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BAMBQ IA

Power ranking

#1176
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1524
peak 1533

Contests

24
in the data

First seen

2019-04-26
latest 2023-07-28

Best ToY finish

#259
Master 2018

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
7 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
of 24 contests

Avg finish

top 50%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

679.14 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 637.53 (+41.61)

Walk rate

63%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716

Consistency

±101.60
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.33 · weakest Pork (163.93)

Road miles

4485
mi across 24 mapped stops · furthest 684 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

T-Rex BBQ has finished one call ahead of BAMBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ in 11 of their 15 shared contests.

📅 A September team

Something about September: average finish in the top 22% across 4 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 23 5 0 1 176.5600 154.8228 168.33 top 46%
Pork Ribs 23 5 1 3 176.0344 152.0116 164.39 top 53%
Pork 23 4 0 1 175.4744 151.9316 163.93 top 60%
Brisket 23 7 0 2 176.5716 153.6916 167.53 top 38%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA140top 51%
KS30top 18%
WI30top 62%
SD10top 35%
IL10top 64%
GA10top 55%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)120top 52%
Large (40+)110top 44%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2023100 666.2056 666.21
2022500 690.8572 682.37
2021801 671.3372 639.14
2020300 670.1944 656.90
2019700 677.7264 595.36

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023-07-28 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA 28 / 32 (666.2056) 20 (168.5484) 21 (166.8228) 32 (158.2744) 7 (172.5600)
2022-10-14 King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA 16 / 36 (678.2172) 32 (165.6800) 15 (167.4288) 16 (171.4056) 3 (173.7028)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 47 / 505 (690.8572) 44 (176.5600) 300 (165.7028) 54 (175.4744) 70 (173.1200)
2022-06-17 Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest State Center, IA 12 / 32 (677.0400) 7 (173.1200) 9 (170.8344) 25 (163.9428) 8 (169.1428)
2022-04-01 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 12 / 48 (683.3832) 15 (172.5600) 3 (176.0344) 38 (160.5144) 9 (174.2744)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 79 / 467 (489.8404) 395 (154.8228) 306 (162.8572) 249 (164.5372) 57 (172.5828)
2021-07-30 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA 32 / 35 (647.9088) 23 (167.4400) 27 (160.5372) 33 (151.9316) 11 (168.0000)
2021-07-16 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff Cedar Rapids, IA 20 / 26 (659.3376) 11 (173.1200) 1 (174.8688) 22 (157.6572) 24 (153.6916)
2021-06-18 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA 9 / 32 (670.7656) 6 (171.4056) 22 (161.6800) 3 (171.9772) 12 (165.7028)
2021-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI 23 / 45 (661.6112) 3 (173.1200) 19 (165.7028) 42 (154.8112) 18 (167.9772)
2021-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI 33 / 52 (654.1940) 43 (159.9656) 32 (161.1544) 40 (163.3828) 14 (169.6912)
2021-06-04 Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD 17 / 49 (671.3372) 24 (166.8572) 9 (173.7144) 37 (162.8000) 18 (167.9656)
2021-05-01 Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL 28 / 44 (658.1600) 28 (164.5256) 36 (154.2516) 23 (165.1200) 3 (174.2628)
2020-10-16 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 West Salem, WI 29 / 40 (654.7884) 9 (170.8456) 28 (160.0000) 32 (161.7028) 29 (162.2400)
2020-10-02 Ottumwa Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA 53 / 66 (645.7032) 18 (170.8456) 47 (160.5944) 55 (160.0232) 60 (154.2400)
2020-07-17 Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off MARION, IA 4 / 36 (670.1944) 19 (163.4172) 13 (163.9772) 8 (169.6800) 4 (173.1200)
2019-10-04 Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA 20 / 49 (677.7264) 20 (170.2972) 2 (174.8688) 25 (166.8688) 25 (165.6916)
2019-09-20 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 11 / 34 (675.4060) 10 (170.2628) 16 (166.2744) 25 (162.2972) 5 (176.5716)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 133 / 468 (172.5828) 261 (164.0000) 421 (152.0116) 354 (158.2516) 258 (162.2516)
2019-08-09 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash Mason City, IA 16 / 38 (661.0288) 23 (165.1084) 23 (161.6572) 19 (165.1316) 12 (169.1316)
2019-07-19 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA 17 / 33 (667.3144) 15 (171.4172) 26 (157.1088) 6 (172.5600) 14 (166.2284)
2019-06-14 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA 20 / 31 (654.1368) 15 (168.5484) 22 (159.9772) 9 (170.2628) 26 (155.3484)
2019-04-26 BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA 18 / 33 (659.3144) 16 (169.1084) 26 (162.8116) 16 (161.7144) 15 (165.6800)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023 ↗ Master #1565 (57 pts) #1232 (82 pts) #1363 (77 pts) #1570 (57 pts) #882 (162 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #500 (412 pts) #550 (392 pts) #460 (547 pts) #676 (282 pts) #395 (592 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #306 (628 pts) #237 (843 pts) #259 (823 pts) #306 (668 pts) #216 (908 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #342 (330 pts) #364 (330 pts) #479 (240 pts) #418 (275 pts) #368 (330 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #507 (651 pts) #525 (666 pts) #510 (681 pts) #504 (686 pts) #483 (706 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #259 (1199 pts) #107 (1729 pts) #306 (1044 pts) #231 (1249 pts) #334 (1004 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #646 (599 pts) #601 (664 pts) #767 (524 pts) #608 (664 pts) #688 (579 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #2274 (60 pts) #2353 (60 pts) #2349 (60 pts) #2326 (60 pts) #2345 (60 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1936 (81 pts) #1971 (91 pts) #1976 (86 pts) #2056 (81 pts) #2440 (71 pts)

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