A tough matchup
3–0
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 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Masters BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-10-04
latest 2021-09-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.51
last 3 Master vs avg 605.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.77 · weakest Brisket (139.14)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
605.51 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
They cook the hard rooms
1605
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1605 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
Masters BBQ 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 140 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Masters BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Masters BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 147.9656 | 154.09 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8688 | 154.2056 | 159.77 | top 78% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 146.1944 | 152.51 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 127.2800 | 139.14 | top 96% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2019-10-04 → 2021-09-24
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.77 · weakest Brisket (139.14)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.51
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
9–138 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1605
average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Smoketoberfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8688 Smoketoberfest
- Peak power rating (1490) Smoketoberfest
- 2020
- Career-best overall score623.2912 Ottumwa Smoketoberfest
- 2021
- Most recent contest Ottumwa 4th Annual Smoketoberfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Ottumwa 4th Annual Smoketoberfest | 2021-09-24 |
| -10.5 | Smoketoberfest | 2019-10-04 |
| -7.6 | Ottumwa Smoketoberfest | 2020-10-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Ottumwa 4th Annual Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA | 35 / 35 (582.5484) | 35 (147.9656) | 34 (154.2056) | 34 (153.0972) | 35 (127.2800) |
| 2020-10-02 | Ottumwa Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA | 60 / 66 (623.2912) | 62 (152.5712) | 56 (158.2400) | 57 (158.2400) | 61 (154.2400) |
| 2019-10-04 | Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA | 46 / 49 (610.6972) | 35 (161.7256) | 26 (166.8688) | 48 (146.1944) | 47 (135.9084) |