High-water mark
670.1940
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1940 at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Jun 11, 2021
Daddy-Jacks BBQ
Daddy-Jacks BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 20 at The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2021). Also listed in KCBS results as “Daddy Jack's BBQ” and “DaddyJacks BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 35 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2013
latest Jun 13, 2025 · 12.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
25% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Best overall
670.1940 / 720
Competitor Series · The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
170.8228
Consistency
±18.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.05 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.55)
Road miles
720
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 605 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
642.11 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Daddy-Jacks BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Daddy-Jacks BBQ 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 132 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,449 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1502
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Daddy-Jacks BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Serious Hog ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
Fewer contests behind them than Daddy-Jacks BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
They turned up 8 years after Daddy-Jacks BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#3,448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Daddy-Jacks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with Daddy-Jacks BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,474 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Daddy-Jacks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE BLAZERS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Holy Smoke | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Destroyer | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 152.5714 | 163.20 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 150.7888 | 159.55 | top 70% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 158.2856 | 164.05 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 157.6916 | 162.09 | top 48% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 3 | 16 | 0 | top 67% | Jun 13, 2025 |
| The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 48% | Jun 10, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
5 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
135
finished ahead 93 times, behind 132
Longest layoff
7.8 yrs
Aug 23, 2013 → Jun 11, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score670.1940 The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8228 The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Taste of Wheatstock
- First call Valley Center Spring Fling
- First overall top-10 Valley Center Spring Fling
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4284 Valley Center Spring Fling
- Peak power rating (1498) Valley Center Spring Fling
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.3 | Valley Center Spring Fling | May 31, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Taste of Wheatstock | May 17, 2013 |
| -4.3 | When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In | Aug 23, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 60% | 92.7% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2025 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 32 / 36 (483.2916) | 26 (163.3944) | 36 (150.7888) | 21 (169.1084) | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 16 / 33 (503.8972) | 10 (168.5372) | 17 (167.9772) | 20 (167.3828) | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 19 / 30 (654.7540) | 23 (161.1084) | 21 (160.5484) | 22 (162.8000) | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 13 / 26 (656.9944) | 8 (168.5256) | 21 (155.3948) | 15 (161.6684) | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 9 / 20 (670.1940) | 6 (170.8228) | 15 (161.1200) | 12 (165.1084) | — |
| Aug 23, 2013 | When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS | 21 / 30 (635.4632) | 26 (154.3200) | 19 (158.8688) | 13 (164.5828) | 17 (157.6916) |
| May 31, 2013 | Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS | 9 / 34 (667.4284) | 17 (166.2856) | 12 (168) | 18 (163.4286) | 8 (169.7142) |
| May 17, 2013 | Taste of Wheatstock Abilene, KS | 21 / 25 (623.4282) | 24 (152.5714) | 22 (153.7140) | 19 (158.2856) | 16 (158.8572) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.