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.
Baby J's
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1508 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-17
latest 2015-08-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.88
last 4 Master vs avg 632.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±5.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.89 · weakest Brisket (153.97)
Road miles
2,714
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1353 mi
Schedule strength
2%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1501)
Master avg
632.88 / 720
4 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Sons of Hamarchy in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Baby J's has 4 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 124 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.
#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Baby J's did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Baby J's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
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#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1656 | 146.2856 | 154.15 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 168.6400 | 159.4172 | 163.89 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 154.8800 | 160.86 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 148.5032 | 153.97 | top 60% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MB | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 56% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 45% | 2015-08-21 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-08-17 → 2015-08-21
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MB
1 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.89 · weakest Brisket (153.97)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
632.88
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
51
40–44 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,714
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,353 mi
Schedule strength
1501
average field rating faced — tougher than 2% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-16 → 2015-08-21
Power rating
1497
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First call Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First overall top-10 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score642.4116 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.6400 Grill Billies BBQ Show Down
- Peak power rating (1508) Grill Billies BBQ Show Down
- 2015
- Most recent contest Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival | 2013-08-17 |
| +0.9 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down | 2014-06-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2014-08-16 |
| -1.9 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 2015-08-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 87.6% | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-21 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg, MB | 13 / 22 (629.6912) | 15 (156.6056) | 9 (160.5944) | 13 (160.5256) | 16 (151.9656) |
| 2014-08-16 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, | 20 / 26 (628.5144) | 19 (157.1656) | 16 (159.4172) | 12 (163.4284) | 23 (148.5032) |
| 2014-06-13 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down Niverville Manitoba Canada, | 7 / 14 (630.9144) | 11 (156.5600) | 2 (168.6400) | 10 (154.8800) | 9 (150.8344) |
| 2013-08-17 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA | 8 / 26 (642.4116) | 22 (146.2856) | 9 (166.9144) | 8 (164.6172) | 4 (164.5944) |