They almost always walk
70%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BAD S. BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1518 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2013-04-06
latest 2017-06-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.04 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 617.65 (-8.61)
Walk rate
70%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±51.93
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 159.86 · weakest Chicken (147.59)
Road miles
379
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
617.65 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A tough matchup
8–1
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 89% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.
The weak link
−12.3
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.27 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 30% of the time against 50%.
- Chicken avg 147.59
- Brisket avg 159.86
- 3 calls in 10 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Brisket nemesis
7 of 9
shared brisket entries lost
Smokey and the Pirate ahead 78% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Smokey and the Pirate has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared brisket entries.
Boom or bust
±7.21%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±7.21% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 85.8% of a perfect score
- best 92.0%
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.
114 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAD S. BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2700 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1534
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2679 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before BAD S. BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOO ASHAMED TO NAME | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey and the Pirate | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| SON OF SMOKE | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| BOWLING OVER PIGS | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKTERA BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Ric's Righteous Ribs | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMITTY'S SMOKE PATROL | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF THE PIG | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| CANYON RIDERS BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| THESMOKERING.COM | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.5828 | 20.0000 | 147.59 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 146.2060 | 156.33 | top 56% |
| Pork | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 133.7142 | 153.88 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 166.8456 | 142.7768 | 159.86 | top 34% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 47% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 50% | 2015-06-26 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2013-04-06 → 2017-06-23
Busiest season
2013
5 contests
Contests a season
2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
10 of 10 contests
Contests visited
8
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 159.86 · weakest Chicken (147.59)
Walk rate
70%
a top-10 call in 7 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
2 of 10 contests
Master average
617.65
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
216
208–196 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
379
10 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1513
peak 1518 · #2689 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- First call Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Brentwood Cook Off and Car Show
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9540 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1518) Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- 2017
- First category win (Chicken) Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- 10th tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score662.2512 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2014-06-27 |
| +10.8 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| +6.3 | Brentwood Cook Off and Car Show | 2013-08-09 |
| +4 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2013-06-28 |
| +3.2 | Blues, Brews & BBQ | 2013-05-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | 2015-06-26 |
| -5.9 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship | 2013-04-06 |
| -3.6 | RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills | 2013-09-13 |
| -0.8 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships | 2016-06-24 |
| -0.2 | Oaktown Throwdown | 2014-08-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 92% | 92% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 65% | 65% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 90.5% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | top 51% | 88.8% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 17 / 62 (662.2512) | 1 (176.5828) | 37 (158.2744) | 16 (168.5828) | 32 (158.8112) |
| 2016-06-24 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA | 32 / 54 (632.3544) | 31 (158.2172) | 48 (146.2060) | 20 (163.9656) | 16 (163.9656) |
| 2015-06-26 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 47 / 49 (467.8284) | 48 (20.0000) | 30 (155.9544) | 41 (149.0972) | 38 (142.7768) |
| 2014-08-01 | Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA | 12 / 22 (630.7884) | 6 (166.2856) | 9 (162.8572) | 18 (146.2856) | 12 (155.3600) |
| 2014-06-27 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 6 / 48 (651.9540) | 15 (157.7028) | 14 (161.7028) | 8 (165.7028) | 7 (166.8456) |
| 2013-09-13 | RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills Cameron Park, CA | 25 / 39 (626.1944) | 23 (158.8344) | 33 (151.4516) | 28 (153.6572) | 13 (162.2512) |
| 2013-08-09 | Brentwood Cook Off and Car Show Brentwood, CA | 6 / 17 (625.6568) | 9 (152.5256) | 7 (155.9772) | 11 (155.4628) | 2 (161.6912) |
| 2013-06-28 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 23 / 56 (639.4286) | 13 (164.0002) | 34 (154.2856) | 27 (156.5714) | 10 (164.5714) |
| 2013-05-24 | Blues, Brews & BBQ Brentwood, CA | 15 / 34 (633.1430) | 12 (163.4286) | 10 (164.5716) | 27 (145.7142) | 10 (159.4286) |
| 2013-04-06 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Woodland, CA | 23 / 33 (606.8570) | 12 (158.2856) | 22 (152.0002) | 31 (133.7142) | 7 (162.8570) |