The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BootsBBQ has finished one call ahead of NOT DAT BAD 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
NOT DAT BAD
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2023-06-16
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#889
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.43
last 4 Master vs avg 632.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.40
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.40 · weakest Pork (155.67)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1613)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.43 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRY 2 DA BONE ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRY 2 DA BONE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1613
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1613 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
NOT DAT BAD has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 120 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before NOT DAT BAD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before NOT DAT BAD's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with NOT DAT BAD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before NOT DAT BAD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before NOT DAT BAD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 153.1316 | 161.40 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8460 | 153.6684 | 159.25 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 147.9428 | 155.67 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 151.9316 | 156.11 | top 87% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2023-06-16 → 2026-06-19
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.40 · weakest Pork (155.67)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
632.43
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
4–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1613
average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,000
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-06-14 → 2025-06-20
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1488) Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- 2024
- Career-best overall score643.9088 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8460 Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition | 2023-06-16 |
| -9.7 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition | 2024-06-14 |
| -8.4 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition | 2025-06-20 |
| -7.6 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition | 2026-06-19 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 19 / 20 (637.5548) | 19 (162.2400) | 15 (166.8460) | 19 (156.5372) | 19 (151.9316) |
| 2025-06-20 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 23 / 25 (632.4116) | 19 (164.5256) | 19 (161.6800) | 24 (153.0744) | 21 (153.1316) |
| 2024-06-14 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 24 / 25 (643.9088) | 18 (165.7144) | 25 (154.8228) | 20 (165.1200) | 23 (158.2516) |
| 2023-06-16 | Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 27 / 27 (615.8628) | 27 (153.1316) | 25 (153.6684) | 27 (147.9428) | 21 (161.1200) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 | #889 (75 pts) | #973 (75 pts) | #971 (95 pts) | #928 (75 pts) | #917 (75 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1147 (80 pts) | #1237 (80 pts) | #1451 (55 pts) | #1147 (70 pts) |