WHO DAT BBQ SD

Power ranking

#379

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1625

peak 1645 · rated over 38 contests

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-12

latest 2025-06-06

Best ToY finish

#105

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

24 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 40 contests

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

698.8456 / 720

Master · Smoke in the Spring

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

668.72 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 677.71 (-8.99)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · GOBS Que (DAY 1)

Consistency

±14.33

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.48 · weakest Brisket (167.23)

Road miles

11546

mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 2443 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)

Purse competed for

$363K

listed at 30 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 37 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.71 / 720

38 Master contests · 1 GC

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

4 LEGS UP BBQ has finished one call ahead of WHO DAT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

OWENS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 24 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of RICHIE Z's in 16 of their 22 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Smoke in the Spring is their spot: an average finish in the top 7% across 2 visits.

😤 Pork nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has out-cooked them in 13 of 18 shared pork entries.

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 22% across 5 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Original SD BBQ Championships (2025-06-06).

Teams like this (closest power rating, SD first)

SIN CIRCLE BBQ #375 · 1625 · SD Eggspert BBQ #347 · 1632 · SD BnB BBQ #423 · 1613 · SD RICHIE Z's #626 · 1574 · SD BURNT TREES BBQ #215 · 1677 · SD Pigtamer BBQ #675 · 1569 · SD

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SPITFIRE	24	10	14	42%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	24	7	17	29%	⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ	23	13	10	57%	⚔ compare
RICHIE Z's	22	16	6	73%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	20	13	7	65%	⚔ compare
RUB MY RACK	20	10	10	50%	⚔ compare
BnB BBQ	19	14	5	74%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	19	10	9	53%	⚔ compare
Hogline	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
Pigtamer BBQ	15	12	3	80%	⚔ compare
OWENS BBQ	15	11	4	73%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	10	1	5	180.0000 🔥	154.7656	169.41	top 46%
Pork Ribs	40	18	1	7	178.8572	155.9428	169.77	top 37%
Pork	38	19	6	10	180.0000 🔥	154.2284	171.48	top 32%
Brisket	38	10	1	2	178.2972	146.8344	167.23	top 44%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SD	11	0	top 28%
KS	10	0	top 33%
MN	5	1	top 22%
IA	4	0	top 30%
NE	4	0	top 33%
WI	2	0	top 62%
AK	1	0	top 89%
OK	1	0	top 58%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	16	1	top 30%
Large (40+)	21	0	top 33%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off	3	1	1	top 21%	2021-07-16
Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll	3	3	0	top 42%	2023-09-08
Original SD BBQ Championship	3	5	0	top 21%	2022-06-03
GOBS Que (DAY 2)	3	5	0	top 22%	2021-08-14
Smoke in the Spring	2	5	0	top 7%	2021-04-09

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (14 contests)
Cooks mostly in SD (12 of 40 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (40 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off (2019-09-13)
Wins it all in 3% of contests
Average Master overall score: 677.71 / 720
2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

Milestones

🚩 2019-04-12 — First tracked contest · Smoke In the Springs
📣 2019-05-31 — First call · Original SD BBQ Championship
🔥 2019-09-06 — First perfect 180 (Chicken) · Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
🏆 2019-09-13 — First Grand Championship · KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off
⭐ 2021-04-09 — Career-best overall score (698.8456) · Smoke in the Spring
🎖️ 2021-06-12 — 25th tracked contest · Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2
📈 2022-09-09 — Peak power rating (1645) · Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.4	Cookin On Kampeska	2019-07-19
+14.1	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off	2019-09-13
+12.6	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off	2020-09-18
+12.4	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	2019-09-06
+12	Smoke in the Spring	2020-10-30

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-18.4	Kenai River BBQ Competition	2023-06-30
-13.6	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2	2021-06-12
-9.1	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16
-8.6	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll	2023-09-08
-8.3	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1	2021-06-11

