Bleacher Bums BBQ IN
Rating
1584
peak 1599
Contests
52
in the data
First seen
2020-05-29
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#153
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
3
16 podiums
Overall top-10s
9
of 52 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
680.14 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 675.91 (+4.23)
Walk rate
65%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Best single call
180.0000 🔥
Consistency
±16.35
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.40 · weakest Pork (167.43)
Road miles
9666
mi across 52 mapped stops · furthest 899 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company has finished one call ahead of Bleacher Bums BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BLUE SMOKE BBQ OF INDIANA has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Shiggin aint easy has come out ahead in 24 of their 33 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of DAT'S BBQ in 13 of their 15 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 43-team field at Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival.
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 33% across 3 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival (2021-08-20) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, One2BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 41 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 179.4400 | 151.9428 | 170.40 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 51 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 180.0000 🔥 | 143.3600 | 170.40 | top 39% |
| Pork | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 149.6684 | 167.43 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 177.1428 | 154.2400 | 168.20 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 15 | 1 | top 52% |
| MI | 10 | 0 | top 40% |
| OH | 4 | 0 | top 41% |
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 61% |
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| KY | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 19 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 21 | 1 | top 42% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (15 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IN (22 of 52 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (51 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival (2021-08-20)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 675.91
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 691.9196 | 677.47 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 698.8112 | 686.66 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 691.3484 | 679.60 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 697.0628 | 676.33 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 677.6000 | 659.56 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 698.2400 | 698.24 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 663.8628 | 655.48 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH | 30 / 39 (663.2568) | 18 (170.8228) | 26 (165.1200) | 26 (165.0856) | 29 (162.2284) |
| 2026-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana Warsaw, IN | 18 / 35 (680.5144) | 3 (178.2972) | 19 (169.6800) | 33 (157.6456) | 6 (174.8916) |
| 2026-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 19 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Smoke in the Mitten Westland, MI | 17 / 34 (674.2056) | 3 (174.2628) | 25 (165.0972) | 11 (170.3200) | 20 (164.5256) |
| 2026-05-01 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 16 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-04-17 | GLBBQA Spring Fling Coldwater, MI | 12 / 48 (691.9196) | 24 (173.1084) | 9 (176.5944) | 8 (174.8456) | 29 (167.3712) |
| 2025-09-19 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL | 27 / 56 (690.7888) | 13 (176.5600) | 9 (177.1544) | 37 (169.6800) | 42 (167.3944) |
| 2025-09-12 | Bands and BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY | 16 / 29 (676.3880) | 17 (169.6800) | 18 (168.5256) | 16 (168.5140) | 14 (169.6684) |
| 2025-09-05 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH | 5 / 42 (694.2400) | 3 (179.4400) | 24 (169.1200) | 13 (173.7028) | 7 (171.9772) |
| 2025-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest Madison, IN | 16 / 45 (687.3256) | 1 (178.8572) | 29 (167.9656) | 19 (173.1084) | 28 (167.3944) |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 12 / 43 (687.3484) | 7 (175.4056) | 7 (174.8572) | 25 (168.5600) | 19 (168.5256) |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 19 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA | 15 / 37 (682.7768) | 20 (170.2512) | 18 (168.5600) | 5 (173.1428) | 18 (170.8228) |
| 2025-07-18 | Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH | 4 / 40 (694.7884) | 18 (170.2628) | 2 (177.7028) | 6 (174.8572) | 11 (171.9656) |
| 2025-06-06 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Franklin, IN | 20 / 30 (674.1140) | 23 (165.0856) | 5 (173.1200) | 25 (163.9428) | 13 (171.9656) |
| 2025-06-06 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 2 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-05-16 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, IN | 9 / 34 (686.7312) | 11 (175.4056) | 25 (166.2400) | 15 (169.6684) | 3 (175.4172) |
| 2025-05-16 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 5 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Smoke in the Mitten Westland, MI | 13 / 26 (679.9084) | 18 (166.8112) | 16 (166.8572) | 9 (171.9656) | 4 (174.2744) |
