Signature meat
67%
chicken entries won
2 wins from 3 entries
When chicken is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 67% of their entries (2 of 3).
- best 165.7140
- average 160.57
- 3 calls
Bad Habits BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1538
peak 1538 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-06-01
latest 2021-10-08
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
4
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
327.62
last 3 Backyard vs avg 327.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±4.10
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.57 · weakest Brisket (157.71)
Road miles
736
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 736 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
2 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
314.83 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
327.62 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 2 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (7 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.
Happy hunting ground
2×
Grand Championships here
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 3 visits.
- 3 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 7%
A multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2019-10-11).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
High-water mark
333.1772
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 333.1772 at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival — 92.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2021-10-08
State champions
2
state championships won
They've taken 2 state championships from 3 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 3 state-championship entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of COOL HAND QUE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
An October team
Top 7%
average finish in October
Something about October: average finish in the top 7% across 3 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.
- 3 October contests
- top 30% the rest of the year
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.
Bad Habits BBQ has 4 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 78 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.
#2004 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before Bad Habits BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2005 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Bad Habits BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bad Habits BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 165.7140 | 155.9656 | 160.57 | top 5% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 173.1428 | 157.1200 | 164.57 | top 27% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7144 | 157.7144 | 157.71 | top 69% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 3 | 1 | 2 | top 7% | 2021-10-08 |
The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2018-06-01 → 2021-10-08
Busiest season
2021
1 contest · 1 GC
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 2 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.57 · weakest Brisket (157.71)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
3 of 4 contests
Wins it all
50%
2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve
First title
2019-10-11
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
314.83
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
327.62
out of 360 · 3 contests · 2 GCs
Opponents faced
101
99–36 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
736
4 mapped stops · furthest 736 mi
Schedule strength
1591
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
2
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2018-06-01 → 2019-10-11
Power rating
1538
peak 1538 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
- 2019
- First call The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First category win (Chicken) The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall podium The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First Grand Championship The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First state championship The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First multi-meat day The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.2628 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- 2021
- Career-best overall score333.1772 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1538) The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +19.2 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2019-10-11 |
| +17.6 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2021-10-08 |
| +14 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2020-10-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | *7th Annual Smokin on the Lake | 2018-06-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 4% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 14% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 4% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 43.7% | 43.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 1 / 26 (333.1772) | 2 (160.0344) | 1 (173.1428) | — | — |
| 2020-10-09 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 5 / 37 (323.4168) | 1 (165.7140) | 6 (157.7028) | — | — |
| 2019-10-11 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 1 / 27 (326.2628) | 1 (155.9656) | 1 (170.2972) | — | — |
| 2018-06-01 | *7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO | 29 / 29 (314.8344) | — | 25 (157.1200) | — | 20 (157.7144) |