The heartbreaker
Tie
level with the champion
Finished level on points with the champion at Pigs & Peaches (2025-08-15) — the Grand Championship went to the KCBS tiebreaker.
BAD ROOSTER BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1742
peak 1782 · rated over 79 contests ⓘ
Best runs
8
straight top-10s
Contests
102
in the data
First seen
2021-07-30
latest 2026-08-07
Best ToY finish
#23
Master 2024
Grand champs
5
4 reserve
Category wins
23
61 podiums
Overall top-10s
42
of 102 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
15 🔥
Current form
685.62 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 690.08 (-4.46)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
8
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.49 · weakest Brisket (170.25)
Road miles
17,256
mi across 102 mapped stops · furthest 732 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$1147K
listed at 83 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
5 🏅
GCs in 79 state-championship entries
Master avg
690.08 / 720
87 Master contests · 5 GCs
Backyard avg
489.03 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Storylines (18 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.
Among the elite
#241
of 6,413 rated teams
In the top 4% of every rated team in the data
A power rating of 1742 puts them #241 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 4% of the field.
- rating 1742
- peak 1782
- 79 rated contests
The 180 club
15
perfect 180s
15 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 4 different meats.
- Pork ×6
- Chicken ×5
- Pork Ribs ×3
- Brisket ×1
Against the odds
10-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Big BBQ Bash (2022-06-24) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 10-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Organizer Portal.
Giant slayer
59
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 59-team field at Poosa Q.
- 2024-10-04
Happy hunting ground
1×
Grand Championships here
Honeybee BBQ Competition is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 5 visits.
- 5 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 15%
A multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2022-05-20).
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
They almost always walk
80%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 82 of 102 contests
A top-10 category call in 80% of their 102 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
709.6800
career-best overall
98.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 709.6800 at Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) — 98.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-12-05
State champions
5
state championships won
They've taken 5 state championships from 79 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 79 state-championship entries
The one to beat
4×
one call ahead of them
Kings BBQ Team has finished one call ahead of BAD ROOSTER BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2024
3 Grand Championships
2024 was the year it came together: 18 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 6 category wins, at an average finish in the top 23%.
- 18 contests
- 11 overall top-10s
- 6 category wins
- average top 23%
A tough matchup
35–15
behind in the head-to-head
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 70% of their meetings
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 35 of their 50 shared contests.
A strong matchup
30–12
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 71% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Blue Smoke Q in 30 of their 42 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
4×
one call behind them
LEE LA Q has landed one call behind them 4 times.
A January team
Top 17%
average finish in January
Something about January: average finish in the top 17% across 3 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.
- 3 January contests
- top 30% the rest of the year
The long haul
17,256
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 17,256 miles across 102 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 732 miles to Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES).
- 102 mapped stops
- furthest 732 mi
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Honeybee BBQ Competition every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 1st
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
#239 of the rated field
- Contests
- 102
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1748
3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to BAD ROOSTER BBQ)
These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — FINGER LEIKAM GOOD ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#240 of the rated field
