A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Open Season BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1508 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-05-31
latest 2023-06-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
324.25
last 4 Backyard vs avg 324.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.82
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.94 · weakest Pork (154.53)
Road miles
301
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.45 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
324.25 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2023-06-09).
- last seen 2021-06-12
- back 2023-06-09
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.
111 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2880 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Open Season BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2884 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Open Season BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before Open Season BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2897 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6912 | 158.2628 | 164.94 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 149.6800 | 158.07 | top 49% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4056 | 153.6456 | 154.53 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 157.6572 | 161.39 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 38% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 44% | 2023-06-09 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2019-05-31 → 2023-06-09
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.94 · weakest Pork (154.53)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
636.45
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
324.25
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
192
165–173 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
301
6 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$27,825
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2021-06-12 → 2023-06-09
Power rating
1508
peak 1508 · #2895 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest
- First call Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest
- Career-best overall score638.7200 Puckaway Pigfest
- 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.4172 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.6912 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Peak power rating (1508) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 | 2021-06-12 |
| +3.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2023-06-09 |
| +1 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2019-09-06 |
| +0.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 | 2021-06-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.2 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest | 2019-05-31 |
| -2.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon | 2019-06-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 90% | 90% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 36% | 93.2% | 91% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 88.7% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 18 / 43 (323.9312) | 9 (169.6912) | 26 (154.2400) | — | — |
| 2021-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI | 12 / 45 (335.4172) | 11 (167.4400) | 13 (167.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 24 / 52 (319.9772) | 20 (163.4056) | 24 (156.5716) | — | — |
| 2019-09-06 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 21 / 39 (638.7200) | 19 (162.8572) | 10 (164.5600) | 28 (153.6456) | 24 (157.6572) |
| 2019-06-21 | Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI | 20 / 37 (317.6800) | 9 (168.0000) | 23 (149.6800) | — | — |
| 2019-05-31 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest 🏅 Rice Lake, WI | 14 / 19 (634.1828) | 16 (158.2628) | 14 (155.3944) | 16 (155.4056) | 8 (165.1200) |