The comeback
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2016-08-12).
- last seen 2014-08-08
- back 2016-08-12
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2016-08-12).
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 2 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 83 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after Smokin' Daddio did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smokin' Daddio on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pork Ribs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 23% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 26% | 2018-08-10 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 29% | 44% | 44% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 23% | 43.7% | 43.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 11 / 38 (316.4800) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-11 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 11 / 47 (314.8116) | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-08-12 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-08-08 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |