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
Bad Habits BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1538
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 1, 2018
latest Oct 8, 2021 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
2
0 reserve · wins it all 50% of the time
Category wins
4
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.10
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.57 · weakest Brisket (157.71)
Road miles
736
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 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
314.83 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
327.62 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 2 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
By 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% |
| 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.
By field size and state
Repeat visits (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% | Oct 8, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 2 wins · 3 calls
First title
Oct 11, 2019
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
Opponents faced
101
finished ahead 99 times, behind 36
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
Jun 1, 2018 → Oct 11, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- 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
20198 milestones
- 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
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +19.3 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 11, 2019 |
| +17.6 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 8, 2021 |
| +13.9 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 9, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake | Jun 1, 2018 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2021 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 1 / 26 (333.1772) | 2 (160.0344) | 1 (173.1428) | — | — |
| Oct 9, 2020 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 5 / 37 (323.4168) | 1 (165.7140) | 6 (157.7028) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2019 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 1 / 27 (326.2628) | 1 (155.9656) | 1 (170.2972) | — | — |
| Jun 1, 2018 | 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO | 29 / 29 (314.8344) | — | 25 (157.1200) | — | 20 (157.7144) |