BAD AZZ MULE BBQ PA

Power ranking

#310

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1645

peak 1706

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-19

latest 2025-06-20

Best ToY finish

#37

Master 2021

Grand champs

3 reserve

Category wins

35 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 67 contests

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

699.9660

BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

678.99 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 680.75 (-1.76)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)

Consistency

±9.80

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 172.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.47)

Road miles

14658

mi across 67 mapped stops · furthest 1153 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has finished one call ahead of BAD AZZ MULE BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has landed one call behind them 5 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 14 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE in 20 of their 21 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES is their spot: an average finish in the top 7% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.5940 points of the Grand Championship at Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 (2021-08-27).

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 21% across 9 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	66	15	1	4	178.2972	157.1428	170.38	top 43%
Pork Ribs	66	25	4	8	180.0000 🔥	155.9544	168.47	top 45%
Pork	67	40	8	17	180.0000 🔥	159.3828	172.23	top 27%
Brisket	66	27	0	6	177.7144	158.7884	169.53	top 37%

“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	Avg finish
PA	14	top 22%
VA	13	top 32%
NJ	8	top 20%
MD	7	top 20%
AL	6	top 43%
FL	6	top 37%
NC	3	top 36%
GA	3	top 29%
OK	2	top 67%
SC	1	top 66%
KS	1	top 22%
DE	1	top 5%
DC	1	top 35%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 27%
Medium (20–39)	29	top 27%
Large (40+)	34	top 33%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (19 contests)
Cooks mostly in PA (14 of 67 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork (67 entries)
All-time average overall score: 680.75
4 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2025	3	0	694.8116	681.81
2024	5	1	698.8116	680.37
2023	4	0	694.7772	685.75
2022	12	3	699.9660	685.67
2021	19	3	694.8116	677.66
2020	9	3	693.0744	684.96
2019	15	3	690.2516	676.57

