 (166.2744) 6 (174.2628)
2024-06-07 Hoosier BBQ Classic Franklin, IN 9 / 38 (692.4912) 10 (175.4056) 8 (173.7028) 16 (171.9772) 14 (171.4056)
2024-03-15 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 23 / 93 (690.7884) 9 (177.1428) 22 (172.5600) 45 (170.2628) 36 (170.8228)
2024-03-15 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN
2023-11-03 Currituck Bulls and BBQ Powells Point, NC 13 / 21 (675.2912) 5 (173.1200) 12 (168.5600) 10 (170.8228) 20 (162.7884)
2023-08-04 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 26 / 44 (665.6112) 26 (167.9772) 8 (171.9656) 31 (162.2628) 29 (163.4056)
2023-08-04 All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI 17 (166.8572)
2023-07-21 The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH 13 / 32 (676.4224) 16 (169.6684) 6 (173.1200) 20 (166.8112) 14 (166.8228)
2023-06-10 Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 Franklin, IN 11 / 28 (683.3256) 22 (165.6800) 5 (173.1200) 12 (171.9656) 5 (172.5600)
2023-06-09 Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 Franklin, IN 23 / 38 (666.1828) 20 (171.4056) 36 (157.0972) 28 (162.2744) 4 (175.4056)
2023-06-09 Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN
2023-03-17 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 59 / 80 (665.0056) 63 (166.2628) 31 (169.1200) 42 (168.5372) 64 (161.0856)
2023-03-17 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN
2022-11-18 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA 5 / 57 (693.0744) 16 (173.1200) 14 (170.8344) 3 (177.1544) 18 (171.9656)
2022-11-17 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA 2 (176.5716)
2022-10-21 Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water Pine Bluff, AR 16 / 47 (685.0168) 24 (170.2628) 34 (165.0856) 3 (177.7028) 15 (171.9656)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS 140 / 249 (679.3256) 192 (167.3828) 163 (169.1200) 29 (176.5944) 182 (166.2284)
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 260 / 505 (666.6736) 379 (162.2284) 256 (167.3712) 240 (167.9656) 163 (169.1084)
2022-09-23 Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL 28 / 46 (678.6968) 34 (165.0856) 11 (174.2628) 9 (174.2628) 27 (165.0856)
2022-08-05 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 7 / 50 (689.0168) 13 (173.1084) 10 (170.8228) 7 (175.4172) 16 (169.6684)
2022-08-05 All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI 17 (166.2744)
2022-07-15 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Eureka, IL 13 / 25 (672.4112) 16 (168.5256) 9 (171.4172) 14 (168.5372) 19 (163.9312)
2022-07-15 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) Eureka, IL 15 (165.6800)
2022-07-08 Harvest on Fire at the Winery Marshall, IL 16 / 28 (678.7200) 26 (163.9312) 13 (171.9888) 7 (173.1200) 16 (169.6800)
2022-06-25 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) Belvidere, IL 20 / 32 (672.4344) 17 (170.8228) 31 (159.3716) 4 (175.4172) 21 (166.8228)
2022-06-24 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) Belvidere, IL 7 / 36 (686.1828) 18 (169.6800) 15 (167.9656) 16 (169.6800) 1 (178.8572)
2022-06-24 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs Belvidere, IL 14 (164.5600)
2022-06-18 Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 Franklin, IN 12 / 27 (685.0284) 4 (176.0000) 14 (169.6916) 10 (170.8228) 15 (168.5140)
2022-06-17 Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN 25 / 42 (671.2684) 7 (174.8456) 18 (168.5372) 40 (159.3600) 22 (168.5256)
2022-06-10 Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillers' Row Invitational New Haven, KY 12 / 17 (678.7196) 5 (176.5600) 10 (170.2628) 13 (163.9312) 10 (167.9656)
2022-05-14 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2) Warsaw, IN 16 / 25 (670.1600) 2 (179.4400) 20 (162.8000) 15 (167.9772) 22 (159.9428)
2022-05-13 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) Warsaw, IN 12 / 36 (682.1940) 2 (179.4400) 21 (165.6684) 12 (170.8572) 24 (166.2284)