- Contests
- 45
- GCs
- 5
- Top-10s
- 51%
- Peak
- 1743
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 46
- GCs
- 7
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1752
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before BAD ROOSTER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#243 of the rated field
- Contests
- 64
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 53%
- Peak
- 1756
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAD ROOSTER BBQ)
Fewer contests behind them than BAD ROOSTER BBQ has cooked, 64 to 102, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 46
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 70%
- Peak
- 1743
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BAD ROOSTER BBQ)
Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 46 contests, alongside a 70% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#237 of the rated field
- Contests
- 349
- GCs
- 37
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1984
11–12 in 23 shared contests (48% to BAD ROOSTER BBQ)
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before BAD ROOSTER BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 63 | 39 | 24 | 62% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 52 | 30 | 22 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 50 | 15 | 35 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 48 | 28 | 20 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 44 | 21 | 23 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Central BBQ | 44 | 19 | 25 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 43 | 29 | 14 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 43 | 28 | 15 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 42 | 30 | 12 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | 41 | 25 | 16 | 61% | ⚔ compare |
| FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | 40 | 20 | 20 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Glamping Grillers | 37 | 20 | 17 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| Kings BBQ Team | 37 | 16 | 21 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 35 | 28 | 7 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 35 | 19 | 13 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 96 | 46 | 6 | 17 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.3828 | 173.49 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 97 | 42 | 9 | 22 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6572 | 172.43 | top 37% |
| Pork | 90 | 44 | 7 | 16 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.6344 | 173.20 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 89 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.0744 | 170.25 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 31 | 2 | top 27% |
| TN | 18 | 1 | top 31% |
| NC | 12 | 0 | top 28% |
| AL | 10 | 2 | top 29% |
| VA | 6 | 0 | top 50% |
| SC | 6 | 0 | top 26% |
| FL | 3 | 0 | top 17% |
| NY | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 29% |
| Medium (20–39) | 49 | 4 | top 32% |
| Large (40+) | 39 | 1 | top 28% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeybee BBQ Competition | 5 | 1 | 1 | top 15% | 2026-05-29 |
| South Carolina Festival of Discovery | 5 | 7 | 0 | top 24% | 2026-07-09 |
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 41% | 2026-03-06 |
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 4 | 2 | 0 | top 8% | 2025-11-14 |
| Poosa Q | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 18% | 2025-06-20 |
| Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 22% | 2024-08-16 |
| Big BBQ Bash | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 18% | 2024-06-21 |
| Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 40% | 2026-05-15 |
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 16% | 2026-03-20 |
| Smoke on the Mountain | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 44% | 2025-07-25 |
| BBQ, Boogie & Blues | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 35% | 2024-04-26 |
| Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 63% | 2026-07-17 |
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 48% | 2026-04-03 |
| 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 45% | 2025-05-25 |
| Mission Farms - King of the Farm | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 19% | 2025-02-28 |
| Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 21% | 2024-05-04 |
| Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 16% | 2024-05-03 |
| Mission Farm's King of the Farm | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 44% | 2023-02-24 |
The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2021-07-30 → 2026-08-07
