A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
309 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
309 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Twin Maples BBQ
Twin Maples BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 8th of 40 at the Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 14, 2019
latest Jul 14, 2023 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Best overall
477.0860 / 540
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
166.2744
Consistency
±10.15
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.27 · weakest Chicken (149.95)
Road miles
140
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
298.80 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
477.09 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Twin Maples BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 117 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
They turned up 5 years after Twin Maples BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#3,057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Twin Maples BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with Twin Maples BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,070 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Twin Maples BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before Twin Maples BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 139.9656 | 149.95 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 142.2628 | 151.85 | top 49% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 166.2744 | 166.27 | top 36% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
123
finished ahead 79 times, behind 79
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Jul 19, 2019 → Jul 14, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
20192 milestones
- First overall top-10 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1511) Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
—4 milestones
- First tracked contest Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score477.0860 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2744 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 19, 2019 |
| +1 | Hog Capital Challenge | Jun 14, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 14, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 87% | 83.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 17 / 25 (293.1200) | 17 (139.9656) | 14 (153.1544) | — | — |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL | 8 / 40 (313.0516) | 16 (150.7772) | 4 (162.2744) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL | 11 / 25 (290.2288) | 9 (147.9660) | 11 (142.2628) | — | — |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware (BACKYARD ONLY) Decatur, IL | 14 / 22 (477.0860) | 14 (161.0972) | 19 (149.7144) | 8 (166.2744) | — |