Makdaddy BBQ

Makdaddy BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1516

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 16, 2023

latest Aug 15, 2026 · 2.9 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 25% of the time

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

346.8344 / 360

Backyard · Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716

Pork Ribs · Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±11.70

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.57)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)

Purse competed for

$2,280

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

326.83 / 360

4 Backyard contests · 1 GC

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Sep 16, 2023) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Shmack Q.

Giant slayer

35 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY).

Sep 16, 2023

High-water mark

346.8344 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 346.8344 at Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) — 96.3% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
Sep 16, 2023

A tough matchup

3–1 behind in the head-to-head

I'd Smoke That ahead in 75% of their meetings

I'd Smoke That has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of P-Ridge Smoke in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 35 at their very first tracked contest, Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Sep 16, 2023).

Sep 16, 2023
35-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Mouth 2 Mouth has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 1st

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	0	0	170.2628	158.2400	165.26	top 41%
Pork Ribs	4	1	0	1	176.5716	153.6804	161.57	top 48%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	4	1	1	top 39%	Aug 15, 2026

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

First title Sep 16, 2023 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Opponents faced 77 finished ahead 85 times, behind 50

Longest layoff 1 yrs Aug 24, 2024 → Sep 5, 2025

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

20261 milestone

Aug 15 Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

20241 milestone

Aug 24 Peak power rating (1518) Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

20239 milestones

Sep 16 First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 First overall top-10 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 First overall podium Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 First Grand Championship Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score346.8344 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 Biggest field won (35 teams) Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 Career-best overall score346.8344 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 16 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5716 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 16, 2023
+2.1	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Aug 24, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.4	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Aug 15, 2026
-0.6	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 5, 2025

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	GCs	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 57%	88.9%	88.9%
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 53%	88.2%	88.2%
2024	1	0	0	0%	top 44%	89.7%	89.7%
2023	1	1	1	100%	top 3%	96.3%	96.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 15, 2026	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	17 / 30 (319.9316)	13 (166.2512)	23 (153.6804)	—	—
Sep 5, 2025	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	20 / 38 (317.6232)	25 (158.2400)	19 (159.3832)	—	—
Aug 24, 2024	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	16 / 36 (322.9144)	13 (166.2856)	21 (156.6288)	—	—
Sep 16, 2023	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	1 / 35 (346.8344)	7 (170.2628)	2 (176.5716)	—	—

Makdaddy BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Backyard avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

A standing appointment

By meat

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)