MACK DADDYS BBQ

MACK DADDYS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 8th of 53 at the Smoke in the Grove (2019). They are ranked #3336 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,336

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1497

peak 1507 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 2, 2018

latest Apr 16, 2021 · 3.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#512

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

678.2288 / 720

Master · Smoke in the Grove

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.77 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.79 (+12.99)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Chicken · Smoke in the Grove

Consistency

±17.56

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.40 · weakest Brisket (158.88)

Road miles

319

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 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

649.79 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

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
Jul 24, 2020

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

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
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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MACK DADDYS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ

#3,338 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 132
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1652

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to MACK DADDYS BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — MACK DADDYS BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 126 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Hoochie Que

#3,349 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 9, 2025

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SALE & PEPE

#3,353 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1522

Level with MACK DADDYS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019

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SMAAKMAKERS (BE)

#3,342 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

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.

rated over 10 contests

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Solo Dolo BBQ

#3,328 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

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.

rated over 10 contests

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IN THE KEY OF QUE

#3,340 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1505

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before MACK DADDYS BBQ's first contest.

rated over 11 contests
last seen May 6, 2016

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Familiar 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	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	173.7144	157.0972	165.40	top 51%
Pork Ribs	10	2	171.9772	149.0860	162.54	top 54%
Pork	10	2	171.4172	152.5372	162.96	top 53%
Brisket	10	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	5	top 48%
MD	4	top 65%
WV	1	top 78%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Grove	3	8	0	top 40%	Jul 24, 2020
Interstate BBQ Festival	2	24	0	top 56%	Apr 19, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 5 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 283 finished ahead 250 times, behind 363

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

20212 milestones

Apr 16 10th tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
Apr 16 Most recent contest Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1

20202 milestones

Jul 24 Career-best overall score678.2288 Smoke in the Grove
Jul 24 Peak power rating (1507) Smoke in the Grove

20192 milestones

Jul 26 First overall top-10 Smoke in the Grove
Jul 26 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Smoke in the Grove

20183 milestones

Mar 2 First tracked contest The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown
Mar 2 First call The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown
May 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4800 Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.3	Smoke in the Grove	Jul 24, 2020
+10.1	Smoke in the Grove	Jul 26, 2019
+2.1	Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	May 25, 2018
+1.6	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 19, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1	Apr 16, 2021
-6.4	Smoke in the Grove	Jul 27, 2018
-5.1	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 26, 2020
-2.4	West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Aug 31, 2018
-1.8	The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown	Mar 2, 2018

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	0%	top 81%	89.3%	89.3%
2020	2	0	100%	top 41%	94.2%	92.7%
2019	2	1	50%	top 30%	93.7%	92.8%
2018	5	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
Apr 16, 2021	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	38 / 47 (643.3032)	31 (167.3828)	26 (166.8460)	30 (162.2628)	43 (146.8116)
Jul 24, 2020	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	11 / 59 (678.2288)	12 (171.4056)	6 (171.9772)	11 (171.4172)	31 (163.4288)
Jun 26, 2020	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	34 / 53 (656.4116)	33 (166.2284)	45 (157.6688)	10 (170.8572)	30 (161.6572)
Jul 26, 2019	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	8 / 53 (674.8228)	6 (173.7144)	26 (162.8228)	9 (171.4056)	14 (166.8800)
Apr 19, 2019	Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	24 / 54 (661.0852)	28 (165.7028)	39 (158.8456)	28 (165.7256)	13 (170.8112)
Aug 31, 2018	West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Ranson, WV	31 / 40 (629.0288)	31 (158.8344)	15 (164.5600)	32 (155.4056)	37 (150.2288)
Jul 27, 2018	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	46 / 54 (621.5200)	25 (163.3940)	53 (149.0860)	37 (158.7884)	46 (150.2516)
May 25, 2018	Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA	20 / 35 (652.4800)	29 (157.0972)	15 (165.1316)	17 (164.0228)	16 (166.2284)
Apr 20, 2018	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	45 / 67 (643.8972)	35 (164.5484)	51 (157.6688)	54 (157.1428)	31 (164.5372)
Mar 2, 2018	The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown Brunswick, MD	20 / 29 (637.0744)	11 (165.6912)	5 (170.8344)	25 (152.5372)	29 (148.0116)

MACK DADDYS 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 (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A July team

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)