The comeback
5.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.3 years, then back at Vista BBQ Competition (2022-09-30).
- last seen 2017-06-02
- back 2022-09-30
Buddy's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2022-09-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.70 · weakest Brisket (157.13)
Road miles
809
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 362 mi
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
643.36 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Buddy's BBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 141 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Buddy's BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Buddy's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Buddy's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 153.6684 | 158.23 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 159.4516 | 160.30 | top 81% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.2744 | 167.70 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1884 | 153.0744 | 157.13 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.1 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2022-09-30
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.70 · weakest Brisket (157.13)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
643.36
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
42
10–32 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
809
3 mapped stops · furthest 362 mi
Purse competed for
$9,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.3 yrs
2017-06-02 → 2022-09-30
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Thunder in the Park
- 2022
- First call Vista BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1372 Vista BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score650.1372 Vista BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Vista BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Vista BBQ Competition
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-30 | Vista BBQ Competition 🏅 Altavista, VA | 15 / 17 (650.1372) | 16 (162.8000) | 15 (161.1428) | 6 (173.1200) | 14 (153.0744) |
| 2017-06-02 | Up In smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-31 | Thunder in the Park Connersville, IN | 19 / 27 (636.5828) | 24 (153.6684) | 20 (159.4516) | 17 (162.2744) | 17 (161.1884) |