A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Chief Grilldaddy & the Hosedraggers
Chief Grilldaddy & the Hosedraggers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 12th of 23 at the Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2020). They finished #415 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 13, 2020
latest Sep 13, 2024 · 4.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.99 · weakest Brisket (151.39)
Road miles
396
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 195 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
629.59 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
326.25 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
479.38 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 153.0972 | 155.78 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 160.5828 | 167.99 | top 40% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 158.8228 | 159.10 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3944 | 151.3944 | 151.39 | top 92% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
126
finished ahead 35 times, behind 103
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Mar 13, 2020 → Apr 7, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.2516 Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score629.5888 Smoke on the Falls
- First call Battle for the Bones (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Battle for the Bones (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20202 milestones
- First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1500) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.4 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 13, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 7, 2023 |
| -6.4 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 13, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 87% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2024 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 27 / 33 (326.2516) | 32 (154.8344) | 11 (171.4172) | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Battle for the Bones (ONE MEAT RIBS) Birmingham, AL | — | — | 2 (173.7028) | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 34 / 39 (629.5888) | 38 (153.0972) | 23 (166.2744) | 35 (158.8228) | 36 (151.3944) |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 12 / 23 (479.3828) | 14 (159.4172) | 11 (160.5828) | 13 (159.3828) | — |