A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bad Azz BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad Azz BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pit Monsters
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-08-17
latest 2018-06-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.85
last 5 Master vs avg 620.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.77 · weakest Chicken (150.15)
Road miles
2,787
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1353 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
620.85 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 weak link
−9.6
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.62 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Chicken avg 150.15
- Pork avg 159.77
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
2.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at Triple B Festival Day 2 (2017-06-24).
- last seen 2014-08-16
- back 2017-06-24
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
HawgWash BBQ. has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5113 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 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5110 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pit Monsters on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5115 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- 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#5136 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Pit Monsters did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#5114 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1460
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 136.0000 | 150.15 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7600 | 145.6684 | 159.54 | top 53% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 145.1772 | 159.77 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4056 | 139.3828 | 151.39 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.8 yrs
2013-08-17 → 2018-06-23
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
1 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.77 · weakest Chicken (150.15)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
620.85
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
62
19–79 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,787
5 mapped stops · furthest 1,353 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
2014-08-16 → 2017-06-24
Power rating
1459
peak 1459 · #5123 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- 2014
- First call Grill Billies BBQ Show Down
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8228 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- 2018
- Career-best overall score638.3200 Smoke on the Water (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.5 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down | 2014-06-13 |
| -10.9 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival | 2013-08-17 |
| -8.4 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2014-08-16 |
| -3 | Smoke on the Water (Day 2) | 2018-06-23 |
| -2.9 | Triple B Festival Day 2 | 2017-06-24 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 90% | 86.8% | 85% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 84% | 84% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-23 | Smoke on the Water (Day 2) Kenora, Ontaro, R3P 103 | 12 / 16 (638.3200) | 15 (150.8456) | 5 (169.7600) | 12 (160.5828) | 14 (157.1316) |
| 2017-06-24 | Triple B Festival Day 2 Kenora, ON | 15 / 21 (637.7144) | 17 (159.4400) | 12 (158.8916) | 17 (159.9772) | 12 (159.4056) |
| 2014-08-16 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, | 21 / 26 (624.9828) | 23 (149.6800) | 23 (145.6684) | 4 (170.8228) | 16 (158.8116) |
| 2014-06-13 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down Niverville Manitoba Canada, | 14 / 14 (598.7772) | 12 (154.7884) | 6 (159.4288) | 13 (145.1772) | 14 (139.3828) |
| 2013-08-17 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA | 22 / 26 (604.4572) | 26 (136.0000) | 12 (163.9312) | 11 (162.2972) | 25 (142.2288) |