Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Daddy T Smokin BBQ
Daddy T Smokin BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at the Blues,Brews & Barbecue (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Daddy T Smokin� BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1524
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2019
latest Jul 14, 2023 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
4
57% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.28
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.26 · weakest Chicken (152.82)
Road miles
251
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
313.08 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Daddy T Smokin BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Daddy T Smokin BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 99 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,385 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1535
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before Daddy T Smokin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,395 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Daddy T Smokin BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Level with Daddy T Smokin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Daddy T Smokin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,378 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before Daddy T Smokin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 142.2512 | 152.82 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 162.8460 | 155.3484 | 160.26 | top 25% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 32% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
124
finished ahead 110 times, behind 60
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Jul 19, 2019 → Jul 14, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20235 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9660 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score327.9660 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1200 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1524) Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
20192 milestones
- First call Blues,Brews & Barbecue
- First overall top-10 Blues,Brews & Barbecue
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.4 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue | Jun 7, 2019 |
| +7.6 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 19, 2019 |
| +4.5 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 14, 2023 |
| +2.3 | Hog Capital Challenge | Jun 14, 2019 |
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 | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 86.8% | 85.6% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 9 / 25 (327.9660) | 9 (165.1200) | 8 (162.8460) | — | — |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL | 10 / 40 (309.0056) | 10 (153.6572) | 13 (155.3484) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL | 10 / 25 (302.7884) | 12 (142.2512) | 7 (160.5372) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue 🏅 Beardstown, IL | 5 / 25 (312.5600) | 9 (150.2628) | 2 (162.2972) | — | — |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Hog Capital Challenge (JUDGES FULL) Kewanee, IL | — | — | — | — | — |