High-water mark
677.0624
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0624 at 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 19, 2017
Millers Barnyard BBQ
Millers Barnyard BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 16th of 25 at the 2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q (2017).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 11, 2014
latest Oct 20, 2017 · 3.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.73
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.41 · weakest Brisket (157.98)
Road miles
173
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Master avg
659.05 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Millers Barnyard BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Millers Barnyard BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 119 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1514
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Millers Barnyard BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Millers Barnyard BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,926 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1507
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#2,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Millers Barnyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,957 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
They turned up 6 years after Millers Barnyard BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#2,963 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,965 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175.4744 | 162.2284 | 169.36 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 149.6572 | 164.21 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 159.9656 | 169.41 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6912 | 149.1428 | 157.98 | top 66% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
141
finished ahead 85 times, behind 83
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Apr 10, 2015 → May 19, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20183 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4744 Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.0624 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort
- Peak power rating (1507) 2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q
20151 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7888 The Best Damn BBQ Contest
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Johnson County Fair BBQ
- First call Johnson County Fair BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort | May 19, 2017 |
| +1.8 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest | Apr 10, 2015 |
| +0.4 | 2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q | Oct 20, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.9 | Johnson County Fair BBQ | Jul 11, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 46% | 94% | 93.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2018 | Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | — | 1 (175.4744) | 9 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2017 | 2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Independence, MO | 16 / 25 (674.1712) | 14 (171.9772) | 11 (171.4056) | 14 (170.8228) | 18 (159.9656) |
| May 19, 2017 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 17 / 59 (677.0624) | 44 (162.2284) | 14 (170.8456) | 5 (174.2972) | 15 (169.6912) |
| Apr 10, 2015 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest Smithville, MO | 28 / 52 (654.7888) | 26 (165.6916) | 34 (163.4288) | 8 (172.5600) | 44 (153.1084) |
| Jul 11, 2014 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO | 26 / 36 (630.1940) | 8 (171.4284) | 34 (149.6572) | 23 (159.9656) | 30 (149.1428) |