A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
BADASH BBQ
BADASH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 4th of 27 at the Smokin' For Garrett (2021). They are ranked #5790 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Bad Ash BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1443
peak 1443 · rated over 11 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Jun 24, 2022 · 8.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
8% of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.53 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 612.72 (+6.81)
Walk rate
15%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.21
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.20 · weakest Brisket (150.88)
Road miles
8,285
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 1,353 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.72 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
505.70 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #194 (118 pts) | #122 (218 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BADASH BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,801 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with BADASH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
They turned up 7 years after BADASH BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#5,799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before BADASH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1443
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPITFIRE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Beer Belly BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Lucky Smoke | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 142.2056 | 154.13 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 139.9544 | 157.20 | top 66% |
| Pork | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 143.9656 | 155.21 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 135.3600 | 150.88 | top 82% |
“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) | 8 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 82% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles City Cowtown Cook Off | 3 | 20 | 0 | top 88% | Jun 25, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.9
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MT
6 of 13 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
10
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
13 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
423
finished ahead 103 times, behind 434
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jun 14, 2019 → Jun 25, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score660.9716 Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1
- Most recent contest Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
20215 milestones
- First call Smokin' For Garrett
- First overall top-10 Smokin' For Garrett
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score505.7028 Smokin' For Garrett
- 10th tracked contest Smokin' For Garrett
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4056 Smokin' For Garrett
20151 milestone
- Peak power rating (1490) Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.7 | Smokin' For Garrett | Oct 22, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | Sep 11, 2015 |
| -10.5 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off | Jun 14, 2019 |
| -10.4 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | Jun 19, 2015 |
| -9.6 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff | Jun 24, 2022 |
| -7.4 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off | Jun 25, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 87% | 91.8% | 87.7% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 93.6% | 90% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.8% | 84.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.4% | 83% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2022 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT | 25 / 26 (601.5312) | 26 (142.2056) | 22 (159.9656) | 26 (146.2400) | 22 (153.1200) |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 33 / 42 (660.9716) | 38 (159.3600) | 7 (174.2628) | 26 (167.3944) | 37 (159.9544) |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Franklin, IN | — | — | 11 (169.6916) | — | — |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 4 / 27 (505.7028) | 10 (163.4400) | 3 (175.4056) | 11 (166.8572) | — |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT | 23 / 25 (621.0968) | 20 (164) | 23 (155.4056) | 23 (152.5828) | 23 (149.1084) |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT | 27 / 28 (596.4576) | 23 (158.3316) | 25 (154.8116) | 26 (147.9544) | 27 (135.3600) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 38 / 53 (617.6000) | 50 (145.1316) | 15 (163.4628) | 20 (160.5028) | 40 (148.5028) |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 21 / 26 (601.5540) | 24 (145.1200) | 18 (151.9428) | 21 (152.5484) | 22 (151.9428) |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off Miles City, MT | 20 / 26 (622.2404) | 24 (153.6916) | 22 (146.8116) | 17 (161.1428) | 17 (160.5944) |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 31 / 32 (591.8400) | 31 (148.5372) | 31 (139.9544) | 29 (154.8228) | 28 (148.5256) |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY | 40 / 47 (593.0400) | 37 (151.9888) | 42 (141.6228) | 31 (151.9656) | 33 (147.4628) |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off Miles City, MT | 20 / 26 (607.4288) | 14 (160.0344) | 20 (153.7144) | 22 (143.9656) | 20 (149.7144) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 161 / 174 (626.1944) | 159 (157.6916) | 141 (156.5716) | 146 (156.5256) | 147 (155.4056) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.