MUD'S BBQ

MUD'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) (2015), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #715 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Muds BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#715

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1639

peak 1644 · rated over 26 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 24, 2013

latest Aug 26, 2022 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#346

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 29 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

695.9888 / 720

Master · Windy City BBQ Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 663.10 (-4.44)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque

Consistency

±13.05

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.43 · weakest Brisket (164.54)

Road miles

2,670

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 380 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

663.10 / 720

27 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.1428 points from the title

Came within 1.1428 points of the Grand Championship at Honor-Q Competitor's Series ().

Against the odds

12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) (May 22, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 12-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ.

Giant slayer

41 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 41-team field at Red, White and BBQ (Day 1).

May 22, 2015

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 4 visits.

4 visits
best finish 1st
average top 18%

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 29 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 29 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.9888 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9888 at Windy City BBQ Classic — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 11, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKY LINCS has finished one call ahead of MUD'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2015 1 Grand Championship

2015 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 18%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 18%

A tough matchup

16–6 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKE HUNTERS ahead in 73% of their meetings

THE SMOKE HUNTERS has come out ahead in 16 of their 22 shared contests.

The drought

15 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) on May 22, 2015 — 15 contests and 11.4 years ago.

last GC May 22, 2015
11.4 years ago

A strong matchup

14–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RACK MASTERS BBQ in 14 of their 18 shared contests.

The comeback

5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5 years, then back at 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Aug 26, 2022).

last seen Aug 25, 2017
back Aug 26, 2022

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 9 at their very first tracked contest, Honor-Q Competitor's Series ().

9-team field

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
29 contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

T-BAUM BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.92% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.1% of a perfect score
29 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Grill Games every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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
2017 ↗	Master	#937 (372 pts)	#1090 (322 pts)	#747 (537 pts)	#875 (447 pts)	#791 (492 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#707 (536 pts)	#883 (421 pts)	#477 (846 pts)	#749 (526 pts)	#596 (676 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#373 (1,000 pts)	#583 (670 pts)	#524 (750 pts)	#446 (860 pts)	#625 (600 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#346 (1,050 pts)	#467 (825 pts)	#243 (1,310 pts)	#658 (580 pts)	#480 (780 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#495 (625 pts)	#383 (810 pts)	#562 (590 pts)	#731 (455 pts)	#482 (665 pts)

Overall rank by season

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LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW

#713 of the rated field

1640 power rating

Contests: 102
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1691

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to MUD'S BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — MUD'S BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 102 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2019

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Smoke 'n Magic

#716 of the rated field

1639 power rating

Contests: 68
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1687

They've been 1687 at their best, 47 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 63 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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BLIND HOG BBQ

#714 of the rated field

1640 power rating

Contests: 92
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1640

92 contests to 29: their number has had years to settle where MUD'S BBQ's is still finding its level.

rated over 85 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ

#717 of the rated field

1639 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1647

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to MUD'S BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before MUD'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 50 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

North Meets South BBQ

#712 of the rated field

1640 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1640

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 43% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2024
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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Wine Country Q

#705 of the rated field

1641 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1641

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKE HUNTERS	22	6	16	27%	⚔ compare
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
RACK MASTERS BBQ	18	14	4	78%	⚔ compare
DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA	16	14	2	88%	⚔ compare
CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
QUAU	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
KEN'S BURNT ENDS	12	12	0	100%	⚔ compare
BONEHEAD BBQ	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
T-BAUM BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
JH OLD SCHOOL	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	7	0	0	176.5716	156.5716	166.39	top 41%
Pork Ribs	29	15	3	9	178.3200	151.3944	166.43	top 33%
Pork	27	6	1	3	178.8572	154.8000	165.63	top 39%
Brisket	27	9	1	1	175.4400	151.9428	164.54	top 34%

“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)	1	0	top 22%
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 41%
Large (40+)	17	1	top 25%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IL	17	1	top 30%
WI	7	0	top 24%
IN	3	0	top 52%
MO	2	0	top 30%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Grill Games	5	2	0	top 21%	Aug 25, 2017
Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	4	1	1	top 18%	May 23, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	14	0	top 51%	Jul 14, 2017
RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)	2	12	0	top 41%	May 27, 2017
Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)	2	20	0	top 46%	May 28, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 6 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 17 of 29 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 19 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 29 entries · 3 wins · 15 calls

First title May 22, 2015 Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)

Opponents faced 1,006 finished ahead 1,440 times, behind 462

Longest layoff 5 yrs Aug 25, 2017 → Aug 26, 2022

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

20222 milestones

Aug 26 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque
Aug 26 Most recent contest 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque

20172 milestones

May 26 25th tracked contest RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1)
May 27 Peak power rating (1644) RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)

20153 milestones

May 22 First Grand Championship Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)
May 22 Biggest field won (41 teams) Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)
Sep 11 Career-best overall score695.9888 Windy City BBQ Classic

20141 milestone

Jun 13 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Prairie

—7 milestones

First tracked contest Honor-Q Competitor's Series
First call Honor-Q Competitor's Series
First category win (Pork Ribs) Honor-Q Competitor's Series
First overall top-10 Honor-Q Competitor's Series
First overall podium Honor-Q Competitor's Series
First Reserve Championship Honor-Q Competitor's Series
First overall past 90% of a perfect score344.5372 Honor-Q Competitor's Series

