BAD HABIT BBQ

BAD HABIT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 69 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Bordertown BBQ Brawl (2020), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 5 times. They are ranked #291 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#291

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1726

peak 1734 · rated over 61 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 21, 2015

latest Sep 13, 2024 · 9.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#190

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

5 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

32 podiums

Overall top-10s

48% of 69 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8344 / 720

Master · All American BBQ Throwdown

Perfect 180s

6 🔥

Current form

682.90 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 674.50 (+8.40)

Walk rate

81%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · GLBBQA Spring Fling

Consistency

±11.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.33 · weakest Pork (167.65)

Road miles

13,203

across 69 mapped stops · furthest 731 mi

Schedule strength

73%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)

Purse competed for

$245K

listed at 37 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

won from 40 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.50 / 720

62 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (18 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

0.5260 points from the title

Came within 0.5260 points of the Grand Championship at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival (Oct 18, 2019).

Among the elite

#291 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 4% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1726 puts them #291 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 4% of the field.

rating 1726
peak 1734
61 rated contests

The 180 club

6 perfect 180s

6 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.

Chicken ×2
Pork Ribs ×2
Brisket ×2

Against the odds

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Bordertown BBQ Brawl (Jul 17, 2020) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 20-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, iBQ'n.

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown.

Aug 2, 2019

They almost always walk

81% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 56 of 69 contests

A top-10 category call in 81% of their 69 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8344 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8344 at All American BBQ Throwdown — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 2, 2024

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State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 40 entries at contests carrying the title.

40 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

BAD WOLF BBQ has finished one call ahead of BAD HABIT BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

38–13 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 75% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 38 of their 51 shared contests.

The drought

33 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Bordertown BBQ Brawl on Jul 17, 2020 — 33 contests and 6.2 years ago.

last GC Jul 17, 2020
6.2 years ago

A strong matchup

26–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 87% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of B&R SMOKE in 26 of their 30 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

5 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 5 times against 3 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

3 Grand Championships
69 contests

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

FIREHOUSE SMOKE has landed one call behind them 4 times.

An August team

Top 22% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 22% across 10 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.

10 August contests
top 33% the rest of the year

The long haul

13,203 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 13,203 miles across 69 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 731 miles to KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship.

69 mapped stops
furthest 731 mi

The metronome

±1.58% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.58% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
69 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Bordertown BBQ Brawl every year from 2018 to 2022 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 1st

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
2024 ↗	Master	#300 (741 pts)	#273 (851 pts)	#328 (774 pts)	#302 (741 pts)	#451 (486 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#372 (543 pts)	#380 (599 pts)	#411 (603 pts)	#565 (338 pts)	#403 (513 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#337 (682 pts)	#258 (887 pts)	#213 (1,075 pts)	#472 (477 pts)	#258 (892 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#309 (625 pts)	#265 (770 pts)	#246 (855 pts)	#418 (455 pts)	#276 (730 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#196 (609 pts)	#178 (689 pts)	#276 (459 pts)	#219 (569 pts)	#273 (434 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#247 (1,154 pts)	#312 (984 pts)	#292 (1,014 pts)	#372 (899 pts)	#302 (1,024 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#233 (1,287 pts)	#278 (1,137 pts)	#281 (1,107 pts)	#162 (1,482 pts)	#377 (922 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#190 (1,532 pts)	#151 (1,587 pts)	#200 (1,437 pts)	#187 (1,432 pts)	#264 (1,282 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#676 (568 pts)	#745 (538 pts)	#886 (433 pts)	#787 (498 pts)	#452 (898 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1565 (143 pts)	#2735 (58 pts)	#1764 (123 pts)	#1622 (153 pts)	#1545 (163 pts)

Overall rank by season

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WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY

#292 of the rated field

1726 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 66%
Peak: 1740

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before BAD HABIT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 51 contests

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BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG