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

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	1	0	100%	top 21%	95.9%	95.9%
2023	2	0	1	0	100%	top 82%	92.6%	89.8%
2022	5	0	1	1	80%	top 27%	95.7%	94.8%
2021	14	0	6	3	64%	top 33%	97.1%	94.2%
2020	8	0	2	1	50%	top 32%	96.3%	94.5%
2019	10	1	7	4	80%	top 29%	96.5%	94.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-06-06	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	10 / 48 (690.7768)	24 (170.8228)	17 (171.4056)	5 (176.0000)	12 (172.5484)
2023-09-08	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	21 / 28 (666.7200)	7 (173.1200)	25 (159.9544)	24 (163.9656)	8 (169.6800)
2023-06-30	Kenai River BBQ Competition Soldotna, AK	8 / 9 (626.7656)	8 (163.4400)	9 (162.2628)	8 (154.2284)	8 (146.8344)
2022-09-09	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	11 / 28 (678.2632)	2 (177.1772)	7 (170.2860)	22 (162.8000)	14 (168.0000)
2022-06-03	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	15 / 46 (681.0856)	20 (168.5600)	14 (171.9772)	19 (169.1200)	13 (171.4284)
2022-06-02	Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	2 (173.7028)	—	—
2022-04-01	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	4 / 48 (689.1088)	20 (170.8344)	1 (178.8572)	2 (176.0116)	34 (163.4056)
2022-03-18	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	20 / 71 (680.4456)	46 (165.6800)	35 (166.2400)	6 (175.4172)	12 (173.1084)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	78 / 185 (682.8116)	124 (168.5600)	12 (177.7028)	76 (171.4172)	136 (165.1316)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	193 / 467 (666.8112)	167 (168.5600)	199 (167.9656)	178 (167.3828)	254 (162.9028)
2021-09-10	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	3 / 26 (686.2972)	14 (168.5600)	3 (174.3200)	1 (176.5600)	14 (166.8572)
2021-08-27	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	8 / 31 (689.6572)	22 (168.5372)	7 (174.8572)	3 (177.7144)	15 (168.5484)
2021-08-14	GOBS Que (DAY 2) 🏅 Arlington, NE	5 / 25 (687.3368)	14 (169.1200)	17 (165.6684)	1 (177.7028)	9 (174.8456)
2021-08-13	GOBS Que (DAY 1) 🏅 Arlington, NE	5 / 26 (683.3140)	15 (167.3828)	9 (169.1084)	1 (180.0000)	15 (166.8228)
2021-07-16	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	17 / 33 (673.6456)	13 (171.4056)	27 (162.8572)	18 (169.6800)	13 (169.7028)
2021-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI	32 / 45 (654.2284)	40 (161.6800)	11 (169.1544)	35 (159.9540)	27 (163.4400)
2021-06-11	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI	27 / 52 (659.9884)	25 (166.8456)	16 (167.4056)	18 (169.7372)	45 (156.0000)
2021-06-04	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	5 / 49 (689.1088)	27 (165.0972)	2 (177.1544)	5 (174.8572)	8 (172.0000)
2021-05-07	Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN	16 / 60 (673.1088)	2 (177.7372)	52 (155.9428)	14 (170.2744)	16 (169.1544)
2021-05-07	Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs Cambridge, MN	—	—	9 (172.5716)	—	—
2021-04-09	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	5 / 105 (698.8456)	46 (170.8228)	8 (176.5600)	13 (176.5600)	14 (174.9028)
2021-03-19	3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	33 / 70 (671.8396)	29 (169.6684)	34 (168.5600)	6 (176.5600)	57 (157.0512)
2020-11-13	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 Mayetta, KS	32 / 94 (689.6800)	35 (172.5600)	38 (172.5600)	37 (173.1544)	44 (171.4056)
2020-10-30	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	8 / 93 (693.0744)	4 (177.7028)	77 (160.5144)	5 (176.5600)	1 (178.2972)
2020-09-18	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	3 / 35 (690.8572)	10 (173.1428)	4 (173.7256)	3 (174.8572)	14 (169.1316)
2020-09-11	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	13 / 29 (674.8344)	24 (163.9888)	8 (174.2972)	9 (172.5828)	16 (163.9656)
2020-06-27	Back to Mayberry Day 2 🏅 Rodney, IA	15 / 47 (677.0512)	11 (172.5828)	36 (162.2284)	3 (176.0000)	24 (166.2400)
2020-06-26	Back to Mayberry Day 1 🏅 Rodney, IA	22 / 53 (668.4916)	31 (164.5484)	19 (167.4288)	30 (166.8344)	12 (169.6800)
2020-06-12	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	32 / 55 (669.1084)	22 (170.8456)	40 (162.2400)	24 (171.4400)	37 (164.5828)
2020-03-13	2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	21 / 68 (679.3024)	40 (166.2284)	18 (171.9656)	23 (170.8456)	19 (170.2628)
2019-09-20	Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Manhattan, KS	4 / 24 (690.8344)	13 (168.5256)	2 (176.5944)	1 (178.8800)	10 (166.8344)
2019-09-13	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off 🏅 Worthington, MN	1 / 26 (686.1944)	2 (176.5600)	2 (174.2628)	13 (165.0972)	4 (170.2744)
2019-09-06	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	4 / 29 (694.7768)	1 (180.0000)	10 (170.8112)	1 (177.7372)	20 (166.2284)
2019-08-16	SMSU Smokefest 🏅 MARSHALL, MN	8 / 46 (683.9888)	9 (174.8572)	23 (167.9888)	16 (169.7144)	8 (171.4284)
2019-08-09	GOBS Que 🏅 Arlington, NE	8 / 29 (671.8740)	13 (166.8228)	13 (165.6800)	1 (177.1428)	16 (162.2284)
2019-07-19	Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD	4 / 40 (686.8228)	2 (176.5828)	3 (177.1544)	10 (171.4172)	26 (161.6684)
2019-06-28	Back To Mayberry 🏅 Rodney, IA	11 / 28 (674.2516)	22 (167.4056)	7 (169.7144)	17 (167.4172)	9 (169.7144)
2019-05-31	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	7 / 37 (683.9544)	22 (165.1088)	8 (170.8572)	9 (171.9884)	2 (176.0000)
2019-04-26	Q for a Cause 🏅 Papillion, NE	21 / 32 (662.7312)	24 (161.6800)	16 (167.9772)	27 (163.3828)	13 (169.6912)
2019-04-12	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	79 / 104 (644.9368)	94 (154.7656)	25 (170.2972)	62 (165.0856)	83 (154.7884)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#735 (202 pts)	#639 (287 pts)	#944 (172 pts)	#787 (187 pts)	#626 (277 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#416 (528 pts)	#465 (483 pts)	#288 (872 pts)	#397 (593 pts)	#523 (413 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#105 (1421 pts)	#186 (1001 pts)	#90 (1527 pts)	#51 (1841 pts)	#168 (1061 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#133 (829 pts)	#162 (729 pts)	#159 (724 pts)	#102 (989 pts)	#124 (839 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#137 (1618 pts)	#159 (1423 pts)	#140 (1523 pts)	#139 (1538 pts)	#192 (1293 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#577 (610 pts)	#473 (770 pts)	#616 (595 pts)	#666 (555 pts)	#648 (570 pts)