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	Red, White, and BBQ	May 23, 2014
+16	Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)	May 22, 2015
+12.1	Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest	Jul 11, 2014
+11.5	Grill Games	Aug 28, 2015
+11.5	Windy City BBQ Classic	Sep 11, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.1	Grill Games	Aug 25, 2017
-3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 14, 2017
-2.7	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1)	May 26, 2017
-2.4	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown	Jun 24, 2016
-1.5	Marshall County	Sep 20, 2013

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)
—	2	0	1	1	50%	top 39%	95.7%	92.8%
2022	1	0	1	1	100%	top 35%	93%	93%
2017	4	0	0	0	100%	top 47%	93.5%	91.1%
2016	5	0	1	2	60%	top 41%	92.3%	91.6%
2015	6	1	3	0	50%	top 18%	96.7%	94.1%
2014	6	0	3	1	100%	top 21%	93.5%	92.6%
2013	5	0	2	0	80%	top 33%	92.1%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 26, 2022	10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque 🏅 Washington Island, WI	9 / 26 (669.5772)	24 (159.9428)	13 (165.6800)	1 (178.8572)	10 (165.0972)
Aug 25, 2017	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	21 / 39 (641.0864)	17 (162.2860)	33 (153.0972)	26 (156.5260)	4 (169.1772)
Jul 14, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	14 / 27 (660)	20 (163.9884)	18 (163.4288)	12 (166.3200)	9 (166.2628)
May 27, 2017	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL	12 / 59 (673.0284)	34 (162.2400)	3 (174.8572)	7 (171.4172)	20 (164.5140)
May 26, 2017	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) Westmont, IL	25 / 40 (649.6004)	20 (165.1316)	8 (166.8460)	16 (165.6800)	34 (151.9428)
Aug 26, 2016	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	6 / 37 (664.4912)	11 (167.3828)	2 (173.7144)	7 (167.4056)	19 (155.9884)
Jul 15, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	14 / 28 (658.7888)	25 (156.5716)	10 (166.2516)	21 (160.5256)	1 (175.4400)
Jun 24, 2016	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL	16 / 33 (651.2568)	13 (166.8228)	23 (153.0628)	14 (165.1200)	11 (166.2512)
May 28, 2016	Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	24 / 55 (663.9544)	30 (166.2400)	1 (178.3200)	21 (167.4172)	51 (151.9772)
May 27, 2016	Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL	20 / 42 (657.6804)	32 (159.9544)	16 (165.7144)	18 (166.3088)	13 (165.7028)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	63 / 606 (679.4284)	327 (163.3828)	116 (170.3084)	33 (174.8572)	97 (170.8800)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	94 / 187 (674.3088)	90 (169.7372)	139 (163.4172)	85 (169.1428)	54 (172.0116)
Sep 11, 2015	Windy City BBQ Classic Chicago, IL	2 / 61 (695.9888)	4 (176.5716)	6 (175.4400)	5 (173.7144)	9 (170.2628)
Aug 28, 2015	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	2 / 49 (673.1316)	7 (170.2972)	19 (162.8344)	2 (176)	13 (164)
May 23, 2015	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	22 / 58 (662.1256)	32 (165.0972)	11 (168.5600)	31 (165.0856)	26 (163.3828)
May 22, 2015	Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL	1 / 41 (681.6800)	14 (167.4056)	3 (172.5716)	3 (171.4056)	8 (170.2972)
Aug 22, 2014	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	5 / 47 (673.0400)	9 (169.6800)	6 (170.8572)	19 (163.3828)	11 (169.1200)
Jul 25, 2014	Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL	13 / 48 (659.9428)	18 (166.8228)	3 (171.4172)	30 (158.8228)	12 (162.8800)
Jul 11, 2014	Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest St. Charles, IL	3 / 34 (668.5944)	4 (170.8228)	1 (172)	20 (162.3088)	12 (163.4628)
Jun 13, 2014	Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL	13 / 28 (659.3600)	13 (169.1316)	21 (153.7372)	11 (165.6800)	5 (170.8112)
May 24, 2014	Red, White, And BBQ Westmont, IL	19 / 72 (668.5260)	16 (170.8688)	2 (177.7372)	28 (164.5256)	50 (155.3944)
May 23, 2014	Red, White, and BBQ Westmont, IL	2 / 43 (669.0400)	15 (165.6684)	3 (173.1544)	14 (163.9772)	14 (166.2400)
Oct 18, 2013	8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) Libertyville, IL	19 / 54 (635.3828)	14 (163.9772)	39 (151.3944)	12 (161.1084)	16 (158.9028)
Sep 20, 2013	Marshall County Plymouth, IN	15 / 27 (642.7772)	5 (169.7144)	23 (154.2172)	14 (162.2628)	16 (156.5828)
Aug 23, 2013	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	9 / 43 (660.5604)	4 (170.8916)	4 (169.7260)	28 (154.8000)	9 (165.1428)
Jul 5, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI	8 / 30 (646.8568)	17 (160)	7 (164.5714)	23 (155.9998)	4 (166.2856)
May 24, 2013	Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL	17 / 70 (663.4282)	6 (173.1428)	25 (162.2856)	31 (163.4284)	22 (164.5714)
—	Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL	21 / 38 (485.5656)	13 (165.0856)	29 (154.7772)	—	—
—	Honor-Q Competitor's Series unrated Plainfield, IL	2 / 9 (344.5372)	—	1 (176.5716)	—	—

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

MUD'S 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 (17 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Announced themselves early

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

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)