#290 of the rated field

1726 power rating

Contests: 78
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1763

They've been 1763 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 77 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2025
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Capt. Blue BBQ

#289 of the rated field

1726 power rating

Contests: 84
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 68%
Peak: 1746

Careers of much the same size, 84 contests to 69, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 82 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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BooyaQ

#296 of the rated field

1725 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1728

12–11 in 23 shared contests (52% to BAD HABIT BBQ)

These two have cooked 23 of the same contests — BAD HABIT BBQ ahead 12–11 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 63 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE

#294 of the rated field

1725 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 147
GCs: 12
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1798

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAD HABIT BBQ)

Their rating is built on 12 Grand Championships in 147 contests, alongside a 42% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 123 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL

#298 of the rated field

1724 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 63
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1727

Level with BAD HABIT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 63 contests
last seen May 24, 2019

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
iBQ'n	51	13	38	25%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	47	26	21	55%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	43	18	25	42%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	41	26	15	63%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	40	22	18	55%	⚔ compare
B&R SMOKE	30	26	4	87%	⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ	30	20	10	67%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	29	22	7	76%	⚔ compare
Q-JITSU	28	20	8	71%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	28	14	14	50%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	27	16	11	59%	⚔ compare
TIRE SMOKE BBQ	24	10	14	42%	⚔ compare
BooyaQ	23	12	11	52%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOOSIERS	21	12	9	57%	⚔ compare
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	21	7	14	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	63	33	3	11	180 🔥	153.0860	170.33	top 36%
Pork Ribs	67	27	4	7	180 🔥	156.5144	168.13	top 40%
Pork	61	25	2	7	177.7028	152.4684	167.65	top 42%
Brisket	62	26	3	7	180 🔥	158.2400	168.33	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	1	top 28%
Medium (20–39)	43	1	top 31%
Large (40+)	17	1	top 37%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MI	36	2	top 28%
IN	16	0	top 39%
IL	3	0	top 42%
OH	3	1	top 16%
WI	2	0	top 36%
KS	1	0	top 43%
AR	1	0	top 88%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	5	1	1	top 25%	Jul 15, 2022
All American BBQ Throwdown	5	2	0	top 23%	Aug 2, 2024
Rockin BBQ	3	9	0	top 33%	May 29, 2020
Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition	2	3	0	top 21%	May 3, 2024
CCSFEST	2	18	0	top 53%	Apr 8, 2022
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	11	0	top 43%	Sep 25, 2020
Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	2	13	0	top 39%	Oct 12, 2018
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	9	0	top 33%	Sep 14, 2018
Blues.Brews & Barbecue	2	9	0	top 39%	Jul 29, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 10 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 6.9 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 40 of 69 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 46 9 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 67 entries · 4 wins · 27 calls

First title Jun 1, 2018 PigMania Shelby Mansfield KOA RV Resort

Opponents faced 693 finished ahead 1,464 times, behind 720

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20243 milestones

Aug 2 Career-best overall score694.8344 All American BBQ Throwdown
Aug 2 Peak power rating (1734) All American BBQ Throwdown
Sep 13 Most recent contest September Fest

20232 milestones

Aug 25 10th category win Rockin' BBQ Take 2
Aug 25 5th perfect 180 Rockin' BBQ Take 2

20221 milestone

Jul 15 50th tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs)

20192 milestones

Aug 2 First state championship Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
Aug 2 Biggest field won (40 teams) Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown

20183 milestones

Jun 1 First Grand Championship PigMania Shelby Mansfield KOA RV Resort
Sep 14 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Oct 12 25th tracked contest Smoke & Ale Fall Festival

20173 milestones

Jul 14 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 21 First Reserve Championship BBQ & BREWS
Jul 21 10th tracked contest BBQ & BREWS

