BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM

BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 9th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015). They are ranked #3115 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,115

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1503

peak 1512 · rated over 14 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 21, 2014

latest Jan 20, 2017 · 2.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#794

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

7% of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

674.2744 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.29 (+4.24)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown

Consistency

±18.45

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.91 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.97)

Road miles

3,935

across 14 mapped stops · furthest 1,017 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Master avg

651.29 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

674.2744 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2744 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 20, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC has finished one call ahead of BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 37%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 37%

A tough matchup

12–0 behind in the head-to-head

Bad Boyz BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Bad Boyz BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.93 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.97
Chicken avg 165.91
2 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

10 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 11 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MONSOON BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

3,935 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,935 miles across 14 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,017 miles to 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open.

14 mapped stops
furthest 1,017 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2121 (85 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1257 (230 pts)	#1693 (155 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#756 (520 pts)	#1354 (225 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#851 (394 pts)	#546 (714 pts)	#818 (444 pts)	#906 (399 pts)	#857 (419 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#794 (428 pts)	#787 (468 pts)	#849 (433 pts)	#930 (383 pts)	#652 (568 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

WHAT WOOD JESUS QUE?

#3,116 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1503

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Nov 11, 2016

⚔ Head-to-head

MEET MY MEAT

#3,095 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 27, 2018

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SMOKED IGUANA BBQ & SAUCE COMPANY

#3,127 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM)

Fewer contests behind them than BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM has cooked, 7 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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THE SHED BBQ JOINT

#3,108 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1503

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM)

Level with BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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BBQ MEESTERS

#3,126 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1528

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 23, 2021

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Hog Heaven

#3,105 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1505

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Oct 25, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bad Boyz BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
MONSOON BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Karnivorous	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Phil the Grill	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Asylum	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	4	0	2	175.4516	150.8340	165.91	top 50%
Pork Ribs	14	2	0	0	170.8800	147.3484	159.97	top 64%
Pork	14	3	1	2	178.8572	151.9884	164.58	top 53%
Brisket	14	4	0	0	169.1428	138.2288	160.83	top 55%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 65%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 55%
Large (40+)	4	top 63%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AZ	9	top 56%
NV	4	top 63%
MO	1	top 48%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Best Dam Barbecue	2	14	0	top 48%	May 27, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	9	0	top 66%	Mar 20, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AZ 9 of 14 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 12 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 819 finished ahead 538 times, behind 577

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20171 milestone

Jan 20 Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

20163 milestones

May 6 First category win (Pork) 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown
May 6 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown
May 27 Peak power rating (1512) Best Dam Barbecue

20153 milestones

Mar 20 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 20 Career-best overall score674.2744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 3 10th tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open

20143 milestones

Mar 21 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 13 First call Northern Arizona BBQ Festival
Jun 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0972 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 20, 2015
+7.2	The Queen Creek BBQ Battle	Feb 19, 2016
+6.1	Best Dam Barbecue	May 27, 2016
+5.9	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	Feb 27, 2015
+5.9	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	Jun 13, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 21, 2014
-8.7	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 20, 2017
-6.7	2014 Down Town Throw Down	Dec 12, 2014
-5.2	Show Low BBQ Throwdown	May 1, 2015
-3.7	USA Barbecue Championship	Oct 30, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 85%	87.8%	87.8%
2016	3	0	1	100%	top 37%	92.5%	92.2%
2015	5	1	0	60%	top 50%	93.6%	91.1%
2014	5	0	0	60%	top 72%	93%	89.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 20, 2017	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	34 / 40 (632.4116)	40 (151.3484)	29 (159.9888)	20 (167.9772)	34 (153.0972)
May 27, 2016	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	14 / 36 (663.8628)	4 (174.8456)	31 (150.8116)	8 (170.8228)	14 (167.3828)
May 6, 2016	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	15 / 39 (666.1716)	25 (165.0856)	36 (157.1316)	1 (178.8572)	18 (165.0972)
Feb 19, 2016	The Queen Creek BBQ Battle Queen Creek, AZ	13 / 37 (661.5772)	18 (165.6916)	27 (157.6456)	3 (170.8228)	11 (167.4172)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	289 / 606 (653.6576)	373 (161.1544)	210 (167.4172)	234 (166.2516)	361 (158.8344)
May 22, 2015	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	22 / 38 (655.8968)	21 (167.4172)	19 (162.8112)	37 (156.5256)	10 (169.1428)
May 1, 2015	Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	25 / 35 (642.1144)	2 (175.4056)	26 (159.9544)	14 (168.5256)	35 (138.2288)
Mar 20, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	9 / 29 (674.2744)	2 (175.4516)	9 (169.1544)	15 (165.7028)	15 (163.9656)
Feb 27, 2015	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	34 / 82 (655.3372)	27 (167.9772)	18 (169.7144)	58 (159.9656)	53 (157.6800)
Dec 12, 2014	2014 Down Town Throw Down Las Vegas, NV	21 / 26 (633.5884)	18 (164.5716)	23 (147.3484)	23 (154.8112)	9 (166.8572)
Oct 30, 2014	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	60 / 79 (651.9432)	48 (165.7488)	70 (154.8344)	23 (170.2628)	55 (161.0972)
Sep 5, 2014	AZ Rhythm & Ribs Cottonwood, AZ	11 / 17 (669.6912)	6 (171.4628)	7 (170.8800)	16 (159.3828)	10 (167.9656)
Jun 13, 2014	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	14 / 35 (657.0972)	18 (165.7144)	18 (161.1200)	18 (162.2856)	5 (167.9772)
Mar 21, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	30 / 30 (600.4796)	30 (150.8340)	28 (150.8228)	30 (151.9884)	29 (146.8344)

BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)