A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAYA JANE BBQ CO. has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
GOOD KIDS BBQ
GOOD KIDS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 13th of 61 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2020). They are ranked #4797 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “GOOD KID'S BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1510 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2020
latest Mar 1, 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 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.70
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.86)
Road miles
6
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$61K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.90 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
486.24 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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 GOOD KIDS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
133 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,805 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Level with GOOD KIDS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before GOOD KIDS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,790 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before GOOD KIDS BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before GOOD KIDS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,808 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before GOOD KIDS 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Wiggle Butts BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Willingham's | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TENACIOUS Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MasterQue | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Geaux 2 bbq | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| STANK BUTT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 152.4916 | 161.43 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 150.1828 | 156.86 | top 74% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 154.2284 | 158.47 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 145.0628 | 157.51 | top 82% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 5 | 13 | 0 | top 76% | Mar 1, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
285
finished ahead 99 times, behind 437
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score640.3544 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20221 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4172 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score486.2400 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1510) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 5, 2021 |
| -11.3 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2024 |
| -10.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 3, 2023 |
| -8.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 4, 2022 |
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 95% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 56 / 59 (621.3944) | 57 (152.4916) | 58 (150.1828) | 53 (155.9200) | 48 (162.8000) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 58 / 65 (640.3544) | 50 (163.9544) | 59 (156.5144) | 62 (154.8000) | 42 (165.0856) |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 58 / 73 (638.0916) | 48 (166.2400) | 62 (159.3716) | 42 (167.4172) | 71 (145.0628) |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 76 / 81 (627.7596) | 73 (157.0628) | 60 (159.3828) | 77 (154.2284) | 69 (157.0856) |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 13 / 61 (486.2400) | 8 (167.4172) | 14 (158.8456) | 20 (159.9772) | — |