20161 milestone

May 20 First category win (Brisket) 2nd Annual Pork in the Park

20154 milestones

Aug 21 First tracked contest Blues, Brews & Barbecue
Aug 21 First call Blues, Brews & Barbecue
Aug 21 First overall top-10 Blues, Brews & Barbecue
Aug 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9092 Blues, Brews & Barbecue

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	PigMania Shelby Mansfield KOA RV Resort	Jun 1, 2018
+13.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 14, 2017
+13.8	BBQ & BREWS	Jul 21, 2017
+13.4	2nd Annual Pork in the Park	May 20, 2016
+11.9	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	Jul 17, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1	May 14, 2021
-8.5	Rockin' BBQ - Day 2	May 15, 2021
-8.4	September Fest	Sep 13, 2024
-5.6	Route 66 Smoke Out	May 1, 2021
-5.4	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw	May 17, 2024

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	7	0	3	2	57%	top 33%	96.5%	94.8%
2023	8	0	5	1	75%	top 24%	96.5%	95.4%
2022	8	0	2	0	75%	top 38%	95.9%	94.8%
2021	7	0	4	1	86%	top 43%	95%	93.2%
2020	5	1	1	1	60%	top 31%	95.5%	94%
2019	9	1	3	1	89%	top 28%	95.7%	93.8%
2018	10	1	4	3	90%	top 33%	95.8%	93.2%
2017	10	0	7	1	90%	top 32%	94.1%	92.8%
2016	4	0	3	2	100%	top 34%	93.7%	92%
2015	1	0	1	0	100%	top 27%	91.1%	91.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 13, 2024	September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI	9 / 18 (671.3256)	14 (166.2628)	14 (163.4056)	1 (177.7028)	12 (163.9544)
Aug 2, 2024	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	2 / 40 (694.8344)	7 (174.8456)	2 (176.5716)	4 (177.7028)	20 (165.7144)
Aug 2, 2024	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	22 (163.4172)	—	—
May 17, 2024	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN	17 / 32 (679.3372)	11 (174.2628)	19 (167.4172)	18 (167.3944)	16 (170.2628)
May 17, 2024	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	—	—	21 (167.3828)	—	—
May 3, 2024	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition 🏅 Westland, MI	8 / 26 (679.3140)	5 (174.8456)	10 (169.1200)	13 (168.5256)	14 (166.8228)
Apr 19, 2024	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	15 / 62 (689.6688)	1 (180)	29 (169.1200)	36 (169.1316)	20 (171.4172)
Aug 25, 2023	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	8 / 23 (689.0972)	11 (172.5600)	1 (180)	17 (166.8344)	9 (169.7028)
Aug 25, 2023	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN	—	3 (176.5600)	—	—	—
Aug 4, 2023	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	2 / 44 (694.2512)	3 (177.1428)	5 (173.1428)	4 (176)	18 (167.9656)
Aug 4, 2023	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	31 (161.1200)	—	—
Jun 10, 2023	Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 🏅 Franklin, IN	6 / 28 (687.3256)	3 (178.2972)	11 (170.8228)	19 (168.5256)	13 (169.6800)
Jun 9, 2023	Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN	20 / 38 (670.2172)	31 (163.3828)	20 (168.5716)	19 (168.5484)	12 (169.7144)
May 19, 2023	Rocking BBQ Warsaw 🏅 Warsaw, IN	6 / 35 (687.4060)	12 (171.9772)	4 (174.8572)	18 (169.1544)	11 (171.4172)
May 5, 2023	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition 🏅 Westland, MI	3 / 25 (694.7772)	9 (173.1200)	11 (169.6800)	7 (171.9772)	2 (180)
Sep 23, 2022	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	23 / 46 (681.6916)	19 (173.1200)	15 (173.1316)	37 (164.5828)	15 (170.8572)
Sep 9, 2022	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	17 / 38 (673.6000)	11 (172.5484)	26 (163.9544)	9 (172.5716)	24 (164.5256)
Aug 5, 2022	All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI	—	—	4 (175.4516)	—	—