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-06-20	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	25 / 42 (681.5884)	22 (173.1200)	32 (166.2400)	29 (170.2628)	16 (171.9656)
2025-01-24	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	13 / 40 (694.8116)	20 (172.5600)	21 (170.8344)	11 (175.4172)	8 (176.0000)
2025-01-09	9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam Elkton, FL	26 / 38 (669.0284)	29 (168.5256)	22 (169.1544)	23 (168.5256)	29 (162.8228)
2024-10-04	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	42 / 59 (672.5028)	45 (165.7028)	33 (168.5716)	1 (179.4400)	54 (158.7884)
2024-07-11	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	50 / 76 (677.0288)	49 (169.6800)	41 (169.6916)	24 (173.1200)	56 (164.5372)
2024-05-04	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC	4 / 35 (698.8116)	10 (176.5716)	27 (169.6800)	6 (176.5600)	5 (176.0000)
2024-05-03	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC	38 / 45 (671.3028)	23 (169.6916)	41 (160.5372)	18 (172.5484)	30 (168.5256)
2024-01-26	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	36 / 61 (682.1944)	38 (170.8228)	48 (165.6800)	3 (177.7144)	37 (167.9772)
2023-11-17	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	8 / 25 (677.6116)	17 (162.8228)	4 (175.4172)	8 (170.8344)	7 (168.5372)
2023-10-06	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival Lyons, GA	10 / 29 (683.2796)	9 (173.1084)	12 (171.9772)	13 (171.9656)	18 (166.2284)
2023-03-31	Swampfest Waycross, GA	8 / 28 (687.3488)	23 (165.0972)	17 (167.9772)	2 (176.5600)	2 (177.7144)
2023-01-27	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	7 / 51 (694.7772)	29 (170.8228)	19 (171.9772)	3 (177.7144)	14 (174.2628)
2022-12-01	Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship Demopolis, AL	4 / 13 (678.7432)	6 (167.3828)	10 (165.1088)	1 (177.7144)	6 (168.5372)
2022-11-18	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	4 / 25 (690.7772)	11 (171.9656)	13 (167.9888)	5 (174.2628)	3 (176.5600)
2022-11-12	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL	13 / 61 (698.8116)	23 (175.4172)	37 (171.4288)	14 (176.5600)	17 (175.4056)
2022-11-11	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL	45 / 91 (678.1828)	15 (175.4172)	79 (163.4288)	5 (177.7028)	76 (161.6340)
2022-09-16	Smoketember Fest Baxley, GA	7 / 30 (691.8968)	15 (170.2628)	6 (174.2628)	3 (177.7028)	15 (169.6684)
2022-06-17	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	15 / 34 (667.3372)	17 (167.9772)	12 (166.8572)	19 (164.5372)	13 (167.9656)
2022-05-05	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	20 / 72 (681.0168)	14 (173.1200)	65 (161.6800)	2 (175.4056)	28 (170.8112)
2022-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	21 / 41 (666.1596)	21 (170.8456)	27 (163.9772)	24 (165.1084)	22 (166.2284)
2022-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	4 / 48 (689.0744)	16 (170.8228)	19 (168.5372)	6 (174.2744)	4 (175.4400)
2022-04-08	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition Stem, NC	4 / 36 (691.3484)	12 (171.4056)	19 (167.3828)	1 (178.2972)	5 (174.2628)
2022-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	6 / 50 (699.9660)	19 (174.2628)	27 (172.5832)	11 (176.5600)	5 (176.5600)
2022-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	8 / 53 (694.7656)	10 (175.4056)	1 (180.0000)	18 (173.1200)	38 (166.2400)
2021-11-13	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK	76 / 92 (677.5768)	43 (174.2628)	46 (173.1200)	88 (159.3828)	50 (170.8112)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK	57 / 111 (677.6228)	53 (170.8228)	99 (161.1316)	33 (173.1200)	31 (172.5484)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary Shawnee, OK	—	—	—	30 (162.8344)	—
2021-10-23	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	2 / 31 (686.8120)	2 (176.5716)	3 (173.1316)	11 (170.2744)	14 (166.8344)
2021-10-22	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	6 / 31 (670.1828)	17 (166.2400)	3 (170.8456)	7 (171.4172)	18 (161.6800)
2021-10-08	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA	4 / 27 (671.8744)	4 (174.8572)	20 (158.2288)	3 (173.7028)	7 (165.0856)
2021-09-24	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	4 / 31 (684.4796)	13 (168.5484)	1 (176.5944)	12 (168.5140)	8 (170.8228)
2021-08-28	Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 Boonsboro, MD	10 / 20 (676.4916)	11 (170.2628)	19 (157.6800)	7 (173.1316)	5 (175.4172)
2021-08-27	Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 Boonsboro, MD	2 / 24 (685.0860)	4 (175.4172)	3 (172.0116)	13 (163.3828)	2 (174.2744)
2021-07-30	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	6 / 54 (681.6228)	23 (169.1084)	14 (169.1200)	10 (172.5600)	6 (170.8344)
2021-06-18	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	17 / 41 (665.0172)	19 (167.9656)	26 (162.2628)	7 (170.8344)	27 (163.9544)
2021-06-11	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	11 / 30 (672.4340)	2 (177.7028)	20 (161.0972)	11 (170.8228)	18 (162.8112)
2021-05-14	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	4 / 46 (671.3024)	3 (176.0000)	9 (169.6912)	9 (166.8228)	26 (158.7884)
2021-04-24	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	18 / 40 (665.6456)	12 (171.9656)	11 (168.6172)	26 (164.5372)	24 (160.5256)
