A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Daddio
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-08-09
latest 2022-10-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.91)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
313.67 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2021-10-15).
- last seen 2019-08-09
- back 2021-10-15
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.
Smokin Daddio has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 125 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3328 of the rated field
- Contests
- 132
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1651
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Smokin Daddio)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin Daddio has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Daddio on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Smokin Daddio's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Smokin Daddio's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3088 | 151.9772 | 157.53 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 149.6800 | 152.91 | top 69% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 69% | 2022-10-14 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2022-10-14
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.91)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
313.67
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
144
85–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2021-10-15
Power rating
1497
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2021
- Career-best overall score318.8348 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.3088 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1505) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2022
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
| +0.2 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2021-10-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2022-10-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-14 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 28 / 30 (308.5144) | 30 (151.9772) | 20 (156.5372) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 17 / 25 (318.8348) | 12 (166.3088) | 21 (152.5260) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 14 / 30 (303.9772) | 16 (154.2972) | 17 (149.6800) | — | — |