A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FAT DADDY'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-05-16
latest 2019-07-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
470.44
last 4 Master vs avg 470.44 (-0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±212.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 150.66 · weakest Brisket (132.90)
Road miles
1,311
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 655 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
470.44 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at SC Festival of Discovery (2019-07-12).
- last seen 2015-07-09
- back 2019-07-12
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.
FAT DADDY'S BBQ has 4 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 123 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.
#5332 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to FAT DADDY'S BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — BLIND SWINE BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after FAT DADDY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Level with FAT DADDY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 143.9772 | 150.66 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 143.3828 | 150.48 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 145.6800 | 148.92 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9884 | 104.8572 | 132.90 | top 94% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 3 | 0 | top 97% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 97% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 3 | 79 | 0 | top 97% | 2019-07-12 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.2 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2019-07-12
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 150.66 · weakest Brisket (132.90)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
470.44
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
186
11–262 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,311
5 mapped stops · furthest 655 mi
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2015-07-09 → 2019-07-12
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery
- 2014
- First call Table Rock & Ribs
- Career-best overall score622.8340 Table Rock & Ribs
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.8572 Table Rock & Ribs
- Peak power rating (1490) Table Rock & Ribs
- 2019
- Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-07-09 |
| -11.5 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2019-07-12 |
| -11.4 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2014-07-10 |
| -10.5 | Table Rock & Ribs | 2014-05-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 14.6% | 14.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 78.6% | 78.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 90% | 86.5% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-12 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 83 / 83 (104.8572) | — | — | — | 81 (104.8572) |
| 2015-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC | 88 / 90 (565.5660) | 87 (143.9772) | 83 (143.3828) | 85 (145.6800) | 87 (132.5260) |
| 2014-07-10 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 79 / 86 (588.5144) | 81 (146.8456) | 79 (145.1888) | 67 (154.2400) | 79 (142.2400) |
| 2014-05-16 | Table Rock & Ribs Kimberling City, MO | 16 / 18 (622.8340) | 11 (161.1428) | 8 (162.8572) | 17 (146.8456) | 16 (151.9884) |
| 2013-07-11 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |