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
- Aug 23, 2019
Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ
Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 62 at the Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship (2019). They are ranked #2052 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Red Mule's Bad Ass BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1537
peak 1537 · rated over 6 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2018
latest Sep 16, 2021 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
11% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
678.55 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 672.75 (+5.80)
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.78
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.83 · weakest Brisket (166.90)
Road miles
2,902
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 812 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Purse competed for
$230K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.75 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (1,183 pts) | #267 (889 pts) | #378 (634 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #15 (2,384 pts) | #14 (2,312 pts) | #4 (2,581 pts) | #3 (2,576 pts) | #7 (2,488 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #206 (583 pts) | #239 (513 pts) | #132 (808 pts) | #112 (913 pts) | #206 (558 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 45
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1627
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,054 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
Fewer contests behind them than Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,050 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1537
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,051 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1537
Level with Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,066 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1536
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 7 years before Redmule's Bad Ass BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,053 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1537
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 158.7884 | 168.67 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 159.9544 | 167.35 | top 49% |
| Pork | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 159.3828 | 169.83 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 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 field size and state
Repeat visits (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% | Sep 15, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
8
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
948
finished ahead 996 times, behind 1,045
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 4, 2020 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Peak power rating (1537) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20194 milestones
- First call Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- First overall top-10 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Career-best overall score685.7144 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6228 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.4 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 23, 2019 |
| +10.1 | Practice for Cash | Sep 4, 2020 |
| +8.3 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
| +3.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| +2.1 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.1 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 95% | 94.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 94.5% | 94.5% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 36% | 95.2% | 94.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2021 | 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) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | 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) |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Practice for Cash 🏅 Augusta, GA | 17 / 46 (680.4572) | 33 (165.6800) | 6 (171.9772) | 11 (170.8344) | 16 (171.9656) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 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) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 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) |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX | 29 / 58 (672.5260) | 23 (170.8228) | 35 (165.1432) | 9 (173.7028) | 36 (162.8572) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 5 / 62 (685.7144) | 13 (171.4172) | 2 (175.4172) | 7 (173.1772) | 22 (165.7028) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 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) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | 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) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.