A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 80% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
BA'S BARBEQUE
BA'S BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 31 at the Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #3228 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “B.A.'s Barbeque”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1505 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2020
latest Oct 4, 2024 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.64
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.63 · weakest Pork (156.50)
Road miles
501
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$140K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
324.34 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
489.59 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BA'S BARBEQUE, each with one reason worth a look.
116 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,223 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1505
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BA'S BARBEQUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BA'S BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,220 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,219 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before BA'S BARBEQUE's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,212 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before BA'S BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,224 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
Level with BA'S BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before BA'S BARBEQUE'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 159.9428 | 162.46 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 146.7772 | 163.63 | top 49% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 156.5028 | 156.50 | top 71% |
“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 68% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poosa Q | 3 | 16 | 0 | top 51% | Oct 4, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
261
finished ahead 190 times, behind 228
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Sep 25, 2020 → May 5, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Poosa Q
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score489.5888 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1505) Poosa Q
20223 milestones
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Poosa Q | May 5, 2022 |
| +6.7 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 10, 2023 |
| +0.2 | Poosa Q | Oct 5, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest | Sep 25, 2020 |
| -5 | Poosa Q | Oct 4, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 45% | 91.1% | 90.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2024 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 45 / 59 (325.6572) | 48 (159.9428) | 40 (165.7144) | — | — |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 40 / 73 (327.8972) | 38 (166.2400) | 43 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 11 / 31 (489.5888) | 17 (161.6572) | 4 (171.4288) | 22 (156.5028) | — |
| May 5, 2022 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 16 / 72 (336.5144) | 31 (163.9544) | 8 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest 🏅 Semmes, AL | 23 / 23 (307.2916) | 19 (160.5144) | 22 (146.7772) | — | — |