Busiest season
2025
26 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
17
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
35 of 102 contests · 9 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
55
18 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
97 entries · 9 wins · 42 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.49 · weakest Brisket (170.25)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 82 of 102 contests
Overall top-10 rate
41%
42 of 102 contests
Wins it all
5%
5 Grand Championships · 4 reserve
First title
2022-06-24
Big BBQ Bash
Best top-10 run
8
straight contests
Master average
690.08
out of 720 · 87 contests · 5 GCs
Backyard average
489.03
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
15
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
1,776
4,056–1,913 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
17,256
102 mapped stops · furthest 732 mi
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$1,147,360
listed at 83 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
5
from 79 state-championship entries
Power rating
1742
peak 1782 · #241 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest GBC Summer Showdown
- First call GBC Summer Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score489.0288 GBC Summer Showdown
- 2022
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Mission Farm's King of the Farm
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Jiggy With The Piggy
- First overall top-10 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First multi-meat day Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First overall podium Big BBQ Bash
- First Grand Championship Big BBQ Bash
- First state championship Big BBQ Bash
- 10th tracked contest Big BBQ Bash
- 25th tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- 2023
- First Reserve Championship Swampfest
- 10th category win Smoke on the Mountain
- 2024
- 5th perfect 180 Mission Farms King of the Farm
- 50th tracked contest 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
- Biggest field won (59 teams) Poosa Q
- 2025
- 10th perfect 180 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- 5th Grand Championship Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
- Career-best overall score709.6800 Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1782) 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- 100th tracked contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
- Most recent contest Battle of the Blue Ridge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.2 | Big BBQ Bash | 2022-06-24 |
| +14.1 | Swampfest | 2023-03-31 |
| +13.1 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2023-11-17 |
| +12.2 | Mission Farms King of the Farm | 2024-02-23 |
| +12 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2022-05-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -19.6 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 2026-07-17 |
| -15.4 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) | 2025-03-21 |
| -12.1 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2023-03-03 |
| -10.5 | Smoke on the Mountain | 2024-07-26 |
| -9.2 | Smoke on the Falls | 2024-04-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 75% | top 35% | 97.6% | 95.8% |
| 2025 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 85% | top 30% | 98.6% | 96.3% |
| 2024 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 78% | top 23% | 98.2% | 96.3% |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 82% | top 33% | 97.5% | 95.4% |
| 2022 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 77% | top 29% | 97.3% | 95.6% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 135.8% | 108% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Battle of the Blue Ridge 🏅 Swannanoa, NC | 21 / 41 (681.0400) | 25 (169.1200) | 16 (172.5600) | 9 (173.1316) | 25 (166.2284) |
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 32 / 35 (658.6744) | 24 (168.5256) | 21 (169.1200) | 32 (159.3716) | 27 (161.6572) |
| 2026-07-09 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 7 / 75 (694.7772) | 6 (176.5600) | 48 (168.5372) | 18 (175.4172) | 20 (174.2628) |
| 2026-06-19 | BBQ for Bravery 🏅 Alcoa, TN | 8 / 19 (693.0976) | 9 (173.7260) | 14 (170.8344) | 6 (174.2744) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2026-05-29 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 3 / 19 (700.5028) | 1 (178.8572) | 6 (174.2628) | 7 (176.5600) | 11 (170.8228) |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 14 / 82 (702.8232) | 9 (178.8572) | 55 (171.9772) | 20 (176.5716) | 21 (175.4172) |
