High-water mark
682.8116
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.8116 at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 14, 2025
MADAB'S BBQ
MADAB'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 33 at the Bands & BBQ at the Point (2023). They are ranked #2495 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1530 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 17, 2023
latest Mar 14, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.69
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.28)
Road miles
730
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 182 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)
Purse competed for
$54K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.08 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
331.94 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
655.31 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #366 (65 pts) | #321 (110 pts) | #379 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #809 (156 pts) | #550 (356 pts) | #910 (156 pts) | #635 (281 pts) | #579 (326 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #144 (348 pts) | #208 (193 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MADAB'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,488 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1529
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MADAB'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MADAB'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before MADAB'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with MADAB'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before MADAB'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CHIP BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JMB BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| WeQ4U | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 177.1428 | 165.1200 | 171.31 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 147.2800 | 161.28 | top 55% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 160.5372 | 169.47 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 150.2516 | 165.99 | top 39% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 45% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 35% | Mar 14, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
306
finished ahead 286 times, behind 245
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score682.8116 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
20242 milestones
- Peak power rating (1530) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.7772 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First call Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First overall top-10 Bands & BBQ at the Point
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.1 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 8, 2023 |
| +9.5 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 17, 2023 |
| +8.8 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.8 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues | Aug 16, 2024 |
| -2.1 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
| -1.9 | Derby Park Que Off | May 10, 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 | 0% | top 52% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 93.3% | 92.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 22% | 93% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 52 / 100 (682.8116) | 63 (170.8228) | 60 (168.5372) | 29 (174.2744) | 52 (169.1772) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues 🏅 Madison, IN | 37 / 49 (661.5316) | 2 (177.1428) | 49 (147.2800) | 45 (160.5372) | 4 (176.5716) |
| May 10, 2024 | Derby Park Que Off Louisville, KY | 15 / 21 (671.9084) | 15 (165.1200) | 15 (165.0972) | 3 (173.7256) | 11 (167.9656) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 24 / 93 (329.1088) | 15 (169.1200) | 34 (159.9888) | 9 (171.4056) | — |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 6 / 33 (655.3144) | 3 (173.7028) | 9 (163.9428) | 4 (167.4172) | 14 (150.2516) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 21 / 80 (334.7772) | 12 (171.9656) | 29 (162.8116) | — | — |