A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-03-31
latest 2025-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.52
last 3 Master vs avg 635.52 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.45 · weakest Brisket (151.00)
Road miles
114
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$3K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.52 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
302.16 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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
6.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.3 years, then back at Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-10-03).
- last seen 2019-07-05
- back 2025-10-03
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.
GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN 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 147 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4380 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN'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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 150.7884 | 155.27 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 151.3716 | 161.83 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 155.9544 | 162.45 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 144.5144 | 151.00 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.5 yrs
2017-03-31 → 2025-10-03
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.45 · weakest Brisket (151.00)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
635.52
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
302.16
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
124
27–107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
114
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1590
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$2,700
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.3 yrs
2019-07-05 → 2025-10-03
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1495) Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- First call *Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days
- Career-best overall score642.1944 *Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1428 *Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days
- 2025
- Most recent contest Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-10-03 |
| -5.7 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge | 2019-07-05 |
| -4.7 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2017-03-31 |
| -3.4 | *Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days | 2018-09-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 22 / 23 (302.1600) | 23 (150.7884) | 21 (151.3716) | — | — |
| 2019-07-05 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge 🏅 Warrensburg, MO | 31 / 37 (632.4916) | 32 (156.0116) | 18 (165.6800) | 29 (162.2628) | 35 (148.5372) |
| 2018-09-07 | *Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days Butler, MO | 14 / 19 (642.1944) | 12 (162.8228) | 11 (165.7144) | 7 (169.1428) | 19 (144.5144) |
| 2017-03-31 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Pleasant Hill, MO | 44 / 59 (631.8860) | 55 (151.4400) | 29 (164.5488) | 48 (155.9544) | 32 (159.9428) |