High-water mark
681.1316
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.1316 at Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-09-22
PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-23
latest 2018-09-21
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
598.24
last 3 Master vs avg 598.24 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±75.65
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.93)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Master avg
598.24 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 153 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with PHAT DADDY DOUG'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 161.1200 | 169.70 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 146.2744 | 156.93 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 150.2288 | 161.87 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4744 | 157.7488 | 164.61 | top 50% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 3 | 17 | 0 | top 72% | 2018-09-21 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-09-23 → 2018-09-21
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.93)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
598.24
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
47–128 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1592
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- First call Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.1316 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score681.1316 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1498) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- 2018
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2017-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
| -7.3 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2018-09-21 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 98% | 69.2% | 69.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 51 / 59 (615.3720) | 49 (161.1200) | 55 (146.2744) | 56 (150.2288) | 48 (157.7488) |
| 2017-09-22 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 17 / 55 (681.1316) | 10 (173.1200) | 29 (167.4172) | 23 (169.1200) | 10 (171.4744) |
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 63 / 64 (498.2288) | 8 (174.8572) | 60 (157.1088) | 40 (166.2628) | — |
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 | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1981 (100 pts) | #1722 (135 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2199 (70 pts) | #1715 (135 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #1693 (155 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | — |