A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
QUE-N-BREW ahead in 100% of their meetings
QUE-N-BREW has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BAD BOB'S BBQ
BAD BOB'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 19th of 25 at the BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest (2018). Also listed in KCBS results as “Bad Bob's BBQ+”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 14, 2013
latest Jul 20, 2018 · 5.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.86
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.64)
Road miles
122
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
636.65 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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BAD BOB'S BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
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- Contests
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- GCs
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- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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- Contests
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- GCs
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- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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- Contests
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- GCs
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- Top-10s
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- Peak
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 159.9544 | 163.52 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 139.4286 | 152.64 | top 84% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 150.2400 | 159.85 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 145.0516 | 160.64 | top 55% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | 3 | 19 | 0 | top 81% | Jul 20, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
116
finished ahead 34 times, behind 122
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Jun 14, 2013 → Jul 24, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
20171 milestone
- Career-best overall score644.9716 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
20152 milestones
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
- Peak power rating (1494) BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Southern Pride Invitational (Competitor's Series)
- First call Southern Pride Invitational (Competitor's Series)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest | Jul 22, 2016 |
| -6.2 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Jul 24, 2015 |
| -4.6 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Jul 20, 2018 |
| -4.1 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Jul 28, 2017 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2018 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 19 / 25 (642.0916) | 15 (164.5488) | 16 (162.2284) | 13 (170.2628) | 24 (145.0516) |
| Jul 28, 2017 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 20 / 26 (644.9716) | 22 (159.9544) | 17 (166.2400) | 26 (150.2400) | 11 (168.5372) |
| Jul 22, 2016 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 43 / 47 (629.4632) | 32 (164.5372) | 45 (151.3604) | 38 (160.5028) | 41 (153.0628) |
| Jul 24, 2015 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 26 / 35 (643.8512) | 28 (161.6800) | 34 (143.9428) | 20 (164.5256) | 9 (173.7028) |
| Jun 14, 2013 | Southern Pride Invitational (Competitor's Series) unrated Marion, IL | 19 / 29 (622.8572) | 10 (166.8572) | 28 (139.4286) | 23 (153.7142) | 7 (162.8572) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.