BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ

BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 11th of 25 at the Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival (2015). They are ranked #2960 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,960

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1507

peak 1508 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 25, 2015

latest Jun 9, 2023 · 7.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#587

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

685.6688 / 720

Master · Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.73 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.31 (+9.42)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Pork · Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

Consistency

±16.07

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.36 · weakest Brisket (160.78)

Road miles

539

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$43K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

660.31 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

685.6688 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.6688 at Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 21, 2023

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 44%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 44%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.58 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 160.78
Pork avg 167.36
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ALWAYS SAUCED in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

5.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.5 years, then back at Smoke in the Spring (Apr 7, 2023).

last seen Sep 22, 2017
back Apr 7, 2023

Pork nemesis

5 of 5 shared pork entries lost

777 BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 777 BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork entries.

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The metronome

±2.23% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.23% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.7% of a perfect score
9 contests

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	#587 (285 pts)	#686 (250 pts)	#590 (370 pts)	#447 (465 pts)	#774 (205 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2027 (90 pts)	#2088 (90 pts)	#2155 (85 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2079 (90 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1381 (199 pts)	#1433 (204 pts)	#1265 (254 pts)	#1497 (199 pts)	#1462 (194 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1364 (183 pts)	#1002 (333 pts)	#1705 (138 pts)	#1365 (223 pts)	#1614 (148 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

MOKAN BBQ MOB

#2,968 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1511

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ Bonanza

#2,947 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1526

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 21 contests to 9.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Apr 5, 2024

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BURNING COAL BBQ

#2,959 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1508

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 Jun 17, 2023

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LITTLE BIT OF R AND R

#2,961 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1510

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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BIG DOG BBQ CANADA

#2,954 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1513

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

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Jarheadbbq

#2,951 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Fergolicious BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	1	1	176.5600	156.0228	166.92	top 53%
Pork Ribs	9	2	0	0	175.4516	151.9544	165.25	top 52%
Pork	9	3	0	1	177.1544	160.6172	167.36	top 49%
Brisket	9	0	0	0	166.8228	151.9428	160.78	top 68%

“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

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 47%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	2	42	0	top 47%	Apr 7, 2023
Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival	2	11	0	top 49%	Sep 22, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 338 finished ahead 211 times, behind 242

Longest layoff 5.5 yrs Sep 22, 2017 → Apr 7, 2023

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

20234 milestones

Apr 7 Peak power rating (1508) Smoke in the Spring
Apr 21 Career-best overall score685.6688 Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition
Jun 9 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1544 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 9 Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

20154 milestones

Sep 25 First tracked contest Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 25 First call Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 25 First category win (Chicken) Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8116 Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.8	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 7, 2023
+4.1	Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 25, 2015
+1.9	Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 22, 2017
+1.7	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 8, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.2	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 16, 2015
-3.5	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest	Aug 5, 2016
-0.6	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	Jun 9, 2023
-0.2	Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest	Sep 23, 2016

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	3	0	67%	top 44%	95.2%	94.8%
2017	1	0	0%	top 54%	90.9%	90.9%
2016	3	0	0%	top 62%	90.2%	90%
2015	2	1	50%	top 57%	90.9%	90.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 9, 2023	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	14 / 32 (678.7428)	18 (169.1084)	5 (171.9888)	2 (177.1544)	27 (160.4912)
Apr 21, 2023	Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition 🏅 Derby, KS	13 / 28 (685.6688)	17 (169.6916)	10 (175.4516)	8 (173.7028)	18 (166.8228)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	42 / 103 (682.7544)	24 (174.2860)	33 (173.1084)	40 (170.8344)	74 (164.5256)
Sep 22, 2017	Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS	19 / 35 (654.1600)	19 (165.7144)	20 (163.3944)	28 (161.0856)	19 (163.9656)
Sep 23, 2016	Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS	24 / 39 (647.3372)	19 (167.9772)	22 (164.0116)	25 (163.4056)	33 (151.9428)
Aug 5, 2016	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	21 / 29 (649.7028)	27 (156.0228)	12 (168.5600)	20 (165.7028)	21 (159.4172)
Apr 8, 2016	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	58 / 109 (646.7772)	61 (162.8572)	78 (155.9656)	62 (163.4172)	39 (164.5372)
Oct 16, 2015	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	24 / 34 (642.8460)	27 (160.0228)	21 (162.8460)	25 (160.6172)	24 (159.3600)
Sep 25, 2015	Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS	11 / 25 (654.8116)	1 (176.5600)	23 (151.9544)	6 (170.3200)	18 (155.9772)

BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)