High-water mark
674.2292
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2292 at Grizzly BBQ Brawl — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 6, 2024
M A A D Meats BBQ
M A A D Meats BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 30 at the Grizzly BBQ Brawl (2024). They finished #741 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 21, 2023
latest Jul 18, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.27 · weakest Brisket (166.26)
Road miles
317
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
669.93 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #866 (155 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1127 (75 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #741 (188 pts) | #783 (193 pts) | #836 (188 pts) | #809 (178 pts) | #720 (228 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1099 (102 pts) | #1232 (82 pts) | #1042 (142 pts) | #835 (172 pts) | #1267 (67 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 165.0972 | 170.27 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 163.9772 | 166.56 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 162.8228 | 166.83 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 161.1316 | 166.26 | top 54% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Buckeye BBQ Classic | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 57% | Jul 19, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 56 times, behind 75
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest Buckeye BBQ Classic
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score674.2292 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Peak power rating (1509) Grizzly BBQ Brawl
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest The Buckeye BBQ Classic
- First call The Buckeye BBQ Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9428 The Buckeye BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.5 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 6, 2024 |
| +3.5 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 21, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 18, 2025 |
| -0.5 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 19, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 93.6% | 92.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2025 | Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 28 / 40 (671.3484) | 8 (174.8456) | 30 (165.1316) | 31 (162.8228) | 22 (168.5484) |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH | 14 / 30 (674.2292) | 10 (173.1544) | 15 (165.7032) | 23 (163.3944) | 8 (171.9772) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 21 / 33 (662.1832) | 24 (165.0972) | 20 (163.9772) | 14 (169.7144) | 21 (163.3944) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 16 / 32 (671.9428) | 20 (167.9656) | 9 (171.4400) | 6 (171.4056) | 23 (161.1316) |