Riding a hot streak
8
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 8-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 8
Bad Azz BBQ
Bad Azz BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival (2014), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1588 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1559
peak 1559 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Aug 17, 2013
latest Jun 23, 2018 · 4.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
4
10 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
89% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
8
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.91 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 657.50 (-4.59)
Walk rate
89%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.71)
Road miles
3,658
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,426 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
657.50 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bad Azz BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
50 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1558
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1564
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,591 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1560
They turned up 8 years after Bad Azz BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#1,589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1559
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before Bad Azz BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
Level with Bad Azz BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
Fewer contests behind them than Bad Azz BBQ has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CAPERSQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| HawgWash BBQ. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BIGG SMOAK BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 175.4516 | 148 | 162.93 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 170.2856 | 150.2284 | 162.71 | top 44% |
| Pork | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 178.8572 | 155.4056 | 168.49 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 172.0572 | 153.7144 | 163.37 | top 35% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 19% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Water (Day 2) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 52% | Jun 23, 2018 |
| Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 28% | Aug 21, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ON
2 of 9 contests · 4 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 117 times, behind 35
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
May 21, 2016 → Jun 22, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Peak power rating (1559) Smoke on the Water (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water (Day 2)
20144 milestones
- First overall podium Grill Billies BBQ Show Down
- First Reserve Championship Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score682.2856 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First call Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First category win (Pork) Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First overall top-10 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | Aug 16, 2014 |
| +12.6 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship | Jun 13, 2015 |
| +12.1 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival | Aug 17, 2013 |
| +10.5 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down | Jun 13, 2014 |
| +6.2 | Triple B Festival | May 21, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.7 | Smoke on the Water (Day 2) | Jun 23, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 90.7% | 90.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 27% | 90.3% | 89.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 15% | 94.8% | 93% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 15% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2018 | Smoke on the Water (Day 2) Kenora, Ontaro | 9 / 16 (653.1320) | 2 (175.4516) | 13 (154.8460) | 11 (162.8572) | 10 (159.9772) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Smoke on the Water (Day 1) Kenora, ON | 8 / 17 (650.2860) | 11 (162.8572) | 9 (162.8572) | 12 (158.2744) | 6 (166.2972) |
| May 21, 2016 | Triple B Festival Kenora, ON | 5 / 17 (670.2512) | 8 (165.1200) | 6 (168) | 2 (174.2856) | 9 (162.8456) |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg, MB | 9 / 22 (640.5484) | 21 (148) | 18 (150.2284) | 3 (170.2628) | 1 (172.0572) |
| Jun 13, 2015 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship Regina, Saskatchewan Canada | 3 / 22 (650.3544) | 7 (160.0116) | 8 (157.7600) | 3 (171.4056) | 2 (161.1772) |
| Apr 17, 2015 | 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2014 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg Manitoba Canada | 2 / 26 (682.2856) | 5 (169.6800) | 7 (168) | 1 (178.8572) | 5 (165.7484) |
| Jun 13, 2014 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down Niverville Manitoba Canada | 3 / 14 (657.1540) | 3 (166.8800) | 1 (169.7256) | 8 (155.4056) | 4 (165.1428) |
| Aug 17, 2013 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA | 4 / 26 (656) | 13 (155.4056) | 7 (170.2856) | 1 (176.5944) | 17 (153.7144) |