BAD COMPANY BBQ

BAD COMPANY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 18th of 30 at The Ironman (2023). They are ranked #2994 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,994

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1506

peak 1511 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 1, 2016

latest Apr 7, 2023 · 7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1392

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0172 / 720

Master · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.35 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.93 (+6.41)

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Chicken · The Ironman

Consistency

±11.21

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.37 · weakest Pork (158.96)

Road miles

1,347

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 607 mi

Schedule strength

55%

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

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

649.93 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

673.0172 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.0172 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 4, 2018

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings

DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.42 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Pork avg 158.96
Chicken avg 165.37
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 50 Shades of Pork in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 (Apr 16, 2021).

last seen Apr 19, 2019
back Apr 16, 2021

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DRILLING & GRILLING has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.56% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.56% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.3% of a perfect score
10 contests

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	#1392 (180 pts)	#1219 (260 pts)	#1380 (215 pts)	#1489 (180 pts)	#1199 (260 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BAD COMPANY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

RED BROTHERS BBQ

#2,989 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1519

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to BAD COMPANY BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — RED BROTHERS BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Apr 20, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

I'd Smoke That

#3,011 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1510

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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Westwoodfield BBQ

#2,982 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1511

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before BAD COMPANY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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BACONATERS

#2,985 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen May 4, 2018

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TENNESSEE DOUBLE D'S BBQ

#2,992 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1512

Level with BAD COMPANY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 23, 2016

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Tiki Q

#2,991 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1531

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before BAD COMPANY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
WAR PIGS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
50 Shades of Pork	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
PLUM CRAZY BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Piggin' Whiskey	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	173.7028	157.0968	165.37	top 51%
Pork Ribs	9	0	164.5372	151.9428	160.93	top 58%
Pork	9	0	166.2972	146.2628	158.96	top 67%
Brisket	9	1	173.1084	150.8228	164.68	top 40%

“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)	1	0	top 60%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 55%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	5	top 53%
MD	3	top 61%
AL	1	top 46%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Ironman	4	18	0	top 53%	Apr 7, 2023
Interstate BBQ Festival	3	30	0	top 61%	Apr 19, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 5 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 294 finished ahead 212 times, behind 284

Longest layoff 2 yrs Apr 19, 2019 → Apr 16, 2021

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

20233 milestones

Apr 7 10th tracked contest The Ironman
Apr 7 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 The Ironman
Apr 7 Most recent contest The Ironman

20192 milestones

Apr 5 First call The Ironman
Apr 5 Peak power rating (1511) The Ironman

20181 milestone

May 4 Career-best overall score673.0172 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20171 milestone

Apr 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6456 Interstate BBQ Festival

20161 milestone

Apr 1 First tracked contest The Ironman

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.7	The Ironman	Apr 5, 2019
+4.7	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 4, 2018
+2.9	The Ironman	Apr 1, 2016
+0.8	Smoke in the Grove (JUDGES FULL)	Jul 28, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.9	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 19, 2019
-1.6	The Ironman	Apr 7, 2023
-0.7	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 20, 2018
-0.7	The Ironman	Mar 31, 2017
-0.2	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 14, 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)
2023	1	100%	top 60%	90.5%	90.5%
2021	1	0%	—	—	—
2019	2	50%	top 49%	91.3%	91.1%
2018	2	0%	top 55%	93.5%	91.6%
2017	3	0%	top 60%	90.2%	89.2%
2016	1	0%	top 48%	89.1%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 7, 2023	The Ironman 🏅 Greencastle, PA	18 / 30 (651.2572)	9 (173.7028)	27 (151.9428)	24 (159.3600)	13 (166.2516)
Apr 16, 2021	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	—	—	—	—	—
Apr 19, 2019	Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	30 / 54 (657.1316)	35 (162.8456)	25 (163.9888)	25 (166.2972)	32 (164)
Apr 5, 2019	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	18 / 42 (654.1600)	30 (161.6456)	26 (160.5372)	16 (165.7028)	10 (166.2744)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	28 / 61 (673.0172)	22 (172.5600)	43 (162.8000)	44 (164.5488)	17 (173.1084)
Apr 20, 2018	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	43 / 67 (646.1600)	45 (161.1200)	48 (158.2744)	51 (158.8000)	21 (167.9656)
Jul 28, 2017	Smoke in the Grove (JUDGES FULL) Spring Grove, PA	29 / 51 (647.3600)	22 (165.7028)	19 (164.5372)	42 (149.6800)	11 (167.4400)
Apr 14, 2017	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	37 / 58 (649.6456)	49 (157.0968)	34 (162.2972)	26 (164.5716)	23 (165.6800)
Mar 31, 2017	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	35 / 59 (629.0628)	12 (169.7256)	24 (162.2516)	54 (146.2628)	44 (150.8228)
Apr 1, 2016	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	26 / 54 (641.6112)	23 (163.9656)	25 (161.7028)	37 (155.3828)	21 (160.5600)

BAD COMPANY BBQ

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 (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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

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)