2022-05-13 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs) Warsaw, IN 16 (168.5372)
2022-05-06 Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL 5 / 33 (687.8856) 2 (177.7028) 11 (167.3944) 2 (176.5600) 19 (166.2284)
2022-04-08 CCSFEST Indianapolis, IN 3 / 42 (698.2288) 2 (178.8572) 22 (169.6916) 4 (175.4172) 8 (174.2628)
2022-03-18 Smoke on The Shores Lebanon, TN 35 / 63 (671.2800) 48 (165.0972) 39 (166.8228) 26 (170.8228) 27 (168.5372)
2022-03-04 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 34 / 73 (683.3024) 10 (176.0000) 21 (174.2628) 26 (171.9656) 54 (161.0740)
2021-10-29 Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS 18 / 36 (673.5540) 14 (170.8112) 8 (171.9772) 28 (161.0856) 16 (169.6800)
2021-10-22 Smokin' For Garrett Boonville, IN 15 / 27 (670.6968) 24 (158.1940) 3 (173.1200) 13 (167.3828) 6 (172.0000)
2021-09-24 Smokin' in the Hills Hillsboro, OH 8 / 26 (668.9940) 6 (173.1200) 13 (161.6800) 12 (164.5256) 4 (169.6684)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 121 / 467 (470.2744) 67 (173.1656) 266 (164.5944) 128 (169.1200) 79 (171.9656)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS 97 / 185 (680.4340) 31 (175.4172) 118 (169.1200) 142 (166.2284) 94 (169.6684)
2021-09-10 Honor-Q Yorkville, IL 3 / 17 (693.6456) 4 (174.2856) 12 (167.3944) 6 (173.1084) 2 (178.8572)
2021-09-03 Smithfield Classic in Nashville Nashville, TN 19 / 50 (686.7656) 16 (172.5600) 21 (171.9772) 40 (166.8228) 8 (175.4056)
2021-08-20 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN 11 / 43 (684.4800) 5 (176.5600) 12 (170.2628) 24 (166.2400) 11 (171.4172)
2021-08-13 Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN 11 / 30 (683.3256) 10 (170.8228) 16 (169.1316) 15 (167.9656) 6 (175.4056)
2021-08-06 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 9 / 32 (676.5028) 7 (174.2628) 1 (173.1200) 29 (157.6800) 6 (171.4400)
2021-07-23 Effingham -Jam Effingham, IL 20 / 29 (665.6000) 23 (161.6456) 16 (164.5372) 18 (166.8572) 6 (172.5600)
2021-07-09 Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL 29 / 38 (655.2456) 13 (170.8228) 32 (159.3600) 4 (173.1200) 35 (151.9428)
2021-06-26 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) Belvidere, IL 25 / 43 (668.4228) 41 (162.8000) 2 (175.4172) 15 (169.6800) 35 (160.5256)
2021-06-25 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) Belvidere, IL 11 / 49 (676.4916) 13 (170.2628) 15 (168.5372) 23 (169.1200) 20 (168.5716)
2021-06-19 Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 Franklin, IN 22 / 37 (673.5772) 13 (171.9772) 32 (160.5260) 27 (166.2168) 6 (174.8572)
2021-06-18 Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN 32 / 51 (666.6624) 42 (163.9312) 31 (165.6684) 29 (167.3944) 22 (169.6684)
2021-05-15 Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 Warsaw, IN 29 / 39 (655.2224) 33 (161.0856) 15 (168.5256) 39 (150.2056) 4 (175.4056)
2021-05-14 Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 Warsaw, IN 23 / 41 (671.8972) 29 (164.5600) 27 (165.0972) 31 (164.5256) 2 (177.7144)
2021-05-14 Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Warsaw, IN 15 (170.2628)
2021-05-01 Smoke on the Water Liberty, IN 13 / 27 (671.9316) 3 (173.7028) 15 (164.5488) 3 (176.5600) 8 (172.0000)
2021-04-23 Ozarks BBQ Fest Springfield, MO 19 / 37 (671.2912) 18 (168.5600) 14 (170.8228) 19 (168.5372) 22 (163.3712)
2021-04-09 Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival Jacksonville, FL 22 / 40 (670.1256) 36 (152.4684) 9 (174.2744) 14 (170.2628) 5 (173.1200)
2021-03-19 Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 33 / 57 (672.4344) 53 (154.2172) 17 (171.9772) 24 (169.6800) 8 (176.5600)
2020-10-23 Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN 17 / 41 (670.1024) 30 (160.5028) 19 (165.6684) 4 (175.4056) 16 (168.5256)
2020-10-16 Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI 13 / 50 (674.1828) 32 (163.3944) 15 (167.4056) 7 (173.1200) 10 (170.2628)
2020-09-18 Smokin in the Hills Hillsboro, OH 27 / 41 (657.5308) 32 (162.7884) 39 (154.2284) 7 (171.9656) 17 (168.5484)