| 2026-05-23 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 21 / 117 (696.5144) | 12 (177.7144) | 21 (176.0000) | 69 (169.6800) | 35 (173.1200) |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | 62 (169.6684) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | 64 (169.6684) | — | — |
| 2026-05-15 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 15 / 33 (685.0168) | 7 (175.4056) | 7 (174.2628) | 5 (174.8572) | 27 (160.4912) |
| 2026-05-08 | 20th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 22 / 42 (681.0284) | 8 (177.7028) | 32 (163.9428) | 13 (173.1200) | 26 (166.2628) |
| 2026-04-03 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 14 / 36 (691.8968) | 30 (167.3828) | 3 (177.7028) | 17 (171.9656) | 14 (174.8456) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 32 / 125 (691.9428) | 4 (180.0000) | 64 (169.6800) | 78 (169.6800) | 36 (172.5828) |
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 17 / 44 (687.9428) | 5 (177.7028) | 23 (171.4400) | 25 (169.6800) | 25 (169.1200) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 16 / 63 (694.2400) | 22 (175.4056) | 30 (171.9772) | 2 (179.4400) | 42 (167.4172) |
| 2026-01-09 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL | 6 / 38 (700.5260) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (176.5716) | 24 (170.8228) | 5 (176.5716) |
| 2025-12-05 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 1 / 21 (709.6800) | 3 (177.7028) | 3 (177.7144) | 1 (180.0000) | 10 (174.2628) |
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 2 / 56 (705.0972) | 12 (175.4056) | 19 (175.4056) | 7 (175.4288) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2025-10-10 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 45 / 90 (686.7540) | 60 (169.6800) | 83 (163.9312) | 19 (176.0000) | 8 (177.1428) |
| 2025-09-05 | Uniquely Union Festival 🏅 Union, SC | 8 / 25 (685.0516) | 2 (177.7144) | 18 (165.6800) | 6 (171.9772) | 11 (169.6800) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 2 / 27 (708.5372) | 2 (180.0000) | 1 (177.7144) | 2 (180.0000) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2025-08-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY | 23 / 47 (685.6344) | 6 (176.5600) | 43 (161.6572) | 26 (171.4172) | 9 (176.0000) |
| 2025-08-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Port Jervis, NY | 19 / 34 (684.4684) | 23 (170.8112) | 33 (162.8344) | 5 (177.7028) | 18 (173.1200) |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 12 / 37 (686.1828) | 8 (174.2628) | 9 (173.1316) | 3 (174.8456) | 33 (163.9428) |
| 2025-07-10 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 29 / 66 (683.9200) | 42 (166.8228) | 23 (173.1544) | 3 (177.7028) | 45 (166.2400) |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 12 / 42 (693.6228) | 6 (177.7028) | 25 (169.6800) | 27 (170.8228) | 7 (175.4172) |
| 2025-05-30 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 5 / 26 (692.4684) | 2 (178.8572) | 12 (170.8228) | 19 (167.3828) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | 47 / 70 (687.9088) | 44 (171.9772) | 45 (170.8228) | 8 (176.5716) | 53 (168.5372) |
| 2025-05-24 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | 25 / 106 (694.2172) | 59 (171.9656) | 27 (174.2744) | 2 (179.4400) | 69 (168.5372) |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | 19 (173.1084) | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | 36 (167.9772) | — | — |
| 2025-05-16 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 6 / 33 (689.0516) | 10 (171.9656) | 1 (176.5716) | 28 (165.0972) | 4 (175.4172) |
| 2025-05-09 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 3 / 42 (695.3484) | 22 (170.8228) | 8 (172.5484) | 1 (177.7144) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2025-04-25 | BBQ & Boogie 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 6 / 32 (694.7656) | 8 (176.5600) | 18 (169.6800) | 5 (174.2628) | 7 (174.2628) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 18 / 31 (687.3488) | 2 (178.8572) | 3 (177.7144) | 17 (173.7028) | 29 (157.0744) |
| 2025-03-21 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) 🏅 Waycross, GA | 20 / 26 (679.8512) | 20 (170.8344) | 16 (169.6684) | 17 (169.6684) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 7 / 100 (699.3600) | 17 (176.5600) | 2 (180.0000) | 58 (169.6800) | 28 (173.1200) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 6 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 5 / 45 (699.3484) | 29 (169.6684) | 4 (177.7028) | 7 (177.7028) | 5 (174.2744) |
| 2025-02-28 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 7 / 26 (688.4684) | 9 (173.1200) | 4 (173.1084) | 9 (174.2628) | 15 (167.9772) |
