A first Grand Championship
18
tracked contests to get there
This was T Daddy's BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 18th tracked contest.
Bar-B-QC (Backyard) 2022
Sep 9–10, 2022 · Davenport, IA · 📍 400 Beiderbecke Drive
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Sarah Wickham
T Daddys BBQ won Grand Champion at the Bar-B-QC (Backyard) on September 9, 2022 in Davenport, IA at 400 Beiderbecke Drive, scoring 532.5716 in a field of 13 teams. Loose Cannon BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 529.6916. Category winners: Chicken — T Daddys BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ (178.8572); Pork — Three Stooges bbq (180.0000).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
339.94
median 512.53
532.57 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 178.86
- Pork 180 🔥
154.21
180
Entries
13
3 judged meats
Top score
532.5716
Winning margin
2.8800
GC over RC
Field average
495.84
339.94532.57
median 512.53 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
4.5944 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
488.5256
339.94532.57
10th place overall
Field spread
192.6288
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.28 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,539
avg power rating going in · stronger than 29% of contests
Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 2–3: T Daddys BBQ and Loose Cannon BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: 309 BBQ and Stone Cold Grillers tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Shmack Q and Loose Cannon BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Pork 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 5–6 · 0.0344
How the title was won
3 of 3
meats called to the stage
T Daddys BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 3 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 4th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 4th
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- T Daddys BBQ · Chicken
- Three Stooges bbq · Pork
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2022 ← this one | Davenport, IA | 400 Beiderbecke Drive | 13 | 532.5716 | T Daddy's BBQ |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Davenport, IA | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 170.8572 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 170.8228 | 164.5484 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4056 | 160.5028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
13 entries · top 532.5716 · median 512.5256 · out of 540, not the usual 360
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 2 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 3 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | Three Stooges bbq | |
| 5 | Shmack Q | |
| 6 | HESSHOGS | |
| 7 | 309 BBQ | |
| 8 | Grill Uminati | |
| 9 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 10 | Donahue's Que | |
| 11 | Back Alley BBQ | |
| 12 | Painter Boys BBQ | |
| 13 | Stone Cold Grillers |
Chicken
13 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 2 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 3 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | HESSHOGS | |
| 5 | Back Alley BBQ | |
| 6 | 309 BBQ | |
| 7 | Grill Uminati | |
| 8 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 9 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 10 | Shmack Q | |
| 11 | Painter Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Three Stooges bbq | |
| 13 | Donahue's Que |
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 2 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 3 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 4 | HESSHOGS | |
| 5 | 309 BBQ | |
| 6 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 7 | Three Stooges bbq | |
| 8 | Shmack Q | |
| 9 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 10 | Donahue's Que | |
| 11 | Painter Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Grill Uminati | |
| 13 | Back Alley BBQ |
Pork
12 entries · top 180 · median 172.8686 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Stooges bbq | |
| 2 | Shmack Q | |
| 3 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 4 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 5 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 6 | Grill Uminati | |
| 7 | 309 BBQ | |
| 8 | HESSHOGS | |
| 9 | Donahue's Que | |
| 10 | Back Alley BBQ | |
| 11 | Painter Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Sugba Smokehouse |