MadChad's BBQ KS

Power ranking

#723

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1562

peak 1575

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-06-19

latest 2026-06-05

Best ToY finish

#313

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

694.7884

American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

679.43 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 665.36 (+14.07)

Walk rate

59%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off

Consistency

±63.10

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.03 · weakest Brisket (167.36)

Road miles

5146

mi across 32 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

TEAM CRAWFORD has finished one call ahead of MadChad's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SPITFIRE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Mr. Dudes BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 21 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Sheyenne BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 3 visits.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

Shark Q #732 · 1561 · KS Rusty's BBQ #716 · 1563 · KS BACKYARD BROS #714 · 1563 · KS ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ #711 · 1564 · KS Cool Smoke #702 · 1565 · KS Knights of the Holy Grill #744 · 1559 · KS

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	8	1	2	177.7144	159.4172	171.03	top 41%
Pork Ribs	30	6	0	1	176.5600	153.1200	167.60	top 50%
Pork	29	9	0	2	178.8572	158.2400	170.64	top 41%
Brisket	29	7	2	3	179.4400	154.7656	167.36	top 50%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	9	top 39%
SD	8	top 57%
MN	6	top 39%
IA	5	top 47%
NE	2	top 47%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 47%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 45%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2025 (9 contests)
Cooks mostly in KS (10 of 32 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (30 entries)
All-time average overall score: 665.36

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	2	0	682.1940	679.59
2025	9	1	689.6456	678.33
2024	6	0	694.7884	686.11
2023	6	1	690.8000	670.76
2022	5	1	680.5144	674.20
2021	4	0	681.1200	584.22

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	25 / 48 (676.9940)	23 (169.6684)	40 (166.2284)	38 (163.3944)	4 (177.7028)
2026-04-10	Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS	61 / 101 (682.1940)	77 (168.5256)	36 (173.7028)	13 (175.4400)	81 (164.5256)
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	92 / 401 (689.6456)	146 (172.0000)	48 (175.4172)	92 (174.8456)	215 (167.3828)
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2025-09-19	Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	14 / 26 (680.4224)	18 (168.5256)	13 (167.9656)	6 (175.4056)	17 (168.5256)
2025-08-29	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway Brandon, SD	34 / 44 (667.8856)	3 (177.1428)	32 (165.6684)	32 (167.3828)	38 (157.6916)
2025-07-25	9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	24 / 31 (667.8972)	14 (170.2744)	25 (162.8228)	31 (158.2400)	1 (176.5600)
2025-07-11	KTD Smokn' Gobbler Worthington, MN	8 / 26 (680.5484)	4 (174.2628)	5 (170.2744)	22 (165.7256)	9 (170.2856)
2025-06-06	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	23 / 48 (677.6228)	23 (170.8228)	27 (167.4172)	12 (173.1428)	25 (166.2400)
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	33 / 58 (678.1828)	28 (170.8228)	52 (163.9772)	17 (174.2628)	30 (169.1200)
2025-04-11	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	39 / 92 (684.4456)	22 (175.4172)	11 (176.5600)	9 (177.7028)	82 (154.7656)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	47 / 444 (694.7884)	28 (177.7028)	56 (175.4172)	192 (169.7028)	106 (171.9656)
2024-09-20	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	9 / 30 (684.4800)	16 (169.1200)	7 (172.5600)	12 (170.8228)	10 (171.9772)
2024-07-26	8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	11 / 28 (682.7888)	8 (176.0116)	15 (167.3944)	2 (178.8572)	22 (160.5256)
2024-07-12	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	3 / 34 (694.2516)	8 (174.8688)	9 (172.0000)	6 (174.2628)	3 (173.1200)
2024-06-07	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	20 / 34 (674.7312)	19 (167.4172)	25 (165.6800)	9 (173.1084)	14 (168.5256)
2024-04-05	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	42 / 97 (685.6116)	36 (173.1316)	50 (169.6800)	3 (178.8572)	69 (163.9428)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	58 / 487 (690.8000)	296 (166.2400)	138 (171.9884)	32 (177.1544)	40 (175.4172)
2023-09-08	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	18 / 28 (669.0512)	6 (174.2628)	27 (155.9656)	17 (167.3828)	7 (171.4400)
2023-07-14	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	25 / 39 (665.0744)	35 (163.9772)	38 (153.1200)	19 (168.5372)	1 (179.4400)
2023-06-02	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	19 / 39 (663.8968)	4 (173.1544)	17 (167.9656)	30 (163.3828)	28 (159.3940)
2023-05-12	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	36 / 59 (665.5884)	19 (173.1200)	48 (161.1200)	32 (167.4056)	41 (163.9428)
2023-04-07	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	69 / 103 (670.1716)	42 (171.9772)	65 (166.2744)	73 (165.0856)	62 (166.8344)
2022-09-09	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	16 / 28 (670.7660)	11 (171.4172)	11 (168.5716)	15 (167.3944)	25 (163.3828)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	6 / 40 (680.5144)	16 (171.4056)	3 (174.8800)	25 (166.8344)	17 (167.3944)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) Worthington, MN	—	—	—	—	—
2022-06-03	Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD	24 / 46 (667.9316)	1 (177.7144)	36 (157.0972)	8 (174.8572)	38 (158.2628)
2022-04-08	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	42 / 94 (677.5768)	56 (167.9656)	49 (168.5256)	27 (172.5600)	46 (168.5256)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	231 / 467 (662.8000)	347 (159.4172)	145 (169.7028)	305 (161.7144)	81 (171.9656)
2021-08-14	GOBS Que (DAY 2) Arlington, NE	7 / 25 (681.1200)	12 (170.8344)	14 (166.8572)	6 (174.3200)	14 (169.1084)
2021-08-13	GOBS Que (DAY 1) Arlington, NE	17 / 26 (663.8628)	13 (168.5372)	8 (169.1200)	7 (170.8456)	24 (155.3600)
2021-06-19	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	8 / 22 (329.0856)	7 (165.1084)	9 (163.9772)	—	—

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#619 (120 pts)	#666 (130 pts)	#733 (120 pts)	#533 (180 pts)	#400 (270 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#347 (623 pts)	#251 (898 pts)	#365 (713 pts)	#297 (778 pts)	#290 (808 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#313 (701 pts)	#378 (611 pts)	#416 (586 pts)	#222 (986 pts)	#342 (666 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#462 (418 pts)	#349 (648 pts)	#563 (393 pts)	#483 (423 pts)	#322 (683 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#515 (398 pts)	#410 (573 pts)	#514 (478 pts)	#547 (378 pts)	#683 (273 pts)
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#165 (152 pts)	#178 (132 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Master	#551 (306 pts)	#597 (286 pts)	#591 (311 pts)	#489 (381 pts)	#722 (221 pts)