Just a quick review of the top 25 TOY teams according to KCBS and reviewed through COMP BBQ.com looking at the number of contests scored:
Contests / Teams / # of contests
More Than 40 1 team (41)
31-40 6 teams (31,32,33,34,34,39)
25 - 30 10 teams (25,26,26,26,27,27, 27, 27,29,30)
20-24 5 teams ( 22,23,23,24,21 )
less than 20 3 teams (19, 19, 16)
The top team went 41 times.
Only two teams in the top ten went less than 30 times and only one in the top five (26).
The three teams with less than twenty contests were all in the top twenty overall.
Don't know what it means, but it says something.