On the rise
+36
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 36 points across 7 contests since Apr 26, 2019 — from 1487 up to 1523.
- 7 contests since Apr 26, 2019
- now 1523
Bacon Bash Texas
Bacon Bash Texas is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 21 at the Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) (2019). They are ranked #2423 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 21, 2017
latest Aug 9, 2019 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
38% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.73 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 644.35 (+19.38)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.31
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.25 · weakest Brisket (160.17)
Road miles
3,428
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,217 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$56K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.35 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.26 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bacon Bash Texas, each with one reason worth a look.
100 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,408 of the rated field
- Contests
- 126
- GCs
- 6
- Top-10s
- 37%
- Peak
- 1821
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Bacon Bash Texas)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Bacon Bash Texas ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1523
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,422 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1523
They turned up 6 years after Bacon Bash Texas did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,426 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Bacon Bash Texas's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,413 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
Level with Bacon Bash Texas on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boondoxx BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Wagon | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| The Po Po Piggy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Swadley's Bar-B-Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Bob's B-B Crew | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 150.8684 | 161.70 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 178.3200 | 139.3600 | 160.27 | top 45% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.6800 | 162.25 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7256 | 142.8344 | 160.17 | top 58% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 24% | May 11, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
7 contests
Contests a season
4
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 8 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
228
finished ahead 143 times, behind 157
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Apr 21, 2017 → Apr 26, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20198 milestones
- First call Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest
- First overall top-10 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2512 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)
- Career-best overall score688.5252 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.3200 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)
- Peak power rating (1523) Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) | May 11, 2019 |
| +11.6 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 17, 2019 |
| +7.4 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | May 10, 2019 |
| +5.2 | Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash | Aug 9, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ | Apr 21, 2017 |
| -6.3 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Apr 26, 2019 |
| -2.4 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | May 10, 2019 |
| -0.3 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest | Apr 26, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 71% | top 46% | 95.6% | 90.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2019 | Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash 🏅 Winston, MO | 14 / 30 (669.1424) | 15 (166.8572) | 3 (174.2628) | 22 (162.2740) | 16 (165.7484) |
| May 17, 2019 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 6 / 44 (322.2632) | 8 (163.4172) | 4 (158.8460) | — | — |
| May 11, 2019 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 5 / 21 (688.5252) | 17 (166.2284) | 1 (178.3200) | 12 (170.2512) | 6 (173.7256) |
| May 10, 2019 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 19 / 28 (639.3484) | 22 (156.5600) | 21 (158.2744) | 23 (158.7884) | 12 (165.7256) |
| May 10, 2019 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 9 / 38 (674.2512) | 2 (176.5600) | 22 (161.1084) | 9 (173.1200) | 19 (163.4628) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK | 34 / 39 (601.0400) | 31 (157.7028) | 38 (139.3600) | 35 (149.6800) | 30 (154.2972) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 26 / 42 (647.3944) | 33 (155.4172) | 10 (168.5944) | 17 (168) | 31 (155.3828) |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 39 / 47 (590.7656) | 40 (150.8684) | 40 (143.4060) | 37 (153.6568) | 39 (142.8344) |