A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barking Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barking Dog BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Thigh Daddy's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-05-31
latest 2026-06-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
574.75
last 4 Master vs avg 574.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±80.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.60 · weakest Brisket (156.22)
Road miles
58
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
574.75 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Thigh Daddy's BBQ has 4 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 155 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.
#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Thigh Daddy's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Thigh Daddy's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Thigh Daddy's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Thigh Daddy's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Thigh Daddy's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 161.6688 | 167.60 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 163.9656 | 167.41 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 164.5600 | 167.22 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 150.7656 | 156.22 | top 83% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-05-31 → 2026-06-05
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.60 · weakest Brisket (156.22)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
574.75
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
115
37–119 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
58
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$22,550
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-05-31 → 2025-06-06
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual
- First call McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8972 McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual
- Career-best overall score655.8972 McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual
- Peak power rating (1496) McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1544 McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual
- Most recent contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual | 2025-06-06 |
| -12.3 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual | 2026-06-05 |
| -3.8 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual | 2024-05-31 |
| -1 | Shawnee Great Grillers | 2025-09-26 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 68.4% | 68.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 81% | 90.9% | 79.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 30 / 30 (492.5028) | 19 (168.5828) | 7 (173.1544) | — | 30 (150.7656) |
| 2025-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 41 / 67 (654.6972) | 53 (161.6688) | 30 (167.9656) | 40 (164.5600) | 47 (160.5028) |
| 2025-06-06 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 28 / 28 (495.8856) | — | 23 (163.9656) | 9 (171.9772) | 21 (159.9428) |
| 2024-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 24 / 35 (655.8972) | 9 (172.5600) | 24 (164.5372) | 24 (165.1200) | 31 (153.6800) |