| 2025-01-09 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 4 / 38 (698.2512) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (178.2972) | 13 (170.8228) | 10 (173.7256) |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 7 / 58 (697.0628) | 8 (176.5600) | 9 (176.5600) | 28 (169.6800) | 11 (174.2628) |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 1 / 59 (703.3828) | 1 (180.0000) | 37 (168.5256) | 6 (176.5600) | 2 (178.2972) |
| 2024-09-20 | Pigmaster BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC | 4 / 33 (694.2172) | 1 (178.8572) | 19 (167.3944) | 6 (176.5600) | 19 (171.4056) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 1 / 26 (707.3944) | 4 (177.7144) | 12 (170.8228) | 2 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 17 / 32 (682.7544) | 12 (170.8344) | 14 (169.1200) | 19 (170.8228) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 11 / 31 (685.6460) | 7 (176.5600) | 21 (166.8344) | 13 (170.8228) | 15 (171.4288) |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 8 / 76 (698.2288) | 5 (177.7144) | 2 (180.0000) | 2 (178.8572) | 65 (161.6572) |
| 2024-06-21 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN | 7 / 33 (698.1940) | 1 (178.8572) | 13 (171.9656) | 13 (171.9656) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2024-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 1 / 25 (698.1940) | 4 (175.4056) | 13 (168.5256) | 3 (175.4056) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN | 63 / 81 (683.3144) | 58 (171.9772) | 27 (174.2744) | 50 (171.9656) | 75 (165.0972) |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN | 24 / 118 (693.0744) | 23 (176.5600) | 45 (171.9772) | 67 (170.2744) | 34 (174.2628) |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 7 / 35 (695.9428) | 9 (176.5828) | 10 (174.2628) | 26 (169.6800) | 7 (175.4172) |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 3 / 45 (698.7884) | 3 (177.7028) | 16 (171.9772) | 4 (177.7028) | 23 (171.4056) |
| 2024-04-26 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 8 / 34 (687.8624) | 20 (168.5256) | 1 (177.7028) | 16 (171.9656) | 19 (169.6684) |
| 2024-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 18 / 31 (682.7312) | 3 (178.8572) | 28 (162.8000) | 5 (174.8456) | 23 (166.2284) |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 15 / 93 (693.6688) | 3 (178.8572) | 8 (176.5716) | 44 (170.2744) | 55 (167.9656) |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 19 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2024-02-23 | Mission Farms King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 3 / 26 (691.3140) | 5 (175.4056) | 16 (168.5256) | 1 (180.0000) | 21 (167.3828) |
| 2023-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 2 / 60 (700.5256) | 8 (176.0000) | 3 (179.4400) | 12 (174.2628) | 28 (170.8228) |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 18 / 73 (686.1828) | 14 (175.4056) | 9 (175.4172) | 17 (171.9772) | 57 (163.3828) |
| 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 | 261 / 487 (671.2912) | 265 (167.9656) | 89 (174.2628) | 370 (161.0856) | 214 (167.9772) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 27 / 211 (694.2516) | 37 (176.5600) | 119 (170.2744) | 46 (174.2972) | 52 (173.1200) |
| 2023-08-18 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 14 / 27 (681.6000) | 16 (170.8228) | 18 (169.1200) | 5 (175.4172) | 20 (166.2400) |
| 2023-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 18 / 38 (682.8232) | 30 (165.6684) | 1 (177.7144) | 5 (177.7144) | 26 (161.7260) |
| 2023-07-06 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 7 / 76 (694.2172) | 11 (176.0000) | 1 (180.0000) | 13 (174.2744) | 53 (163.9428) |
| 2023-06-23 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN | 11 / 36 (685.6000) | 6 (176.5600) | 25 (166.2400) | 14 (171.9772) | 15 (170.8228) |
| 2023-06-02 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 3 / 27 (694.7656) | 10 (173.1084) | 3 (174.2744) | 13 (169.6684) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2023-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 18 / 32 (673.5772) | 14 (169.6800) | 24 (163.3944) | 7 (174.2628) | 21 (166.2400) |
| 2023-05-06 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 5 / 23 (699.3944) | 3 (178.8572) | 2 (178.8572) | 5 (175.4172) | 20 (166.2628) |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 9 / 35 (694.2516) | 15 (174.2628) | 9 (174.2744) | 13 (173.7028) | 14 (172.0116) |
| 2023-04-28 | Smokin' in the Pines 🏅 Pinehurst, NC | 11 / 24 (682.1484) | 14 (170.8344) | 8 (171.9656) | 7 (174.2628) | 19 (165.0856) |
| 2023-03-31 | Swampfest 🏅 Waycross, GA | 2 / 28 (701.6804) | 2 (177.7028) | 3 (175.4288) | 1 (177.7144) | 10 (170.8344) |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 45 / 65 (664.9368) | 8 (173.1200) | 38 (167.3828) | 54 (162.7884) | 50 (161.6456) |
