High-water mark
664.4568
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.4568 at Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Sep 15, 2023
You Ain't Kidding BBQ
You Ain't Kidding BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 14th of 17 at the Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (2023). They finished #1177 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2023
latest Sep 16, 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.95 · weakest Pork (155.95)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$6,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1177 (78 pts) | #1228 (83 pts) | #759 (254 pts) | #1222 (78 pts) | #1137 (103 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 165.6800 | 165.95 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 156.5832 | 163.55 | top 76% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 155.9544 | 155.95 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 162.8116 | 162.81 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
27
finished ahead 3 times, behind 30
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- First call Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4568 Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Career-best overall score664.4568 Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Most recent contest Saluting with Smoke - Honor Q Reboot
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.9772 Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 91% | 92.3% | 90.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2023 | Saluting with Smoke - Honor Q Reboot 🏅 Yorkville, IL | 18 / 18 (641.0292) | 17 (165.6800) | 17 (156.5832) | 18 (155.9544) | 13 (162.8116) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 14 / 17 (664.4568) | 12 (166.2284) | 10 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Saluting with Smoke Single Meat - Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS) Yorkville, IL | — | — | 19 (163.9428) | — | — |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS) Yorkville, IL | — | — | 16 (167.9772) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.