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YSB BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at The Best Dam Barbeque (2021). They are ranked #1557 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,557
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1561
peak 1561 · rated over 7 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

14
in the data

First seen

Mar 19, 2021
latest Sep 27, 2023 · 2.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#531
Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 7% of the time

Category wins

1
6 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
36% of 14 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 28%
overall standings

Best overall

703.4056 / 720
Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

686.25 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 641.82 (+44.43)

Walk rate

36%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400
Pork · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST

Consistency

±148.28
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 173.52 · weakest Brisket (169.70)

Road miles

5,392
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 1,117 mi

Schedule strength

85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)

Purse competed for

$258K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.82 / 720
11 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at The Best Dam Barbeque (May 28, 2021) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ.

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 6 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 6 state-championship entries

A tough matchup

6–2 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 75% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

The drought

10 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at The Best Dam Barbeque on May 28, 2021 — 10 contests and 5.4 years ago.

  • last GC May 28, 2021
  • 5.4 years ago

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RODSTARR BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

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Pork nemesis

6 of 7 shared pork entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1614 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1614 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.

  • 7 rated contests

Boom or bust

±20.60% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±20.60% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

  • averages 89.1% of a perfect score
  • best 97.7%

The long haul

5,392 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,392 miles across 14 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,117 miles to The Best Dam Barbeque.

  • 14 mapped stops
  • furthest 1,117 mi

In the record book (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023 ↗ Master #938 (120 pts) #1011 (120 pts) #1118 (120 pts) #989 (120 pts) #989 (120 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #531 (380 pts) #723 (250 pts) #722 (275 pts) #552 (370 pts) #837 (180 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #652 (235 pts) #640 (260 pts) #1309 (60 pts) #1148 (90 pts) #647 (260 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to YSB BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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Darty-Q
#1,558 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
1
Top-10s
18%
Peak
1576
4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to YSB BBQ)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — YSB BBQ ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen May 16, 2025
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EVIL MONKEY BBQ
#1,554 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
34
GCs
1
Top-10s
21%
Peak
1591
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to YSB BBQ)

They've been 1591 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 34 contests
  • last seen May 7, 2021
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SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA
#1,559 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
27%
Peak
1561

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before YSB BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 9 contests
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SMOKE. MEATS. PIG.
#1,560 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
56%
Peak
1561

Fewer contests behind them than YSB BBQ has cooked, 9 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Sep 25, 2015
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Big Sausage BBQ
#1,561 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1561

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before YSB BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jun 23, 2017
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PORK DYNASTY
#1,555 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
63%
Peak
1561

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 63% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2015
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
TEXAS OIL DUST 9 6 3 67% ⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
Piggin' Whiskey 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
LC BBQ 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS 8 5 3 63% ⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 8 5 3 63% ⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
RUB MY RACK 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 10 2 0 2 177.7372 166.8228 172.10 top 35%
Pork Ribs 11 2 1 2 178.2972 163.9772 173.03 top 25%
Pork 9 2 0 1 179.4400 168.5256 173.52 top 27%
Brisket 11 2 0 1 177.7028 163.9656 169.70 top 38%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)11top 4%
Large (40+)100top 30%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS60top 34%
OK20top 27%
TN10top 29%
AZ10top 17%
NV11top 4%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest 3 3 0 top 14% Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 135 0 top 54% Sep 27, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 6 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 4.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 8 of 14 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once
First title May 28, 2021 The Best Dam Barbeque
Opponents faced 911 finished ahead 1,449 times, behind 917

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

20232 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1561) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  2. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20223 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score703.4056 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
  2. Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
  3. 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES
20218 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs
  2. First call Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
  3. First category win (Pork Ribs) Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.1824 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
  5. First overall top-10 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
  6. First overall podium Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
  7. First Grand Championship The Best Dam Barbeque
  8. First state championship The Best Dam Barbeque

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+21.8Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2Mar 20, 2021
+16.4The Best Dam BarbequeMay 28, 2021
+14.1Slab-O-Rama Barbeque ChallengeJan 14, 2022
+8.6American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestSep 27, 2023
+7.4Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1Mar 19, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.1American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTESTSep 16, 2021

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20233000 0% top 34% 95.3% 95.1%
20225020 20% top 21% 97.7% 95.2%
20216131 67% top 32% 97.7% 81.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 83 / 211 (686.2516) 118 (170.2628) 41 (174.8572) 136 (169.1200) 68 (172.0116)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 135 / 487 (683.3484) 201 (170.2628) 40 (176) 135 (171.9772) 281 (165.1084)
Oct 14, 2022 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 24 / 83 (681.6800) 51 (166.8228) 33 (172) 14 (173.7372) 40 (169.1200)
Oct 1, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 174 / 505 (676.5600) 207 (169.1200) 338 (163.9772) 90 (173.7372) 143 (169.7256)
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS 5 / 249 (703.4056) 27 (177.1428) 18 (177.1544) 5 (179.4400) 126 (169.6684)
Jan 14, 2022 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ 10 / 59 (680.4568) 12 (172.5484) 13 (170.8228) 12 (173.1200) 29 (163.9656)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 463 / 467 (173.7256) — — — 44 (173.7256)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS 3 / 185 (703.3828) 96 (170.8228) 14 (177.7028) 3 (179.4400) 27 (175.4172)
May 28, 2021 The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV 1 / 26 (693.0740) 2 (175.4056) 2 (174.2744) — 10 (165.6912)
Mar 20, 2021 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK 3 / 50 (695.9772) 2 (177.7372) 31 (167.9772) 19 (172.5600) 2 (177.7028)
Mar 19, 2021 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK 27 / 56 (682.1824) 32 (170.8456) 1 (178.2972) 29 (168.5256) 45 (164.5140)
Mar 19, 2021 Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs Shawnee, OK — — 11 (170.2856) — —

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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