The comeback
10 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 10 years, then back at All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2024-08-23).
- last seen 2014-08-08
- back 2024-08-23
Barnyard BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-06-27
latest 2024-08-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.95 · weakest Pork (150.82)
Road miles
2,932
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 2198 mi
Purse competed for
$2K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
617.65 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Barnyard BBQ has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 152 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barnyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Barnyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Barnyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 153.1200 | 153.12 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 153.6344 | 155.95 | top 62% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8228 | 150.8228 | 150.82 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4284 | 155.4284 | 155.43 | top 85% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2024-08-23
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 155.95 · weakest Pork (150.82)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
617.65
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
37
8–29 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,932
4 mapped stops · furthest 2,198 mi
Purse competed for
$2,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
10 yrs
2014-08-08 → 2024-08-23
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score617.6456 Covington Cork & Pork Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.2744 Covington Cork & Pork Festival
- 2024
- First call All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-23 | All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Auburn, CA | 7 / 13 (153.6344) | — | 7 (153.6344) | — | — |
| 2014-08-08 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-06-27 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 24 / 26 (617.6456) | 24 (153.1200) | 18 (158.2744) | 26 (150.8228) | 22 (155.4284) |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY | — | — | — | — | — |