High-water mark
678.2288
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2288 at Smoke in the Grove — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2020-07-24
MACK DADDYS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1507 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2018-03-02
latest 2021-04-16
Best ToY finish
#512
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.77 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.79 (+12.99)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.40 · weakest Brisket (158.88)
Road miles
319
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.79 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 10%.
- Brisket avg 158.88
- Chicken avg 165.40
- 0 calls in 10 entries
A strong matchup
6–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 86% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
8 of 8
shared chicken entries lost
APORKALYPSE NOW ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, APORKALYPSE NOW has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared chicken entries.
A July team
Top 40%
average finish in July
Something about July: average finish in the top 40% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.
- 3 July contests
- top 58% the rest of the year
The metronome
±2.44%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.44% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.2% of a perfect score
- 10 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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3339 of the rated field
- Contests
- 40
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1530
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to MACK DADDYS BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — MACK DADDYS BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3328 of the rated field
- Contests
- 132
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1651
3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to MACK DADDYS BBQ)
They've been 1651 at their best, 154 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3336 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3331 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Level with MACK DADDYS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3326 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before MACK DADDYS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRILLING & GRILLING | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD AZZ MULE BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SMOKE CLUB | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| APORKALYPSE NOW | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG DOG BBQ VA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 50 Shades of Pork | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| WAR PIGS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Smack That Butt BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 157.0972 | 165.40 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 149.0860 | 162.54 | top 54% |
| Pork | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 152.5372 | 162.96 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 146.8116 | 158.88 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 5 | 0 | top 48% |
| MD | 4 | 0 | top 65% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 57% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Grove | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 40% | 2020-07-24 |
| Interstate BBQ Festival | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 56% | 2019-04-19 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2018-03-02 → 2021-04-16
Busiest season
2018
5 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
5 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.40 · weakest Brisket (158.88)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 4 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
10%
1 of 10 contests
Master average
649.79
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
284
250–363 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
319
10 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
1587
average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$48,175
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1497
peak 1507 · #3333 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown
- First call *The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4800 *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Grove
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Smoke in the Grove
- 2020
- Career-best overall score678.2288 Smoke in the Grove
- Peak power rating (1507) Smoke in the Grove
- 2021
- 10th tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- Most recent contest Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.3 | Smoke in the Grove | 2020-07-24 |
| +10.1 | Smoke in the Grove | 2019-07-26 |
| +2 | *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-05-25 |
| +1.6 | Interstate BBQ Festival | 2019-04-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | 2021-04-16 |
| -6.4 | Smoke in the Grove | 2018-07-27 |
| -5.1 | York County BBQ Festival | 2020-06-26 |
| -2.4 | *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-08-31 |
| -1.8 | *The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown | 2018-03-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 94.2% | 92.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 30% | 93.7% | 92.8% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | top 71% | 90.6% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 38 / 47 (643.3032) | 31 (167.3828) | 26 (166.8460) | 30 (162.2628) | 43 (146.8116) |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 11 / 59 (678.2288) | 12 (171.4056) | 6 (171.9772) | 11 (171.4172) | 31 (163.4288) |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 34 / 53 (656.4116) | 33 (166.2284) | 45 (157.6688) | 10 (170.8572) | 30 (161.6572) |
| 2019-07-26 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 8 / 53 (674.8228) | 6 (173.7144) | 26 (162.8228) | 9 (171.4056) | 14 (166.8800) |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 24 / 54 (661.0852) | 28 (165.7028) | 39 (158.8456) | 28 (165.7256) | 13 (170.8112) |
| 2018-08-31 | *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Ranson, WV | 31 / 40 (629.0288) | 31 (158.8344) | 15 (164.5600) | 32 (155.4056) | 37 (150.2288) |
| 2018-07-27 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 46 / 54 (621.5200) | 25 (163.3940) | 53 (149.0860) | 37 (158.7884) | 46 (150.2516) |
| 2018-05-25 | *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA | 20 / 35 (652.4800) | 29 (157.0972) | 15 (165.1316) | 17 (164.0228) | 16 (166.2284) |
| 2018-04-20 | *Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD | 45 / 67 (643.8972) | 35 (164.5484) | 51 (157.6688) | 54 (157.1428) | 31 (164.5372) |
| 2018-03-02 | *The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown Brunswick, MD | 20 / 29 (637.0744) | 11 (165.6912) | 5 (170.8344) | 25 (152.5372) | 29 (148.0116) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #512 (190 pts) | #555 (185 pts) | #490 (235 pts) | #435 (265 pts) | #681 (120 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1113 (220 pts) | #1115 (235 pts) | #1575 (120 pts) | #1222 (205 pts) | #1124 (235 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1036 (265 pts) | #1152 (240 pts) | #961 (340 pts) | #1060 (280 pts) | #1035 (285 pts) |