DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2016

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1538

peak 1544 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-07-24

latest 2017-09-22

Best ToY finish

#505

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

682.7772 / 720

Master · 2nd Annual Brew B-Q

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.56 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.10 (+1.46)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · EffingHAM Jam

Consistency

±14.13

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.50)

Road miles

3,216

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 536 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Master avg

658.10 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 12 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.7772 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.7772 at 2nd Annual Brew B-Q — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-11-11

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS has finished one call ahead of DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 41%.

7 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 41%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

One2BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 56%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.50
Chicken avg 170.88
3 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' WET BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

One2BBQ ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, One2BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared chicken entries.

The long haul

3,216 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,216 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 536 miles to Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship.

16 mapped stops
furthest 536 mi

The metronome

±1.96% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.96% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.4% of a perfect score
16 contests

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

HOBBIE BAR-B-Q

#2010 of the rated field

1538 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1571

4–0 in 4 shared contests (100% to DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ ahead 4–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 64 contests
last seen 2021-09-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Red Rock Cafe

#2028 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2025-05-16

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Grinders BBQ

#2006 of the rated field

1538 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Belly Bustin Bistro

#2025 of the rated field

1537 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1551

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 43% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

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Skinny's BBQ

#2009 of the rated field

1538 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

Level with DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2016-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Single Barrel BBQ

#2012 of the rated field

1538 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
One2BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY'S Q	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' WET BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
PORK PARADISE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Oui Oui Oui BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BLUE RIDGE BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HotMess BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	9	2	2	178.8572	154.2400	170.88	top 30%
Pork Ribs	16	3	0	0	173.1200	138.7888	160.50	top 62%
Pork	16	4	0	2	176.5600	143.9312	163.84	top 53%
Brisket	16	3	0	1	174.8572	146.8916	162.88	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
IL	9	top 50%
IN	2	top 52%
IA	2	top 47%
TN	2	top 62%
MN	1	top 40%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 78%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 42%
Large (40+)	6	top 54%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
EffingHam-Jam	2	11	top 38%	2017-07-28
*Smokin For Garrett	2	15	top 52%	2017-06-02
Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (DAY 2)	2	14	top 47%	2017-04-29

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2015-07-24 → 2017-09-22

Busiest season 2017 7 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 9 of 16 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 2 wins · 9 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.50)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 12 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 19% 3 of 16 contests

Master average 658.10 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 354 290–280 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,216 16 mapped stops · furthest 536 mi

Schedule strength 1570 average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests

Power rating 1538 peak 1544 · #2016 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Jul 24 First tracked contest Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship
Jul 24 First call Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship
Jul 24 First category win (Chicken) Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship
2016
Apr 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9084 High on the Hog Festival
Apr 22 First overall top-10 Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship
Jul 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 EffingHAM Jam
Nov 11 Career-best overall score682.7772 2nd Annual Brew B-Q
2017
Mar 3 10th tracked contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
Jul 28 Peak power rating (1544) EffingHam-Jam
Sep 22 Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.6	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	2016-10-14
+13.1	Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship	2016-04-22
+7.1	Smokin' for Garrett	2016-05-20
+6.9	EffingHAM Jam	2016-07-22
+6.4	EffingHam-Jam	2017-07-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship	2015-07-24
-6.5	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	2017-09-22
-6.1	High on the Hog Festival	2016-04-15
-3.4	Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ 2nd Annual	2017-06-30
-2.6	Central Illinois Bragging Rights	2015-10-09

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	71%	top 53%	93.1%	91.6%
2016	7	2	1	86%	top 41%	94.8%	92.4%
2015	2	0	1	50%	top 81%	88.6%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-22	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	41 / 55 (649.6232)	11 (173.1200)	42 (162.2516)	46 (159.4172)	46 (154.8344)
2017-07-28	EffingHam-Jam Effingham, IL	13 / 35 (662.7084)	13 (167.3828)	8 (171.4056)	19 (161.0972)	15 (162.8228)
2017-06-30	Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ 2nd Annual Assumption, IL	10 / 16 (654.7884)	6 (171.9884)	13 (158.8000)	15 (154.8456)	3 (169.1544)
2017-06-02	*Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	19 / 31 (660.4800)	22 (164.5372)	16 (165.6800)	15 (168.0000)	20 (162.2628)
2017-04-29	Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (DAY 2) Boone, IA	17 / 35 (670.2172)	12 (171.9772)	30 (157.7028)	6 (174.2628)	17 (166.2744)
2017-04-28	Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (Day 1) Boone, IA	14 / 31 (659.9084)	11 (171.4056)	28 (150.2400)	20 (163.4056)	5 (174.8572)
2017-03-03	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	19 / 47 (657.6688)	9 (171.9772)	5 (171.4172)	24 (163.9772)	37 (150.2972)
2016-11-11	2nd Annual Brew B-Q Nashville, TN	11 / 25 (682.7772)	6 (173.7028)	10 (173.1200)	16 (166.8344)	15 (169.1200)
2016-10-14	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL	6 / 55 (677.6228)	7 (171.9656)	27 (165.6800)	6 (173.7144)	25 (166.2628)
2016-07-22	EffingHAM Jam Effingham, IL	11 / 29 (658.7548)	1 (178.8572)	24 (151.3716)	11 (165.6916)	14 (162.8344)
2016-05-20	Smokin' for Garrett Boonville, IN	15 / 35 (666.2168)	4 (175.4056)	29 (151.9656)	2 (176.5600)	21 (162.2856)
2016-05-06	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	20 / 40 (651.2912)	6 (170.8228)	16 (167.9772)	37 (143.9312)	9 (168.5600)
2016-04-22	Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship Mt. Carmel, IL	6 / 30 (659.4284)	6 (169.7372)	14 (159.3828)	2 (170.3428)	11 (159.9656)
2016-04-15	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	45 / 56 (659.9084)	23 (170.8456)	54 (155.9544)	49 (159.3828)	15 (173.7256)
2015-10-09	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	32 / 48 (637.6340)	41 (154.2400)	19 (166.2512)	29 (161.1428)	36 (156.0000)
2015-07-24	Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship Effingham, IL	17 / 18 (620.5720)	1 (176.0572)	16 (138.7888)	13 (158.8344)	17 (146.8916)

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	#622 (623 pts)	#536 (743 pts)	#617 (658 pts)	#681 (608 pts)	#527 (748 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#505 (784 pts)	#297 (1164 pts)	#768 (519 pts)	#411 (969 pts)	#640 (619 pts)