The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at *OC BBQ Competition (2017-10-13).
- last seen 2016-03-25
- back 2017-10-13
M.A.D.BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-10-13
latest 2018-10-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.52
last 3 Master vs avg 627.52 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.27 · weakest Brisket (149.68)
Road miles
4,335
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1591 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Master avg
627.52 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 long haul
4,335
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,335 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,591 miles to Hamond BBQ.
- 4 mapped stops
- furthest 1,591 mi
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.
M.A.D.BBQ has 3 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 136 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.
#4115 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1480
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to M.A.D.BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team M.A.D.BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after M.A.D.BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with M.A.D.BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
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#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 145.1200 | 157.48 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5488 | 154.8572 | 162.27 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 149.7144 | 158.09 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 145.6344 | 149.68 | top 94% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2017-10-13 → 2018-10-12
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.27 · weakest Brisket (149.68)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
627.52
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
97
24–100 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,335
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,591 mi
Schedule strength
1598
average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2016-03-25 → 2017-10-13
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Hamond BBQ
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2804 *OC BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score651.2804 *OC BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5488 *OC BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1497) *OC BBQ Competition
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Temecula State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | *Temecula State BBQ Championship | 2018-10-12 |
| -6.8 | *Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
| -2.9 | *OC BBQ Competition | 2017-10-13 |
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)
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.9% | 85.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-12 | *Temecula State BBQ Championship Temecula, CA | 42 / 46 (632.9944) | 39 (159.9428) | 34 (163.4056) | 35 (164.0116) | 44 (145.6344) |
| 2018-08-10 | *Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash Winston, MO | 22 / 25 (598.2860) | 24 (145.1200) | 22 (154.8572) | 24 (149.7144) | 24 (148.5944) |
| 2017-10-13 | *OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA | 39 / 56 (651.2804) | 29 (167.3828) | 21 (168.5488) | 41 (160.5372) | 51 (154.8116) |
| 2016-03-25 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |