A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BAD ROOSTER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAD ROOSTER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Sumthin BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1460
peak 1460 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2026-03-06
Best ToY finish
#338
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.90
last 3 Master vs avg 609.90 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.67
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.26 · weakest Brisket (150.03)
Road miles
762
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 762 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.90 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
163.95 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 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 (2 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.
The comeback
9.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 9.5 years, then back at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2023-03-03).
- last seen 2013-08-31
- back 2023-03-03
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.
Smokin Sumthin 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 122 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.
#5075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1461
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin Sumthin BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin Sumthin BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
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#5090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Smokin Sumthin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5068 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Sumthin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 153.0628 | 154.43 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 138.2972 | 150.66 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 150.2856 | 161.26 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5028 | 147.8972 | 150.03 | top 87% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 3 | 33 | 0 | top 88% | 2026-03-06 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.5 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2026-03-06
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
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 · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.26 · weakest Brisket (150.03)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
609.90
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
163.95
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
263
31–309 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
762
4 mapped stops · furthest 762 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$36,300
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
9.5 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2023-03-03
Power rating
1460
peak 1460 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2023
- Career-best overall score618.0000 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.3828 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2023-03-03 |
| -11 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2025-03-07 |
| -10.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
| -6.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2026-03-06 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 45.5% | 45.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 33 / 44 (163.9544) | — | 24 (163.9544) | 17 (167.3828) | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 43 / 45 (616.8912) | 45 (153.0628) | 44 (149.0628) | 39 (162.2628) | 41 (152.5028) |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 61 / 65 (618.0000) | 62 (153.6572) | 61 (151.3372) | 44 (165.1084) | 62 (147.8972) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 75 / 89 (594.8228) | 53 (156.5600) | 86 (138.2972) | 67 (150.2856) | 66 (149.6800) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 ↗ | Backyard | #338 (58 pts) | — | #308 (63 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |