High-water mark
686.7772
career-best overall
95.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.7772 at All American BBQ Throwdown — 95.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 31, 2026
Diddy's Delectable 3BQ
Diddy's Delectable 3BQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 28 at the Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #3964 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2024
latest Sep 25, 2026 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
9% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.52 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 661.77 (+11.75)
Walk rate
36%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.81 · weakest Brisket (162.58)
Road miles
1,720
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 302 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$59K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.77 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
337.71 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #652 (220 pts) | #575 (315 pts) | #641 (294 pts) | #702 (205 pts) | #683 (215 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #765 (167 pts) | #949 (122 pts) | #517 (432 pts) | #875 (142 pts) | #630 (257 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #184 (271 pts) | #174 (311 pts) | #222 (216 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Diddy's Delectable 3BQ, each with one reason worth a look.
152 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
They've been 1514 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#3,990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Diddy's Delectable 3BQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,958 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1484
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,948 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before Diddy's Delectable 3BQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with Diddy's Delectable 3BQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1484
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiggin aint easy | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BooyaQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| WE WILL ROCK QUE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Maestros | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 162.2284 | 167.81 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 150.2172 | 167.69 | top 55% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 154.8572 | 163.90 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7256 | 125.6232 | 162.58 | top 58% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 70% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
5 contests
Contests a season
3.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
6 of 11 contests · 4 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
9
a different one every time
Opponents faced
252
finished ahead 109 times, behind 260
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- 10th tracked contest All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score686.7772 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1428 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Hoosier BBQ Classic
- First call Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score340.0460 Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1499) Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 14, 2024 |
| +9.6 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Jul 31, 2026 |
| +0.8 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 20, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Hoosier BBQ Classic | Jun 7, 2024 |
| -7.3 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana | May 15, 2026 |
| -6.5 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | Sep 25, 2026 |
| -5.7 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | Apr 18, 2025 |
| -5.3 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues | Aug 16, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 95.4% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 94.3% | 93.4% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 94.5% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 61 / 71 (670.1140) | 61 (166.2400) | 56 (167.9656) | 61 (165.0856) | 39 (170.8228) |
| Jul 31, 2026 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 17 / 45 (686.7772) | 14 (174.2744) | 22 (171.9656) | 20 (169.7028) | 18 (170.8344) |
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 29 / 35 (665.6916) | 29 (165.1544) | 20 (169.6800) | 27 (164.0228) | 26 (166.8344) |
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN | — | 19 (163.9884) | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 22 (168.5828) | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2025 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON | 13 / 22 (678.7996) | 22 (162.2284) | 2 (177.1428) | 18 (165.7028) | 4 (173.7256) |
| Apr 18, 2025 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 44 / 56 (666.2172) | 48 (165.6800) | 5 (175.4172) | 53 (154.8572) | 26 (170.2628) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues 🏅 Madison, IN | 38 / 49 (660.4112) | 32 (167.9656) | 34 (165.1200) | 33 (167.3712) | 36 (159.9544) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI | 12 / 23 (335.3828) | 9 (171.9772) | 17 (163.4056) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Logansport, IN | 7 / 28 (340.0460) | 5 (172.5944) | 10 (167.4516) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Hoosier BBQ Classic 🏅 Franklin, IN | 37 / 38 (604.3888) | 26 (168) | 38 (150.2172) | 34 (160.5484) | 37 (125.6232) |