2021-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	6 / 40 (679.3712)	1 (177.7028)	26 (162.2628)	8 (171.4056)	11 (168.0000)
2021-04-17	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 Hagerstown, MD	4 / 34 (694.8116)	27 (165.0972)	9 (173.1544)	1 (180.0000)	6 (176.5600)
2021-04-16	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 Hagerstown, MD	4 / 47 (691.3828)	20 (170.8228)	4 (176.5716)	3 (176.5828)	25 (167.4056)
2021-03-27	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA	24 / 40 (673.0284)	21 (169.6684)	26 (166.2628)	4 (174.8572)	35 (162.2400)
2021-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA	20 / 46 (673.0516)	7 (174.2972)	42 (155.9544)	21 (169.6800)	9 (173.1200)
2020-11-13	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS	21 / 94 (693.0744)	13 (176.5600)	84 (163.3944)	4 (180.0000)	34 (173.1200)
2020-10-30	Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA	16 / 33 (675.9316)	4 (178.2972)	8 (172.5716)	31 (160.5028)	19 (164.5600)
2020-10-29	The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA	8 / 33 (688.4916)	14 (170.8344)	11 (173.1316)	18 (169.6800)	5 (174.8456)
2020-10-17	Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	3 / 40 (681.7028)	18 (169.1544)	16 (164.5600)	1 (180.0000)	11 (167.9884)
2020-10-16	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	3 / 37 (683.8972)	13 (171.9656)	11 (167.4060)	6 (173.1200)	2 (171.4056)
2020-08-08	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 2 WYTHE, VA	3 / 17 (686.8000)	14 (166.2400)	6 (170.2744)	2 (176.0000)	4 (174.2856)
2020-08-07	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 WYTHE, VA	6 / 19 (686.2172)	11 (169.6800)	1 (175.4516)	9 (169.1200)	5 (171.9656)
2020-07-24	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	3 / 59 (690.8572)	18 (169.1772)	7 (171.9772)	1 (177.7028)	9 (172.0000)
2020-06-26	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	11 / 53 (677.6232)	24 (168.5600)	27 (166.2516)	12 (170.8344)	12 (171.9772)
2019-10-25	Zom-B-Q(BBQ Wythe US) Wytheville, VA	8 / 20 (676.4688)	12 (165.6916)	9 (169.1200)	1 (173.1200)	12 (168.5372)
2019-10-18	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	3 / 63 (679.3140)	28 (165.0856)	1 (174.2628)	5 (173.1200)	13 (166.8456)
2019-09-27	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	13 / 40 (656.4456)	21 (163.9772)	21 (159.3944)	10 (167.9772)	18 (165.0968)
2019-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	25 / 65 (657.5996)	8 (171.9884)	48 (158.8228)	22 (165.6800)	32 (161.1084)
2019-08-09	Maryland State BBQ Bash Belair, MD	6 / 30 (678.2512)	11 (167.9656)	8 (171.4744)	3 (173.7028)	12 (165.1084)
2019-07-26	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	4 / 53 (683.9544)	11 (171.9656)	16 (167.9772)	8 (171.4172)	6 (172.5944)
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	6 / 48 (685.0856)	31 (162.8000)	9 (171.4400)	1 (177.7028)	8 (173.1428)
2019-06-22	Giant National Capital BBQ Battle Washington, DC	11 / 31 (674.7772)	21 (158.8000)	10 (169.7144)	4 (176.0000)	14 (170.2628)
2019-06-08	Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD	5 / 37 (676.4800)	8 (171.4172)	3 (174.2628)	9 (168.5256)	12 (162.2744)
2019-05-25	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 Gettysburg, PA	18 / 32 (680.4456)	14 (171.4172)	5 (176.5600)	29 (160.5028)	12 (171.9656)
2019-05-24	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 Gettysburg, PA	2 / 33 (690.2516)	9 (172.0116)	6 (171.9772)	10 (169.6684)	2 (176.5944)
2019-05-04	BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) Fredericksburg, VA	9 / 33 (686.1828)	15 (171.4056)	19 (167.3944)	12 (170.8228)	2 (176.5600)
2019-05-03	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) Fredericksburg, VA	15 / 34 (663.3144)	24 (165.7028)	29 (157.6572)	14 (167.9772)	6 (171.9772)
2019-04-26	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	5 / 32 (686.7996)	15 (167.4056)	6 (170.8228)	6 (174.8456)	6 (173.7256)
2019-04-19	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	14 / 54 (673.2228)	46 (157.1428)	6 (174.3200)	7 (175.4172)	26 (166.3428)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Master	#631 (240 pts)	#736 (220 pts)	#786 (215 pts)	#638 (260 pts)	#558 (320 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#392 (535 pts)	#497 (415 pts)	#528 (440 pts)	#233 (935 pts)	#419 (520 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#206 (1010 pts)	#319 (715 pts)	#385 (645 pts)	#125 (1340 pts)	#205 (995 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#159 (1219 pts)	#272 (859 pts)	#241 (999 pts)	#165 (1189 pts)	#206 (1059 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#37 (2063 pts)	#37 (1953 pts)	#59 (1791 pts)	#47 (1867 pts)	#86 (1553 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#53 (1467 pts)	#114 (907 pts)	#78 (1167 pts)	#47 (1392 pts)	#56 (1292 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#103 (1824 pts)	#221 (1225 pts)	#81 (1778 pts)	#61 (1948 pts)	#104 (1679 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#326 (1030 pts)	#398 (895 pts)	#338 (995 pts)	#282 (1115 pts)	#285 (1110 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#591 (667 pts)	#580 (697 pts)	#448 (872 pts)	#504 (782 pts)	#522 (762 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1735 (126 pts)	#1816 (131 pts)	#1689 (156 pts)	#1835 (126 pts)	#1262 (246 pts)