Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2036

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1537

peak 1537 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-09-14

latest 2021-09-16

Best ToY finish

#15

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

685.7144 / 720

Master · Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

678.55 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.75 (+5.80)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

Consistency

±12.78

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.83 · weakest Brisket (166.90)

Road miles

2,902

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 812 mi

Schedule strength

73%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)

Purse competed for

$230K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.75 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

High-water mark

685.7144 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.7144 at Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-08-23

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SLOW PORKIN in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

6 of 8 shared pork entries lost

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.78% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.78% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.4% of a perfect score
9 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.

69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SMOKEY HAZE

#2038 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-07-26
on a 5-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

South of the James BBQ

#2045 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-10-26

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Syndicate BBQ

#2039 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-07-25
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Pete's Firehouse BBQ

#2032 of the rated field

1537 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

The Rusty Pig

#2030 of the rated field

1537 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Level with Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-01-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Gus's BBQ

#2031 of the rated field

1537 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-05-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Rio Valley Meat BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Angry Jack BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SLOW PORKIN	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Smoking OCD	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
TEN-32 BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	0	172.0228	158.7884	168.67	top 49%
Pork Ribs	9	2	1	175.4172	159.9544	167.35	top 49%
Pork	9	3	0	178.8572	159.3828	169.83	top 36%
Brisket	9	0	0	174.8456	159.3828	166.90	top 47%

“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	6	top 51%
TX	2	top 29%
GA	1	top 37%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	137	0	top 78%	2018-09-15

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2018-09-14 → 2021-09-16

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 6 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.83 · weakest Brisket (166.90)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 1 of 9 contests

Master average 672.75 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 955 996–1,045 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,902 9 mapped stops · furthest 812 mi

Schedule strength 1592 average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests

Purse competed for $230,440 listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2020-09-04 → 2021-09-16

Power rating 1537 peak 1537 · #2036 of 6,413 rated

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

2018
Sep 14 First tracked contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
Sep 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6228 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
2019
Aug 23 First call Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Aug 23 Career-best overall score685.7144 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
2021
Sep 16 Peak power rating (1537) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Sep 16 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship	2019-08-23
+10.1	Practice for Cash	2020-09-04
+8.4	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	2019-09-12
+3.8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16
+2.1	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2019-08-30

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	2	0	0%	top 32%	95%	94.3%
2020	1	0	100%	top 37%	94.5%	94.5%
2019	4	1	75%	top 36%	95.2%	94.2%
2018	2	0	0%	top 78%	91.9%	90.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	73 / 185 (683.8624)	99 (170.8112)	112 (169.6684)	51 (173.1200)	78 (170.2628)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	119 / 467 (674.2396)	109 (171.4284)	128 (170.3084)	338 (159.3828)	55 (173.1200)
2020-09-04	Practice for Cash 🏅 Augusta, GA	17 / 46 (680.4572)	33 (165.6800)	6 (171.9772)	11 (170.8344)	16 (171.9656)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	93 / 135 (674.2056)	113 (165.6800)	123 (159.9544)	34 (173.7256)	28 (174.8456)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	81 / 468 (679.9884)	78 (172.0228)	120 (169.7256)	5 (178.8572)	306 (159.3828)
2019-08-30	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX	29 / 58 (672.5260)	23 (170.8228)	35 (165.1432)	9 (173.7028)	36 (162.8572)
2019-08-23	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	5 / 62 (685.7144)	13 (171.4172)	2 (175.4172)	7 (173.1772)	22 (165.7028)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	340 / 467 (642.1140)	369 (158.7884)	332 (161.0972)	297 (161.6684)	299 (160.5600)
2018-09-14	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	137 / 164 (661.6228)	87 (171.4056)	144 (162.8344)	140 (163.9772)	137 (163.4056)

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
2023 ↗	Master	#629 (255 pts)	#686 (250 pts)	#504 (461 pts)	#802 (180 pts)	#718 (230 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#336 (684 pts)	#282 (839 pts)	#178 (1183 pts)	#267 (889 pts)	#378 (634 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#15 (2384 pts)	#14 (2312 pts)	#4 (2581 pts)	#3 (2576 pts)	#7 (2488 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#206 (583 pts)	#239 (513 pts)	#132 (808 pts)	#112 (913 pts)	#206 (558 pts)