| 2023-02-24 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 17 / 33 (680.9824) | 21 (170.8112) | 2 (178.8572) | 16 (169.6684) | 29 (161.6456) |
| 2022-11-18 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 8 / 57 (690.1828) | 21 (171.9656) | 18 (169.6916) | 13 (171.9656) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2022-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA | — | — | 25 (166.2284) | — | — |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Gadsden, AL | 30 / 61 (690.1940) | 26 (175.4056) | 34 (171.9656) | 15 (176.5600) | 50 (166.2628) |
| 2022-11-11 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL | 8 / 91 (171.9772) | 35 (171.9772) | 42 (169.6800) | 41 (170.8228) | 54 (167.3944) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival 🏅 Grovetown, GA | 21 / 51 (686.1596) | 29 (170.8228) | 15 (173.1200) | 39 (166.8112) | 7 (175.4056) |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA | — | 31 (161.0972) | — | — | — |
| 2022-10-07 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 15 / 30 (679.3028) | 11 (173.1200) | 20 (165.6800) | 6 (175.4056) | 21 (165.0972) |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA | 8 / 30 (691.3488) | 7 (175.4172) | 1 (178.8572) | 14 (171.9772) | 21 (165.0972) |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoketember Fest (One Meat Ribs) Baxley, GA | — | — | 4 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 7 / 35 (686.1712) | 8 (173.1200) | 4 (175.4056) | 4 (174.2628) | 19 (163.3828) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 3 / 30 (699.3484) | 4 (177.7028) | 11 (174.2628) | 10 (173.1200) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA | 12 / 49 (693.6228) | 38 (167.3828) | 17 (173.1200) | 1 (178.8572) | 13 (174.2628) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine (One Meat Ribs) Savannah, GA | — | — | 13 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2022-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA | 10 / 25 (689.6228) | 6 (174.2628) | 7 (173.7144) | 6 (175.4172) | 14 (166.2284) |
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 45 / 92 (673.5888) | 10 (175.4172) | 47 (167.9772) | 84 (153.6344) | 8 (176.5600) |
| 2022-06-24 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN | 1 / 29 (700.5028) | 13 (170.8228) | 2 (176.5600) | 2 (180.0000) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2022-06-03 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 6 / 25 (690.2060) | 3 (175.4172) | 1 (178.8572) | 17 (165.0972) | 10 (170.8344) |
| 2022-05-20 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 7 / 30 (691.3140) | 23 (165.0856) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) | 16 (167.3712) |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 14 / 46 (685.6116) | 27 (167.3828) | 10 (171.9888) | 1 (180.0000) | 21 (166.2400) |
| 2022-04-29 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 11 / 37 (686.7312) | 29 (167.3712) | 3 (175.4172) | 4 (178.8572) | 24 (165.0856) |
| 2022-03-18 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 12 / 33 (681.0400) | 21 (168.5256) | 1 (177.7144) | 22 (168.5600) | 18 (166.2400) |
| 2022-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 32 / 73 (683.8740) | 38 (169.6684) | 51 (166.2400) | 27 (171.9656) | 7 (176.0000) |
| 2021-11-19 | GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 18 / 28 (675.2912) | 24 (165.0856) | 20 (167.3828) | 5 (175.4172) | 21 (167.4056) |
| 2021-09-24 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 14 / 27 (678.7656) | 25 (162.2400) | 4 (176.5944) | 9 (171.4056) | 11 (168.5256) |
| 2021-07-30 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 12 / 39 (489.0288) | 18 (155.3828) | 8 (167.3944) | 8 (166.2516) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #47 (1678 pts) | #32 (1783 pts) | #74 (1423 pts) | #31 (1653 pts) | #74 (1280 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #60 (1889 pts) | #39 (1957 pts) | #22 (2172 pts) | #25 (2070 pts) | #94 (1581 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #23 (2248 pts) | #10 (2314 pts) | #72 (1630 pts) | #22 (1994 pts) | #68 (1615 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #82 (1572 pts) | #91 (1504 pts) | #35 (2060 pts) | #74 (1604 pts) | #143 (1231 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #83 (1652 pts) | #108 (1427 pts) | #18 (2299 pts) | #23 (2167 pts) | #119 (1387 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #242 (80 pts) | #168 (140 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1043 (107 pts) | #1564 (52 pts) | #787 (202 pts) | #907 (137 pts) | #945 (122 pts) |