BAMA BOYS BBQ AL
Rating
1523
peak 1544
Contests
42
in the data
First seen
2019-02-22
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#122
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 42 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
472.02 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 388.22 (+83.80)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±102.49
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.52)
Road miles
6080
mi across 42 mapped stops · furthest 464 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
PARTTY ALL KNIGHT has finished one call ahead of BAMA BOYS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
REDBONES BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 30 of their 35 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ in 7 of their 10 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.7372 points of the Grand Championship at Poosa Q (2022-05-05).
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 27 at their very first tracked contest, Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off (2019-02-22).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 43 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.9772 | 167.91 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 175.4400 | 154.8112 | 165.52 | top 56% |
| Pork | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 158.8000 | 168.77 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 158.2172 | 169.83 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 33 | 1 | top 54% |
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| FL | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 29 | 1 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AL (35 of 42 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (43 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) (2025-12-05)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 388.22
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 660.9944 | 499.03 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 687.3256 | 421.98 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 354.2628 | 336.78 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 503.3712 | 372.50 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 510.7772 | 372.16 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 499.2912 | 442.75 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 490.1604 | 368.19 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 500.9940 | 365.59 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 19 / 26 (337.0740) | 4 (176.5716) | 17 (162.2972) | 6 (174.2628) | — |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 54 / 63 (660.9944) | 43 (169.6800) | 50 (165.6800) | 41 (167.4172) | 56 (158.2172) |
| 2025-12-05 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) Demopolis, AL | 1 / 21 (687.3256) | 18 (167.3944) | 11 (171.9656) | 12 (171.9656) | 6 (176.0000) |
| 2025-09-20 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) Glencoe, AL | 19 / 22 (329.0284) | 6 (171.9656) | 22 (157.0628) | — | — |
| 2025-09-19 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Don't Burn the Brisket" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Glencoe, AL | — | — | — | — | 8 (167.9656) |
| 2025-09-19 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 11 / 30 (345.6800) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (165.6800) | 13 (171.9772) | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 19 (163.9544) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 16 / 29 (341.1088) | 12 (174.2744) | 18 (166.8344) | — | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 29 / 42 (329.0168) | 32 (159.3484) | 18 (169.6684) | — | — |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 14 / 23 (342.2400) | 13 (169.6800) | 13 (172.5600) | 5 (175.4172) | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 25 / 28 (323.3144) | 24 (163.9428) | 26 (159.3716) | 14 (168.5256) | — |
| 2025-01-09 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam Elkton, FL | 19 / 38 (678.1596) | 16 (173.1084) | 33 (160.5372) | 29 (167.3712) | 3 (177.1428) |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 4 / 59 (354.2628) | 3 (180.0000) | 12 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 16 / 18 (333.0512) | 7 (173.1084) | 16 (159.9428) | 5 (170.2628) | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 22 / 27 (333.6228) | 12 (170.8228) | 24 (162.8000) | — | — |
| 2024-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 17 / 31 (326.1944) | 16 (167.9772) | 20 (158.2172) | — | — |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 36 / 73 (330.8000) | 29 (167.4056) | 39 (163.3944) | — | — |
| 2023-08-11 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 14 / 35 (503.3712) | 2 (176.0000) | 25 (161.1084) | 15 (166.2628) | — |
| 2023-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA | 10 / 38 (325.6456) | 5 (170.8344) | 11 (154.8112) | — | — |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 25 / 39 (330.1944) | 18 (169.6800) | 30 (160.5144) | — | — |
| 2022-09-16 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 11 / 18 (338.8000) | 10 (172.5484) | 12 (166.2516) | — | — |
| 2022-08-12 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 14 / 35 (510.7772) | 16 (164.5600) | 10 (166.8572) | 6 (174.8572) | — |
| 2022-05-20 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 19 / 29 (333.6228) | 18 (165.0972) | 11 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 2 / 72 (346.2400) | 5 (175.4172) | 10 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 27 / 34 (331.3600) | 35 (163.3828) | 19 (167.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-08-27 | Great Americana BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | 13 / 25 (499.2912) | 11 (167.3712) | 12 (164.5372) | 12 (167.3828) | — |
| 2021-08-06 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 26 / 31 (485.6000) | 27 (156.5144) | 25 (160.5600) | 9 (168.5256) | — |
| 2021-06-04 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) Butler, AL | 3 / 14 (343.3712) | 9 (168.5256) | 2 (174.8456) | — | — |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 31 / 28 (324.4916) | 32 (162.2400) | 29 (162.2516) | — | — |
| 2020-08-07 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 11 / 21 (490.1604) | 19 (158.2288) | 16 (161.1088) | 4 (170.8228) | — |
| 2020-06-05 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL | 13 / 23 (326.7772) | 6 (169.7028) | 20 (157.0744) | — | — |
| 2020-02-21 | Capital City Cook Off Montgomery, AL | 15 / 25 (331.3256) | 18 (163.9428) | 11 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2019-12-06 | COTR BBQ Demopolis, AL | 6 / 25 (338.2056) | 6 (168.5256) | 4 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2019-09-06 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL | 7 / 19 (500.9940) | 8 (169.6800) | 12 (165.0856) | 9 (166.2284) | — |
| 2019-08-23 | Great Americana BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | 11 / 39 (332.5716) | 8 (170.2628) | 15 (162.3088) | 15 (162.8000) | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 21 / 26 (486.6972) | 17 (167.3828) | 18 (160.5144) | 23 (158.8000) | — |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q Montgomery, AL | 18 / 48 (331.9316) | 24 (162.2400) | 11 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Meridian, MS | 7 / 22 (337.1084) | 14 (161.6684) | 1 (175.4400) | — | — |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 11 / 30 (338.8232) | 6 (173.1316) | 26 (165.6916) | — | — |
| 2019-03-22 | Smoke On the Diamond(BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL | 7 / 17 (333.6340) | 11 (162.8112) | 2 (170.8228) | 9 (166.2400) | — |
| 2019-03-08 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 31 / 34 (318.2172) | 32 (151.9772) | 16 (166.2400) | — | — |
| 2019-02-22 | Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off Montgomery, AL | 5 / 27 (337.7144) | 10 (165.7372) | 7 (171.9772) | — | — |
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 ↗ | Backyard | #144 (198 pts) | #181 (143 pts) | #135 (243 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #791 (60 pts) | #866 (60 pts) | #903 (60 pts) | #823 (60 pts) | #814 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #122 (464 pts) | #74 (743 pts) | #141 (439 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1042 (90 pts) | #815 (179 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #512 (374 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #126 (452 pts) | #106 (592 pts) | #163 (342 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #105 (579 pts) | #171 (289 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #86 (572 pts) | #92 (537 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #105 (299 pts) | #80 (409 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #26 (477 pts) | #24 (472 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Backyard | — | #14 (159 pts) | #12 (194 pts) | — | — |