YSB BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1555

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1561

peak 1561 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-03-19

latest 2023-09-27

Best ToY finish

#531

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 28%

overall standings

Best overall

703.4056 / 720

Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST

Perfect 180s

Current form

686.25 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.82 (+44.43)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST

Consistency

±148.28

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 173.94 · weakest Brisket (169.70)

Road miles

5,392

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 1117 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 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.82 / 720

11 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (12 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.

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 (2021-05-28) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ.

Happy hunting ground

Top 14% average finish here

American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 14%

High-water mark

703.4056 career-best overall

97.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.4056 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST — 97.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-09-29

State champions

1 state championships 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 weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.24 points below their pork, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 30%.

Brisket avg 169.70
Pork avg 173.94
2 calls in 11 entries

The drought

10 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at The Best Dam Barbeque on 2021-05-28 — 10 contests and 5.3 years ago.

last GC 2021-05-28
5.3 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.

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 (1 in the KCBS record book)

Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.

#9 🚀 Biggest rating gain at one contest 22 rating points in a weekend · from 1507 · 50-team field · 20 Mar 2021

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

SMOKED

#1558 of the rated field

1561 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1583

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to YSB BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — YSB BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Darty-Q

#1554 of the rated field

1561 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1577

4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to YSB BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 33 contests to 14.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2025-05-16

⚔ Head-to-head

TEXAS WARPIG BBQ

#1550 of the rated field

1561 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1580

6–1 in 7 shared contests (86% to YSB BBQ)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 38 contests, alongside a 13% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

EVIL MONKEY BBQ

#1553 of the rated field

1561 ▲ 0 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 2021-05-07

⚔ Head-to-head

BOARS NIGHT OUT

#1556 of the rated field

1561 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1619

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to YSB BBQ)

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

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2026-04-24

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKING JOKERS AUSTRALIA

#1557 of the rated field

1561 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1561

No shared contest yet.

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

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win 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

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg 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	10	3	0	2	179.4400	168.5256	173.94	top 25%
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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	6	0	top 34%
OK	2	0	top 27%
TN	1	0	top 29%
AZ	1	0	top 17%
NV	1	1	top 4%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	1	top 4%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 30%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	135	0	top 54%	2023-09-27
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	3	3	0	top 14%	2023-09-27

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.5 yrs 2021-03-19 → 2023-09-27

Busiest season 2021 6 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 8 of 14 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 11 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 173.94 · weakest Brisket (169.70)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 5 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 36% 5 of 14 contests

Wins it all 7% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2021-05-28 The Best Dam Barbeque

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 641.82 out of 720 · 11 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 911 1,449–917 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,392 14 mapped stops · furthest 1,117 mi

Schedule strength 1614 average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests

Purse competed for $257,865 listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 6 state-championship entries

Power rating 1561 peak 1561 · #1555 of 6,413 rated

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

2021
Mar 19 First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs
Mar 19 First call Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
Mar 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
Mar 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.1824 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
Mar 20 First overall top-10 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
Mar 20 First overall podium Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
May 28 First Grand Championship The Best Dam Barbeque
May 28 First state championship The Best Dam Barbeque
2022
Sep 29 Career-best overall score703.4056 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Sep 29 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Oct 1 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES
2023
Sep 27 Peak power rating (1561) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Sep 27 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+21.8	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2	2021-03-20
+16.4	The Best Dam Barbeque	2021-05-28
+14.1	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2022-01-14
+8.6	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2023-09-27
+7.4	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	2021-03-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.1	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16

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

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	3	0	0	0	0%	top 34%	95.3%	95.1%
2022	5	0	2	0	20%	top 21%	97.7%	95.2%
2021	6	1	3	1	67%	top 32%	97.7%	81.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
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	135 / 487 (683.3484)	201 (170.2628)	40 (176.0000)	135 (171.9772)	281 (165.1084)
2023-09-27	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)
2022-10-14	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 (172.0000)	14 (173.7372)	40 (169.1200)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	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)
2022-09-29	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)
2022-01-14	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	10 / 59 (680.4568)	12 (172.5484)	13 (170.8228)	12 (173.1200)	29 (163.9656)
2021-09-16	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)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	463 / 467 (173.7256)	—	—	—	44 (173.7256)
2021-05-28	The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	1 / 26 (693.0740)	2 (175.4056)	2 (174.2744)	2 (177.7028)	10 (165.6912)
2021-03-20	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	3 / 50 (695.9772)	2 (177.7372)	31 (167.9772)	19 (172.5600)	2 (177.7028)
2021-03-19	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	27 / 56 (682.1824)	32 (170.8456)	1 (178.2972)	29 (168.5256)	45 (164.5140)
2021-03-19	Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs Shawnee, OK	—	—	11 (170.2856)	—	—

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)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
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)