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	7 / 30 (688.4912)	4 (177.7028)	6 (172.5600)	21 (165.6684)	6 (172.5600)
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	19 (163.9660)	—	—
Jun 18, 2022	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 🏅 Franklin, IN	6 / 27 (690.7884)	6 (174.2972)	13 (170.2628)	20 (168.5256)	2 (177.7028)
Jun 17, 2022	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN	12 / 42 (688.4684)	6 (174.8456)	8 (173.1200)	33 (163.9428)	3 (176.5600)
Apr 8, 2022	CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN	26 / 42 (673.0400)	13 (174.2628)	6 (173.7144)	38 (161.6684)	32 (163.3944)
Sep 24, 2021	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	8 / 28 (677.6572)	9 (171.4056)	10 (169.6916)	18 (166.2628)	6 (170.2972)
Sep 10, 2021	Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition 🏅 Mears, MI	7 / 25 (683.9084)	7 (174.2628)	1 (175.4172)	11 (167.3712)	8 (166.8572)
Aug 6, 2021	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	10 / 32 (670.7656)	5 (174.8456)	14 (165.1316)	23 (163.3828)	13 (167.4056)
Jul 16, 2021	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	6 / 27 (678.1944)	2 (180)	12 (165.6916)	7 (172.5600)	19 (159.9428)
May 15, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	26 / 39 (663.2684)	34 (159.9428)	9 (170.2628)	28 (165.0856)	17 (167.9772)
May 14, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	29 / 41 (662.2172)	25 (165.6800)	33 (158.8344)	26 (166.2628)	12 (171.4400)
May 1, 2021	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	23 / 44 (663.2916)	6 (174.2628)	10 (169.1544)	42 (152.4684)	22 (167.4060)
Nov 13, 2020	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS	40 / 94 (687.3140)	54 (170.8112)	30 (173.1316)	—	22 (174.8456)
Sep 25, 2020	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	13 / 28 (671.2796)	16 (169.1084)	26 (161.0856)	5 (171.9656)	8 (169.1200)
Aug 7, 2020	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	19 / 42 (665.1316)	17 (166.2972)	11 (166.8916)	27 (163.4056)	15 (168.5372)
Jul 17, 2020	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	1 / 31 (685.7144)	1 (177.1428)	4 (170.8572)	4 (173.1200)	13 (164.5944)
May 29, 2020	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	12 / 66 (675.3256)	4 (174.2628)	23 (167.9772)	12 (169.1200)	39 (163.9656)
Oct 18, 2019	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival 🏅 Nelsonville, OH	2 / 28 (689.1084)	4 (174.2856)	5 (174.2972)	12 (168.5256)	5 (172)
Sep 20, 2019	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	11 / 28 (674.7312)	13 (169.6684)	7 (171.4172)	24 (159.3828)	6 (174.2628)
Sep 13, 2019	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI	11 / 35 (673.0516)	25 (163.3828)	7 (171.4172)	5 (169.1200)	11 (169.1316)
Aug 2, 2019	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	1 / 40 (687.3944)	2 (172.5944)	6 (171.4172)	9 (169.1200)	3 (174.2628)
Jul 19, 2019	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	11 / 28 (669.6456)	4 (173.7028)	6 (170.2972)	17 (167.4056)	23 (158.2400)
Jun 21, 2019	11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Auburn Hills, MI	11 / 30 (665.5996)	28 (159.3712)	12 (167.4400)	18 (158.7884)	1 (180)
May 10, 2019	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	9 / 42 (671.3828)	20 (168.5484)	23 (165.7144)	8 (168)	9 (169.1200)
Apr 5, 2019	CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN	18 / 40 (673.6456)	30 (165.6684)	17 (168)	9 (171.9656)	16 (168.0116)
Feb 8, 2019	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 unrated Little Rock, AR	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 12, 2018	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	14 / 38 (662.2740)	6 (170.8800)	17 (162.2856)	3 (170.2628)	26 (158.8456)
