Wee Daddy's BBQ AL
Rating
1636
peak 1636
Contests
42
in the data
First seen
2023-06-09
latest 2026-06-12
Best ToY finish
#12
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
9 podiums
Overall top-10s
17
of 42 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
349.69 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 342.03 (+7.66)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±8.95
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.58 · weakest Pork (168.59)
Road miles
1830
mi across 42 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Rollin Smoke BBQ has finished one call ahead of Wee Daddy's BBQ 5 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
LEE LA Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Modest Meats in 15 of their 20 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Finished level on points with the champion at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) (2026-06-05) — the Grand Championship went to the KCBS tiebreaker.
📅 A October team
Something about October: average finish in the top 26% across 5 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023-06-09).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 36 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.2172 | 172.58 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 36 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 177.7144 | 157.0744 | 169.32 | top 49% |
| Pork | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 156.5716 | 168.59 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 27 | 0 | top 43% |
| TN | 4 | 0 | top 29% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 6 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 20 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 37% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (20 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AL (34 of 42 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (36 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 342.03
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 353.7144 | 345.04 |
| 2025 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 354.2628 | 343.74 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 346.2400 | 336.21 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 343.3944 | 337.27 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 3 / 31 (351.9772) | 4 (177.7144) | 6 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2026-06-05 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 2 / 26 (353.7144) | 7 (173.7028) | 10 (170.8456) | 5 (174.2744) | — |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 6 / 82 (351.9888) | 7 (176.5716) | 10 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 70 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2026-05-15 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 6 / 29 (347.9772) | 8 (175.4056) | 8 (172.5716) | 6 (171.9656) | — |
| 2026-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Cleveland, AL | 11 / 15 (342.8000) | 11 (173.1200) | 11 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Cleveland, AL | 8 / 17 (342.2168) | 8 (170.8112) | 10 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2026-04-03 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 17 / 36 (335.9200) | 19 (166.2400) | 15 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 30 / 43 (329.6344) | 16 (172.5600) | 37 (157.0744) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 28 (174.2744) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 8 / 125 (349.1316) | 4 (178.2972) | 16 (170.8344) | 9 (174.2628) | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 39 (169.6684) | — | — |
| 2025-10-25 | Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD) Cleveland, AL | 4 / 16 (354.2628) | 5 (177.7028) | 4 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cleveland, AL | — | 7 (175.4056) | — | — | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL | — | — | — | 22 (159.9428) | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL | — | — | 20 (163.3828) | — | — |
| 2025-10-17 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 7 / 39 (347.9772) | 3 (178.8572) | 20 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2025-10-10 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 3 / 30 (349.6916) | 7 (173.1200) | 1 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Friday Night Chicken Fight" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Clanton, AL | — | 5 (174.2744) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 8 / 15 (342.2400) | 3 (176.5600) | 11 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) Glencoe, AL | 22 / 22 (317.6456) | 22 (154.2628) | 19 (163.3828) | — | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 9 / 30 (347.9772) | 13 (172.5600) | 6 (175.4172) | 22 (166.2400) | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 12 / 28 (345.6800) | 9 (176.0000) | 16 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK) Guntersville, AL | — | — | — | 7 (170.8228) | — |
| 2025-09-12 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Guntersville, AL | — | — | 15 (162.8000) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 5 (174.2744) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 24 / 29 (337.0628) | 16 (173.1200) | 24 (163.9428) | — | — |
| 2025-08-01 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 10 / 23 (342.8000) | 3 (176.5600) | 15 (166.2400) | 19 (156.5716) | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 19 / 35 (338.2056) | 20 (170.8112) | 17 (167.3944) | — | — |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 4 / 23 (351.9772) | 3 (180.0000) | 15 (171.9772) | 12 (171.9656) | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 12 / 28 (339.9312) | 2 (175.4056) | 23 (164.5256) | 15 (167.9884) | — |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition Gadsden, AL | 3 / 31 (353.1200) | 5 (176.5600) | 6 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL | 20 / 38 (333.0512) | 20 (169.1084) | 20 (163.9428) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 14 / 18 (334.7772) | 5 (174.2628) | 15 (160.5144) | 9 (167.3712) | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 7 / 27 (346.2400) | 16 (169.6800) | 2 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-07-12 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) Shelbyville, TN | 14 / 17 (330.1828) | 12 (169.6800) | 14 (160.5028) | 4 (173.1200) | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 23 / 35 (328.4800) | 23 (166.2284) | 24 (162.2516) | — | — |
| 2024-04-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 12 / 40 (344.5256) | 16 (171.4056) | 12 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 7 / 27 (341.6456) | 16 (166.2400) | 2 (175.4056) | — | — |
| 2023-08-04 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL | 42 / 58 (326.7772) | 54 (154.2172) | 18 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 5 / 26 (343.3944) | 8 (171.9772) | 7 (171.4172) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #12 (981 pts) | #20 (886 pts) | #34 (823 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #866 (60 pts) | #733 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #41 (1019 pts) | #30 (1149 pts) | #51 (926 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | #465 (487 pts) | #881 (168 pts) | #729 (207 pts) | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #107 (562 pts) | #111 (562 pts) | #91 (652 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #158 (303 pts) | #131 (503 pts) | — | — |