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
Smokin Sumthin BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 33rd of 44 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2026). They finished #366 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1460
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 31, 2013
latest Mar 6, 2026 · 12.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.22 · weakest Brisket (150.03)
Road miles
762
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 762 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.90 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
163.95 / 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 150.2856 | 159.22 | top 77% |
| 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.
By field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 3 | 33 | 0 | top 88% | Mar 6, 2026 |
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 · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
263
finished ahead 31 times, behind 309
Longest layoff
9.5 yrs
Aug 31, 2013 → Mar 3, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score618 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1084 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 3, 2023 |
| -11 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 7, 2025 |
| -10.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 31, 2013 |
| -6.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 33 / 44 (163.9544) | — | 24 (163.9544) | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 43 / 45 (616.8912) | 45 (153.0628) | 44 (149.0628) | 39 (162.2628) | 41 (152.5028) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 61 / 65 (618) | 62 (153.6572) | 61 (151.3372) | 44 (165.1084) | 62 (147.8972) |
| Aug 31, 2013 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 75 / 89 (594.8228) | 53 (156.5600) | 86 (138.2972) | 67 (150.2856) | 66 (149.6800) |