Sep 21, 2018	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	12 / 28 (667.3140)	21 (165.0856)	15 (167.9656)	9 (168.0228)	10 (166.2400)
Sep 14, 2018	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	9 / 48 (677.0856)	12 (168.6172)	1 (180)	16 (167.3828)	22 (161.0856)
Aug 17, 2018	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	9 / 24 (675.9084)	13 (166.8112)	10 (169.1200)	9 (172)	14 (167.9772)
Aug 3, 2018	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	2 / 39 (689.7260)	9 (172.5600)	6 (172)	1 (176.5944)	10 (168.5716)
Jun 22, 2018	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	12 / 30 (658.2280)	20 (161.1656)	14 (162.8228)	3 (171.4056)	13 (162.8340)
Jun 1, 2018	PigMania Shelby Mansfield KOA RV Resort Shelby, OH	1 / 18 (685.0400)	1 (178.8572)	17 (162.2400)	2 (171.9772)	4 (171.9656)
May 18, 2018	PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lima, OH	11 / 32 (675.8972)	7 (170.2744)	11 (170.2744)	14 (167.3712)	14 (167.9772)
May 11, 2018	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	22 / 37 (656.3768)	20 (165.0972)	13 (167.9656)	20 (163.9312)	26 (159.3828)
Apr 6, 2018	CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN	23 / 49 (659.3028)	33 (163.9540)	28 (161.0972)	25 (162.8344)	9 (171.4172)
Oct 13, 2017	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	13 / 32 (657.6108)	20 (154.1940)	5 (172.0228)	13 (161.1312)	4 (170.2628)
Oct 6, 2017	National Pro BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	44 / 50 (675.8972)	37 (173.1084)	39 (166.8688)	14 (175.4172)	50 (160.5028)
Sep 15, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	8 / 30 (677.0632)	6 (173.1084)	10 (168.5488)	3 (172.5716)	21 (162.8344)
Sep 8, 2017	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	13 / 28 (662.2400)	3 (172)	22 (156.5144)	4 (172)	20 (161.7256)
Aug 4, 2017	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	8 / 29 (667.8624)	15 (163.9428)	2 (174.2856)	15 (162.8112)	7 (166.8228)
Jul 21, 2017	BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	2 / 37 (677.6568)	5 (171.4400)	1 (173.7028)	11 (166.8456)	12 (165.6684)
Jul 14, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	3 / 27 (672.5032)	2 (176.5600)	19 (163.4060)	14 (165.7144)	7 (166.8228)
Jun 23, 2017	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	10 / 32 (652.4228)	8 (169.7028)	18 (159.9544)	24 (157.0856)	11 (165.6800)
Jun 2, 2017	Up In smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	8 / 32 (676.4228)	10 (171.9656)	24 (158.2172)	3 (175.4172)	5 (170.8228)
May 19, 2017	BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI	5 / 22 (664.4796)	3 (170.2628)	3 (167.4400)	9 (163.9656)	12 (162.8112)
Sep 2, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	9 / 30 (674.8116)	20 (166.3200)	19 (161.6572)	7 (168.5372)	1 (178.2972)
Jul 29, 2016	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	20 / 39 (647.9316)	25 (157.1200)	12 (165.7028)	20 (160.5372)	9 (164.5716)
Jun 10, 2016	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival Clio, MI	8 / 20 (658.2628)	4 (168.5944)	11 (159.9656)	8 (162.8572)	4 (166.8456)
May 20, 2016	2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	4 / 28 (668.5372)	4 (170.8344)	14 (160.5600)	13 (162.2628)	1 (174.8800)
Aug 21, 2015	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	9 / 33 (655.9092)	28 (153.0860)	12 (165.1544)	8 (165.6916)	7 (171.9772)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BAD HABIT BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (18 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

The 180 club

Against the odds

Giant slayer

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)