PORK DADDY'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3268

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1498

peak 1565 · rated over 24 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-03-28

latest 2017-09-29

Best ToY finish

#230

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0628 / 720

Master · Dana Point State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

629.94 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 636.10 (-6.16)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Dana Point State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±33.77

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.87 · weakest Chicken (155.65)

Road miles

2,383

mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 386 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

636.10 / 720

24 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 25 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.0628 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0628 at Dana Point State BBQ Championship — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-02

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN' AXE BBQ has finished one call ahead of PORK DADDY'S BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 33%.

10 contests
6 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

17–3 behind in the head-to-head

Smokey and the Pirate ahead in 85% of their meetings

Smokey and the Pirate has come out ahead in 17 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.22 points below their pork, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 33%.

Chicken avg 155.65
Pork avg 160.87
5 calls in 24 entries

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

12 of 20 shared pork entries lost

PIRATES OF THE PIG ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PIRATES OF THE PIG has out-cooked them in 12 of 20 shared pork entries.

Going the wrong way

-35 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 35 points across 7 contests since 2017-05-05 — from 1534 down to 1498.

7 contests since 2017-05-05
now 1498

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MACBBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 28% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 53% the rest of the year

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.

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

M2 Smokin' Q

#3280 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

⚔ Head-to-head

STEELE FAMILY BBQ

#3272 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2025-09-19

⚔ Head-to-head

DARKSIDE BBQ

#3283 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Level with PORK DADDY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

⚔ Head-to-head

FAT MAXINE'S BBQ

#3249 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1546 at their best, 47 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2025-10-10

⚔ Head-to-head

ROASTING ROMANS

#3279 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1537 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BAR-BEAM-QUE

#3275 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1498

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2022-08-19

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PIRATES OF THE PIG	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
Ric's Righteous Ribs	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
RBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
JUICE'S SMOKEN BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
MACBBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
SMOKE SHOW	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
2 ROLLING BONES	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	5	1	1	176.0228	20.0000	155.65	top 57%
Pork Ribs	24	8	0	1	176.0000	141.6460	159.10	top 53%
Pork	24	8	0	2	177.7028	143.9772	160.87	top 48%
Brisket	24	8	1	2	176.0000	137.6688	160.48	top 45%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 51%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 56%
Large (40+)	8	top 47%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the River	2	9	top 65%	2015-09-18
Oaktown Throwdown	2	7	top 31%	2015-07-31
Wine Country Big Q	2	13	top 42%	2015-07-10

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.5 yrs 2014-03-28 → 2017-09-29

Busiest season 2014 10 contests

Contests a season 5 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 25 of 25 contests

Contests visited 21 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 24 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 160.87 · weakest Chicken (155.65)

Walk rate 64% a top-10 call in 16 of 25 contests

Overall top-10 rate 32% 8 of 25 contests

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 636.10 out of 720 · 24 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 386 440–408 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,383 25 mapped stops · furthest 386 mi

Schedule strength 1540 average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests

Power rating 1498 peak 1565 · #3268 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 13 First tracked contest RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills
2014
Mar 28 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 27 First overall top-10 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
Jun 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0168 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
Aug 8 First category win (Chicken) Brentwood Cook Off & Car Show
Oct 2 10th tracked contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 2 Career-best overall score689.0628 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
2015
Jul 31 Peak power rating (1565) Oaktown Throwdown
2017
Sep 29 25th tracked contest *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL)
Sep 29 Most recent contest *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Silicon Valley BBQ Championships	2014-06-27
+13.1	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2014-10-02
+7.5	Wine Country Big Q	2014-07-11
+7.3	Oaktown Throwdown	2015-07-31
+6.8	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship	2014-05-02

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	Smoke on the River	2015-09-18
-12.2	Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way	2015-08-07
-12	Grills N Grills	2017-08-25
-6.7	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge	2017-07-28
-5.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-03-28