| 2025-05-09 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 5 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2025-04-18 | GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI | 7 / 56 (698.8112) | 2 (177.7028) | 4 (176.0000) | 11 (174.2856) | 24 (170.8228) |
| 2024-09-20 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL | 19 / 58 (689.1316) | 40 (168.0000) | 2 (176.5716) | 16 (174.2628) | 22 (170.2972) |
| 2024-09-13 | Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY | 11 / 31 (677.6916) | 19 (169.7372) | 2 (175.4172) | 13 (169.6800) | 22 (162.8572) |
| 2024-09-06 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wadsworth, OH | 19 / 30 (667.3028) | 21 (166.8228) | 25 (160.5372) | 14 (169.6684) | 13 (170.2744) |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 9 / 40 (687.9884) | 12 (172.5600) | 1 (176.5944) | 16 (169.7256) | 15 (169.1084) |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 9 (172.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN | 8 / 32 (691.3484) | 23 (169.6684) | 3 (176.0000) | 15 (172.5600) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2024-05-17 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 7 (176.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-05-03 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition Westland, MI | 17 / 26 (670.6968) | 6 (174.8456) | 4 (172.5600) | 26 (153.6228) | 7 (169.6684) |
| 2024-04-19 | GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI | 39 / 62 (673.0400) | 21 (172.5600) | 16 (171.9772) | 55 (159.9772) | 37 (168.5256) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 180 / 487 (679.3596) | 187 (170.8112) | 172 (171.4056) | 229 (168.5600) | 191 (168.5828) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 177 / 211 (669.6228) | 9 (178.2972) | 179 (165.6800) | 154 (167.3828) | 195 (158.2628) |
| 2023-08-25 | Rockin' BBQ Take 2 Warsaw, IN | 19 / 23 (664.9944) | 16 (168.5372) | 23 (162.8116) | 10 (170.8228) | 20 (162.8228) |
| 2023-08-25 | Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN | — | 20 (166.2860) | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-18 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues Madison, IN | 5 / 41 (697.0628) | 5 (176.5600) | 7 (175.4172) | 4 (176.5600) | 22 (168.5256) |
| 2023-08-04 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 27 / 44 (665.0056) | 32 (165.6800) | 9 (171.4172) | 35 (159.9428) | 17 (167.9656) |
| 2023-08-04 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 13 (170.3200) | — | — |
| 2023-05-19 | Rocking BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN | 22 / 35 (670.2744) | 32 (159.9772) | 10 (172.0000) | 13 (170.2972) | 17 (168.0000) |
| 2023-05-19 | Rocking BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 9 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2023-05-05 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition Westland, MI | 6 / 25 (688.0112) | 15 (170.8228) | 4 (174.2856) | 3 (173.7600) | 13 (169.1428) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 70 / 83 (661.5884) | 83 (151.9428) | 2 (180.0000) | 82 (157.6456) | 23 (172.0000) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 155 / 249 (677.6000) | 158 (169.6800) | 177 (167.3944) | 121 (170.8228) | 116 (169.7028) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 298 / 505 (661.0968) | 375 (162.2628) | 100 (173.1428) | 374 (161.1428) | 266 (164.5484) |
| 2022-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 25 / 45 (669.5656) | 18 (171.9656) | 13 (170.8228) | 36 (158.2400) | 22 (168.5372) |
| 2022-05-14 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2) Warsaw, IN | 17 / 25 (668.5032) | 4 (177.7144) | 6 (172.0116) | 23 (155.9428) | 20 (162.8344) |
| 2022-05-13 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) Warsaw, IN | 25 / 36 (667.3484) | 19 (169.7144) | 25 (164.5256) | 20 (168.5256) | 26 (164.5828) |
| 2022-05-13 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 1 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 33 / 60 (611.2228) | 15 (163.9544) | 38 (143.3600) | 37 (149.6684) | 24 (154.2400) |
| 2021-08-20 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 1 / 43 (698.2400) | 13 (173.1200) | 5 (173.1200) | 10 (174.8572) | 3 (177.1428) |
| 2020-09-12 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 Warsaw, IN | 23 / 26 (659.8628) | 21 (167.4056) | 25 (159.3944) | 21 (164.5372) | 15 (168.5256) |
| 2020-09-11 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 Warsaw, IN | 20 / 36 (663.8628) | 28 (164.5372) | 19 (166.2628) | 15 (169.6916) | 23 (163.3712) |
| 2020-05-29 | Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 49 / 66 (642.7084) | 47 (161.1200) | 58 (155.3600) | 42 (159.9656) | 33 (166.2628) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #303 (379 pts) | #194 (629 pts) | #254 (537 pts) | #284 (404 pts) | #306 (379 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #153 (1335 pts) | #101 (1555 pts) | #87 (1741 pts) | #179 (1165 pts) | #153 (1265 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #295 (749 pts) | #352 (659 pts) | #63 (1692 pts) | #343 (654 pts) | #300 (769 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #311 (683 pts) | #293 (774 pts) | #207 (1082 pts) | #254 (858 pts) | #367 (578 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #581 (330 pts) | #450 (505 pts) | #344 (745 pts) | #611 (325 pts) | #607 (330 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #579 (285 pts) | #978 (120 pts) | #818 (185 pts) | #913 (135 pts) | #692 (235 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #492 (206 pts) | #543 (191 pts) | #548 (201 pts) | #474 (241 pts) | #499 (231 pts) |