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
Smokin' Daddio is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 14th of 30 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Smokin Daddio”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 9, 2019
latest Oct 14, 2022 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.53)
Road miles
0
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smokin' Daddio, each with one reason worth a look.
Smokin' Daddio has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 102 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,338 of the rated field
- Contests
- 132
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1652
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#3,334 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,335 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
Level with Smokin' Daddio on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
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.
⚔ Compare careers#3,322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Smokin' Daddio's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Smokin' Daddio'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3088 | 151.9772 | 159.14 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 152.5260 | 154.53 | top 75% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 69% | Oct 14, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
144
finished ahead 85 times, behind 112
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
Aug 9, 2019 → Oct 15, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
20213 milestones
- 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
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Aug 9, 2019 |
| +0.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 15, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 14, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 28 / 30 (308.5144) | 30 (151.9772) | 20 (156.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 17 / 25 (318.8348) | 12 (166.3088) | 21 (152.5260) | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 14 / 30 (303.9772) | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 10, 2018 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 8, 2014 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |