A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BAD BOB'S QUE
BAD BOB'S QUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 28 at the Que & Cruz (2017). They are ranked #2917 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1513 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2017
latest Mar 22, 2025 · 7.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.20
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.91 · weakest Pork (157.46)
Road miles
288
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.56 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.65 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BAD BOB'S QUE, each with one reason worth a look.
113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,920 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
They turned up 7 years after BAD BOB'S QUE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,926 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before BAD BOB'S QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,929 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
Level with BAD BOB'S QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,930 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,912 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 158.8228 | 165.91 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 170.2972 | 149.0516 | 162.72 | top 39% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3600 | 155.3600 | 157.46 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 158.2628 | 161.48 | top 43% |
“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 51% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 52% | Mar 22, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
138
finished ahead 91 times, behind 130
Longest layoff
7.4 yrs
Oct 13, 2017 → Mar 21, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
20178 milestones
- First tracked contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
- First call Beltway BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5428 Beltway BBQ Showdown
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Que & Cruz
- First overall top-10 Que & Cruz
- Career-best overall score657.0056 Que & Cruz
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 Que & Cruz
- Peak power rating (1513) Que & Cruz
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Que & Cruz | Oct 6, 2017 |
| +3.4 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | Jun 9, 2017 |
| +2 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | Mar 22, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.9 | Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest | Oct 13, 2017 |
| -2.5 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | Mar 21, 2025 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 93.8% | 90.5% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 51% | 91.3% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 20 / 43 (337.6688) | 16 (169.6800) | 17 (167.9888) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 26 / 45 (313.6232) | 20 (164.5716) | 27 (149.0516) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA | 23 / 30 (638.1372) | 20 (158.8228) | 12 (165.6916) | 26 (155.3600) | 18 (158.2628) |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Que & Cruz Louisa, VA | 8 / 28 (657.0056) | 6 (169.1084) | 1 (170.2972) | 17 (157.6572) | 10 (159.9428) |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 14 / 29 (653.5428) | 12 (167.3828) | 15 (160.5600) | 21 (159.3600) | 10 (166.2400) |