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	7	1	0	43%	top 73%	89.5%	87.8%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 67%	87.1%	87.1%
2015	6	1	1	50%	top 58%	92.1%	85.6%
2014	10	6	1	100%	top 33%	95.7%	90.5%
2013	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-29	*Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL) Sonora, CA	23 / 30 (642.7200)	21 (161.6572)	25 (160.5716)	22 (162.8000)	20 (157.6912)
2017-09-15	3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	33 / 48 (644.4572)	36 (159.9656)	38 (157.1316)	38 (158.8228)	16 (168.5372)
2017-08-25	Grills N Grills penn Valley, CA	25 / 27 (618.1596)	12 (168.5256)	27 (144.5488)	27 (145.1312)	17 (159.9540)
2017-08-18	Lassen County Annual BBQ Cook-Off Susanville, CA	10 / 15 (619.3488)	9 (157.7028)	11 (153.0744)	9 (151.9772)	8 (156.5944)
2017-07-28	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA	20 / 26 (625.0172)	9 (165.1084)	25 (151.3600)	16 (157.6916)	20 (150.8572)
2017-07-07	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	33 / 50 (638.6972)	30 (162.2972)	37 (154.2056)	26 (162.8000)	28 (159.3944)
2017-05-05	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	22 / 33 (635.9660)	23 (157.6916)	26 (153.1544)	26 (152.0000)	3 (173.1200)
2016-09-16	2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	41 / 61 (626.7888)	53 (149.7372)	50 (144.5372)	21 (165.0972)	16 (167.4172)
2015-10-02	1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	13 / 41 (663.3484)	16 (168.5716)	12 (167.9656)	14 (164.5600)	14 (162.2512)
2015-09-18	Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA	47 / 49 (497.0172)	47 (20.0000)	45 (141.6460)	6 (170.2856)	9 (165.0856)
2015-08-07	Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way Penn Valley, CA	20 / 24 (616.9720)	15 (161.1432)	18 (153.6344)	11 (164.5256)	22 (137.6688)
2015-07-31	Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA	7 / 27 (657.0516)	14 (160.5488)	15 (157.1200)	8 (163.3828)	1 (176.0000)
2015-07-10	Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA	21 / 38 (632.2968)	33 (147.9084)	5 (170.2744)	13 (163.9428)	31 (150.1712)
2015-05-01	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	17 / 32 (631.3260)	17 (162.2628)	15 (157.7032)	18 (154.8344)	14 (156.5256)
2014-10-17	Blazin' BBQ Throwdown Lancaster, CA	13 / 29 (668.4572)	9 (167.9772)	15 (163.9772)	10 (167.9656)	13 (168.5372)
2014-10-02	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	6 / 97 (689.0628)	64 (164.5372)	4 (176.0000)	2 (177.7028)	16 (170.8228)
2014-09-05	Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA	9 / 26 (651.2688)	20 (155.3600)	9 (164.5372)	7 (168.5716)	9 (162.8000)
2014-08-22	Smokin' on the Water Lakeport, CA	6 / 17 (653.0516)	11 (164.0228)	7 (163.4172)	2 (173.1200)	12 (152.4916)
2014-08-08	Brentwood Cook Off & Car Show Brentwood, CA	8 / 26 (639.8740)	1 (176.0228)	14 (151.9884)	17 (150.2056)	10 (161.6572)
2014-08-01	Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA	8 / 22 (646.1604)	10 (161.6800)	7 (164.5716)	7 (162.8116)	11 (157.0972)
2014-07-11	Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA	13 / 44 (656.4228)	23 (161.6800)	2 (174.2972)	30 (153.0628)	12 (167.3828)
2014-06-27	Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA	5 / 48 (653.0168)	22 (155.3828)	5 (168.5828)	12 (162.8228)	10 (166.2284)
2014-05-02	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	11 / 33 (641.0744)	12 (164.5716)	18 (155.4400)	15 (162.8228)	10 (158.2400)
2014-03-28	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Sacramento, CA	21 / 29 (618.7664)	16 (161.1660)	5 (168.5488)	27 (143.9772)	23 (145.0744)
2013-09-13	RubStock BBQ Championship: A Groovin' Time in the Foothills Cameron Park, CA	—	—	—	—	—

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
2017 ↗	Master	#752 (501 pts)	#624 (641 pts)	#876 (446 pts)	#770 (521 pts)	#505 (781 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2208 (80 pts)	#2086 (105 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#620 (588 pts)	#709 (528 pts)	#585 (663 pts)	#505 (768 pts)	#486 (773 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#230 (1414 pts)	#277 (1189 pts)	#163 (1599 pts)	#201 (1414 pts)	#288 (1199 pts)