SMOKE DADDY INC VOODOO BBQ

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

Power ranking

#6143

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1422

peak 1422 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-23

latest 2018-09-07

Best ToY finish

#1123

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

637.1312 / 720

Master · 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q

Perfect 180s

Current form

613.83 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 608.36 (+5.47)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.3828

Pork · 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q

Consistency

±19.16

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 155.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.19)

Road miles

634

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

608.36 / 720

10 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE GOOD OLD BASTER BOYS has finished one call ahead of SMOKE DADDY INC VOODOO BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead in 100% of their meetings

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.12 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 148.19
Chicken avg 155.30
0 calls in 10 entries

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Puckaway Pigfest (2018-09-07).

last seen 2016-09-09
back 2018-09-07

Chicken nemesis

9 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared chicken entries.

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.

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

SWEET FREEDOM BBQ

#6141 of the rated field

1422 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1422

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKE DADDY INC VOODOO BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKE DADDY INC VOODOO BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-06-22

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Double D BBQ

#6146 of the rated field

1422 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1508 at their best, 86 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-07-19

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Smokin' Bill's

#6144 of the rated field

1422 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1422

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-10-11

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Old Old 50 BBQ

#6142 of the rated field

1422 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1422

No shared contest yet.

Level with SMOKE DADDY INC VOODOO BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-04-08

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JUST FOR FUN

#6138 of the rated field

1422 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1422

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-04-26

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CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE

#6149 of the rated field

1421 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1421

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2018-06-02

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
CRASH TEST SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
5 FINGER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
FOX RIVER BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Risky Brisket	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKE HUNTERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
A FINE SWINE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
A BOY NAMED QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PLASTERED PORK BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	165.1656	138.8228	155.30	top 73%
Pork Ribs	10	162.8228	135.3940	148.19	top 83%
Pork	10	167.3828	147.3944	154.03	top 80%
Brisket	10	165.1312	137.0972	150.84	top 76%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
WI	6	0	top 89%
IL	4	0	top 80%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 86%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 85%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Puckaway Pigfest	2	28	0	top 82%	2016-09-09
Red, White, And BBQ	2	37	0	top 92%	2014-05-24

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

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2014-05-23 → 2018-09-07

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 6 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 155.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.19)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 608.36 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 210 59–360 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 634 10 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2016-09-09 → 2018-09-07

Power rating 1422 peak 1422 · #6143 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
May 23 First tracked contest Red, White, and BBQ
May 23 Peak power rating (1491) Red, White, and BBQ
Oct 17 Career-best overall score637.1312 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
2015
Oct 16 Career-best single call (Pork)167.3828 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
2018
Sep 7 10th tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 7 Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.7	Red, White, And BBQ	2014-05-24
-11.6	Puckaway Pigfest	2018-09-07
-11.4	The Masters In May	2015-05-01
-10.8	Grillin' in Grafton	2014-06-27
-9.1	Red, White, and BBQ	2014-05-23

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 100%	80.9%	80.9%
2016	1	0%	top 76%	87.8%	87.8%
2015	4	0%	top 85%	87.4%	85%
2014	4	0%	top 84%	88.5%	84.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-07	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	31 / 31 (582.5828)	28 (149.6800)	31 (137.6344)	29 (149.0628)	28 (146.2056)
2016-09-09	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	28 / 37 (631.8516)	22 (161.6916)	27 (158.2400)	33 (157.1200)	28 (154.8000)
2015-10-16	10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL	26 / 35 (628.9944)	17 (164.5716)	34 (143.3488)	12 (167.3828)	23 (153.6912)
2015-09-11	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	29 / 33 (599.4060)	32 (138.8228)	22 (153.1428)	32 (147.3944)	15 (160.0460)
2015-05-02	The Masters In May - The Classic Appleton, WI	39 / 47 (626.3204)	26 (161.7028)	40 (153.7260)	37 (156.6172)	40 (154.2744)
2015-05-01	The Masters In May Appleton, WI	55 / 57 (591.8516)	46 (154.2516)	42 (151.3828)	52 (149.1200)	56 (137.0972)
2014-10-17	9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL	25 / 42 (637.1312)	35 (154.3316)	23 (162.8228)	32 (154.8456)	12 (165.1312)
2014-06-27	Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI	29 / 32 (595.3600)	28 (151.3828)	28 (147.9656)	27 (150.8228)	29 (145.1888)
2014-05-24	Red, White, And BBQ Westmont, IL	71 / 72 (594.2164)	34 (165.1656)	71 (135.3940)	67 (149.1312)	69 (144.5256)
2014-05-23	Red, White, and BBQ Westmont, IL	37 / 43 (595.8968)	36 (151.4400)	42 (138.2172)	25 (158.8456)	37 (147.3940)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#2524 (56 pts)	#2529 (56 pts)	#2515 (56 pts)	#2527 (56 pts)	#2519 (56 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2260 (75 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1192 (238 pts)	#1127 (278 pts)	#1224 (253 pts)	#1101 (303 pts)	#1062 (298 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1123 (267 pts)	#1201 (267 pts)	#1149 (277 pts)	#1204 (267 pts)	#992 (332 pts)