ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA

ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 12th of 28 at the Boydton's Big Bad BBQ (2016). They are ranked #6029 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,029

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1433

peak 1508 · rated over 19 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 4, 2014

latest Oct 4, 2019 · 5.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#837

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

644.0004 / 720

Master · Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

599.29 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 616.88 (-17.59)

Walk rate

42%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2972

Chicken · BBQ Gives Back

Consistency

±36.94

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.27 · weakest Brisket (151.14)

Road miles

1,835

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$21K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

616.88 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 62%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 62%

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.14 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 26%.

Brisket avg 151.14
Chicken avg 161.27
1 call in 18 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN DEEZE THAANGS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has out-cooked them in 12 of 14 shared chicken entries.

An April team

Top 56% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 56% across 3 contests, versus top 73% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 73% the rest of the year

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1180 (197 pts)	#1025 (267 pts)	#1223 (202 pts)	#1064 (257 pts)	#1272 (182 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1584 (125 pts)	#1509 (140 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#943 (368 pts)	#739 (543 pts)	#672 (608 pts)	#932 (403 pts)	#841 (458 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1497 (178 pts)	#1499 (188 pts)	#1533 (183 pts)	#1602 (178 pts)	#1698 (148 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#837 (402 pts)	#482 (797 pts)	#934 (387 pts)	#939 (377 pts)	#802 (447 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA, each with one reason worth a look.

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

PIG PIRATES BBQ

#6,037 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 24, 2025

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MEAT SHARKS

#6,020 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA)

Fewer contests behind them than ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA has cooked, 7 to 19, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2019

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Slappin'Butt BBQ

#6,031 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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CROW CREEK BBQ

#6,028 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen May 25, 2018

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ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE

#6,033 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

Level with ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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On the Dotte Smokers

#6,025 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCE THIS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKETASTIC BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
2 RHODIES BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	5	1	174.2972	149.6800	161.27	top 57%
Pork Ribs	19	1	0	172	142.7772	156.46	top 65%
Pork	19	1	0	171.4172	136.5484	155.97	top 68%
Brisket	18	1	0	167.4516	135.9544	151.14	top 74%

“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)	7	0	top 76%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 72%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
VA	15	top 72%
MD	2	top 80%
PA	1	top 77%
NC	1	top 81%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Jamboree (Day 1)	3	31	0	top 73%	May 3, 2019
BBQ Gives Back	2	53	0	top 91%	Mar 23, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 15 of 19 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 16 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 383 finished ahead 228 times, behind 641

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Apr 17, 2015 → May 13, 2016

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

20191 milestone

Oct 4 Most recent contest Que & Cruz

20172 milestones

Mar 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 BBQ Gives Back
Apr 28 10th tracked contest 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition

20144 milestones

Apr 4 First tracked contest Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival
Apr 4 First call Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival
Apr 4 Career-best overall score644.0004 Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival
May 9 Peak power rating (1508) BBQ Jamboree

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival	Apr 4, 2014
+5.6	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ	Aug 26, 2016
+1.2	BBQ Jamboree	May 9, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival	May 30, 2014
-9.8	BBQ Gives Back	Mar 23, 2018
-8	Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic	Oct 6, 2017
-6.6	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1)	May 3, 2019
-6.4	Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 16, 2017

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	3	67%	top 81%	88.8%	87.9%
2018	2	0%	top 88%	87.8%	76.3%
2017	6	33%	top 79%	88.9%	87.2%
2016	2	50%	top 60%	86.7%	86.2%
2015	1	0%	top 72%	87%	87%
2014	5	60%	top 62%	89.4%	85.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 4, 2019	Que & Cruz 🏅 Louisa, VA	20 / 28 (632.9372)	8 (171.9772)	22 (155.9772)	26 (154.2056)	23 (150.7772)
May 3, 2019	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	32 / 34 (625.5888)	29 (161.1316)	22 (161.6916)	32 (153.6684)	32 (149.0972)
Mar 22, 2019	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	48 / 63 (639.3720)	54 (155.4288)	52 (157.7260)	9 (171.4172)	52 (154.8000)
May 25, 2018	Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA	27 / 35 (631.8060)	30 (156.5144)	24 (160.5372)	21 (162.8000)	28 (151.9544)
Mar 23, 2018	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	74 / 75 (466.7544)	64 (157.0972)	53 (157.1200)	67 (152.5372)	—
Oct 6, 2017	Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic Virginia Beach, VA	21 / 23 (622.8344)	20 (155.3828)	22 (146.8572)	19 (157.1544)	13 (163.4400)
Sep 8, 2017	13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	25 / 35 (629.0404)	33 (151.4176)	18 (166.2972)	33 (147.3600)	15 (163.9656)
Jun 16, 2017	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	38 / 47 (625.6004)	21 (164.5600)	13 (167.4516)	46 (141.6344)	38 (151.9544)
May 12, 2017	BBQ Jamboree-Day 1 (JUDGES FULL) Fredericksburg, VA	46 / 54 (626.1144)	53 (149.6800)	25 (165.0972)	33 (160.5484)	46 (150.7888)
Apr 28, 2017	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	30 / 46 (639.9316)	35 (157.0972)	4 (172)	20 (162.2744)	36 (148.5600)
Mar 24, 2017	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	53 / 64 (621.5888)	4 (174.2972)	57 (150.2632)	47 (157.6684)	60 (139.3600)
Aug 26, 2016	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ Boydton, VA	12 / 28 (624.5488)	10 (164)	11 (157.7028)	14 (158.3316)	18 (144.5144)
May 13, 2016	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	56 / 72 (616.3776)	59 (155.3484)	65 (142.8116)	23 (163.9772)	47 (154.2404)
Apr 17, 2015	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA	33 / 46 (626.7540)	33 (157.7028)	27 (159.9884)	34 (155.9540)	34 (153.1088)
Aug 1, 2014	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	43 / 59 (614.1372)	18 (164.5484)	52 (142.7772)	18 (162.2744)	46 (144.5372)
Jun 27, 2014	Hogging Up BBQ Festival Winchester, VA	32 / 46 (615.8396)	15 (162.2628)	43 (147.3828)	29 (155.9656)	36 (150.2284)
May 30, 2014	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	26 / 30 (594.7888)	3 (173.1772)	23 (149.1088)	30 (136.5484)	29 (135.9544)
May 9, 2014	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	31 / 64 (622.7656)	5 (168)	40 (154.2856)	37 (154.7656)	48 (145.7144)
Apr 4, 2014	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival Lanexa, VA	13 / 41 (644.0004)	11 (164.5600)	18 (157.7260)	31 (154.2628)	7 (167.4516)

ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

An April team

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)