2020-09-12 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 Warsaw, IN 21 / 26 (666.6740) 10 (171.9772) 24 (161.0856) 23 (162.8000) 11 (170.8112)
2020-09-11 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 Warsaw, IN 33 / 36 (630.0568) 30 (163.3828) 31 (156.5372) 33 (154.7884) 32 (155.3484)
2020-09-11 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN 31 (152.5488)
2020-08-14 Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN 14 / 50 (681.6460) 18 (170.8228) 20 (167.9888) 3 (175.4516) 32 (167.3828)
2020-08-07 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 7 / 42 (677.6800) 27 (162.8228) 1 (177.7372) 30 (161.6800) 3 (175.4400)
2020-07-18 CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2 Eureka, IL 12 / 25 (673.5652) 23 (162.8228) 8 (169.6684) 12 (167.3712) 3 (173.7028)
2020-07-17 CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 1 Eureka, IL 27 / 30 (656.3884) 25 (163.3828) 25 (159.9428) 17 (168.5256) 19 (164.5372)
2020-07-10 Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL 34 / 53 (662.1600) 40 (162.8344) 20 (167.9772) 36 (164.5256) 33 (166.8228)
2020-06-20 Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) Franklin, IN 44 / 63 (661.5884) 42 (167.4056) 13 (169.6916) 43 (165.1084) 56 (159.3828)
2020-06-19 Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN 3 / 69 (686.2056) 34 (167.3944) 9 (173.1200) 33 (167.9884) 1 (177.7028)
2020-05-29 Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN 32 / 66 (655.8856) 58 (155.3944) 43 (160.5144) 18 (167.9884) 5 (171.9884)
2019-10-11 Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) Arthur, IL 26 / 43 (663.2912) 31 (165.0856) 30 (158.8344) 25 (164.5256) 7 (174.8456)
2019-09-27 New Albany Blues Brews and BBQ Festival New Albany, IN 10 / 23 (672.4344) 18 (165.0972) 13 (164.5372) 9 (168.5372) 3 (174.2628)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 94 / 468 (478.2288) 234 (165.6684) 6 (177.7028) 34 (174.8456) 128 (169.7028)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS 125 / 135 (659.3256) 130 (161.0856) 74 (169.6916) 133 (158.8572) 80 (169.6912)
2019-08-09 Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN 23 / 29 (664.4228) 22 (165.0972) 23 (162.8228) 19 (168.5372) 14 (167.9656)
2019-08-02 Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition CINCINNATI, OH 17 / 31 (667.2684) 6 (173.1084) 9 (169.1200) 18 (165.6916) 21 (159.3484)
2019-06-22 Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship Oklahoma City, OK 18 / 27 (662.1596) 16 (166.2284) 22 (160.5372) 12 (167.9656) 13 (167.4284)
2019-06-07 Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK 15 / 21 (656.9368) 14 (166.2400) 19 (156.4912) 13 (165.6684) 10 (168.5372)
2019-05-25 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR 7 / 34 (684.5372) 1 (178.8572) 23 (158.8572) 10 (170.8228) 2 (176.0000)
2019-05-10 City Of Springs BBQ Championship Sulphur, OK 6 / 25 (681.0744) 9 (171.9772) 6 (169.1316) 12 (164.5600) 4 (175.4056)
2019-04-26 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 19 / 39 (668.5144) 23 (164.5600) 2 (174.8688) 23 (165.6800) 22 (163.4056)
2019-04-19 Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK 21 / 33 (656.3768) 19 (163.9428) 12 (169.1200) 25 (160.4912) 21 (162.8228)
2019-02-15 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX 19 / 33 (670.1484) 18 (169.6916) 8 (173.1428) 20 (165.0972) 27 (162.2168)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #281 (775 pts) #318 (715 pts) #401 (620 pts) #302 (765 pts) #261 (890 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #315 (689 pts) #256 (909 pts) #365 (659 pts) #459 (449 pts) #335 (679 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #341 (615 pts) #459 (480 pts) #201 (1098 pts) #343 (615 pts) #311 (715 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #124 (1410 pts) #40 (1914 pts) #180 (1179 pts) #53 (1735 pts) #155 (1217 pts)

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