Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ CO

Power ranking

#329

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1637

peak 1648 · rated over 32 contests

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-01-11

latest 2024-08-23

Best ToY finish

#147

Master 2019

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 32%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5140 / 720

Master · Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.14 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 676.24 (+3.91)

Walk rate

84%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ

Consistency

±9.94

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.38 · weakest Brisket (167.14)

Road miles

9763

mi across 32 mapped stops · furthest 606 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Purse competed for

$284K

listed at 26 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 32 state-championship entries

Master avg

676.24 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

AMERICAN HEROES BBQ has finished one call ahead of Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS has come out ahead in 12 of their 14 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BRACKEN RACKS BBQ in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.0344 points of the Grand Championship at Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 (2022-10-22).

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 16% across 3 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)

SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ #279 · 1653 · CO PROUD SOULS BARBECUE #254 · 1662 · CO POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP #436 · 1610 · CO 3 LIL' MACS BBQ #492 · 1597 · CO Lucky Smoke #510 · 1593 · CO M-Dubs BBQ #641 · 1572 · CO

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	23	11	12	48%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	19	14	5	74%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	19	8	11	42%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	18	17	1	94%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	16	9	7	56%	⚔ compare
Frank's BBQ Trading Post	15	12	3	80%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
M-Dubs BBQ	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
WYO SMOKE SHOW	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
Bushmaster BBQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	8	1	1	177.7372	159.3828	168.81	top 46%
Pork Ribs	32	20	3	5	179.4400	153.6456	170.38	top 32%
Pork	32	16	1	6	177.7144	158.2056	169.90	top 35%
Brisket	32	13	1	2	175.4056	153.0512	167.14	top 40%

“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	Avg finish
CO	18	top 23%
SD	5	top 56%
MT	2	top 20%
WY	2	top 40%
OK	2	top 55%
UT	1	top 16%
KS	1	top 62%
AZ	1	top 25%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	22	0	top 30%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 37%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	5	2	top 20%	2024-05-10
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	2	7	top 51%	2024-08-23
Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	2	21	top 64%	2021-08-27
Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day	2	6	top 33%	2021-08-13

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (16 contests)
Cooks mostly in CO (18 of 32 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (32 entries)
Average Master overall score: 676.24 / 720

Milestones

🚩 2019-01-11 — First tracked contest · National Western BBQ Throwdown
📣 2019-01-11 — First call · National Western BBQ Throwdown
⭐ 2020-06-19 — Career-best overall score (696.5140) · Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship
🎖️ 2022-05-06 — 25th tracked contest · Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
📈 2024-05-10 — Peak power rating (1648) · Wild West BBQ Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	2019-08-02
+11.7	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2021-05-07
+11.5	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2	2022-10-22
+11.3	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2019-06-21
+9.2	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day	2019-08-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	2024-08-23
-7.3	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	2021-08-27
-7	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2	2019-03-23
-4.7	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	2020-08-21
-3.8	Smoke In the Springs	2019-04-12

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	2	1	0	50%	top 48%	95%	93.8%
2023	2	1	0	100%	top 35%	94.9%	94.4%
2022	4	3	1	75%	top 20%	96.1%	95%
2021	6	3	1	83%	top 33%	95.5%	93.9%
2020	2	1	0	100%	top 38%	96.7%	94.5%
2019	16	8	4	88%	top 32%	95.9%	93.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-08-23	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	23 / 29 (666.7200)	28 (162.2400)	12 (170.2628)	18 (165.6684)	17 (168.5488)
2024-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	5 / 29 (683.8972)	18 (167.3828)	4 (175.4172)	18 (167.9772)	5 (173.1200)
2023-08-25	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	13 / 26 (675.8856)	22 (161.6684)	15 (167.3828)	5 (175.4172)	10 (171.4172)
2023-05-12	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	6 / 30 (683.4292)	23 (162.2744)	3 (173.7260)	6 (173.7144)	4 (173.7144)
2022-10-22	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO	2 / 31 (690.7772)	13 (170.8112)	1 (178.8572)	3 (174.2744)	17 (166.8344)
2022-10-21	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO	8 / 32 (681.0396)	16 (169.6684)	4 (176.5944)	17 (167.3828)	14 (167.3940)
2022-06-24	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT	4 / 26 (691.9200)	11 (171.9656)	8 (173.1316)	7 (175.4172)	7 (171.4056)
2022-05-06	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	11 / 33 (671.2796)	19 (167.4056)	13 (170.8228)	12 (169.1200)	19 (163.9312)
2021-08-27	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	21 / 31 (671.2684)	21 (169.6684)	21 (166.2400)	13 (170.2860)	21 (165.0740)
2021-08-13	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	19 / 42 (662.6740)	32 (161.6340)	25 (162.2400)	22 (163.3944)	1 (175.4056)
2021-08-06	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	7 / 42 (686.7540)	11 (173.1084)	13 (170.8456)	2 (177.7144)	20 (165.0856)
2021-06-25	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT	6 / 25 (687.3940)	4 (176.5828)	15 (165.1428)	8 (171.9656)	5 (173.7028)
2021-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO	12 / 33 (669.6000)	12 (170.2628)	31 (153.6456)	3 (176.5716)	9 (169.1200)
2021-05-07	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	2 / 35 (678.2172)	12 (169.1200)	9 (170.2972)	3 (173.1316)	11 (165.6684)
2020-08-21	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	26 / 43 (664.4340)	40 (161.0856)	9 (172.5600)	14 (171.4056)	31 (159.3828)
2020-06-19	Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Riverdale, UT	5 / 32 (696.5140)	6 (176.0000)	5 (176.5600)	7 (174.2628)	10 (169.6912)
2019-10-18	Meat Scream BBQ Competition 🏅 Westminster, CO	7 / 46 (685.0624)	9 (171.9884)	6 (171.9884)	1 (176.0000)	21 (165.0856)
2019-09-20	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Grand Lake, CO	5 / 25 (681.6112)	8 (169.7028)	3 (173.1200)	4 (171.9656)	8 (166.8228)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	13 / 28 (656.9596)	12 (167.3828)	13 (163.4172)	20 (158.2056)	6 (167.9540)
2019-08-23	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	7 / 31 (678.7656)	10 (173.1428)	1 (179.4400)	20 (162.8000)	17 (163.3828)
2019-08-16	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	10 / 30 (670.8000)	1 (177.7372)	17 (162.8344)	5 (173.7028)	16 (156.5256)
2019-08-09	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	6 / 30 (685.0972)	4 (177.1772)	8 (172.0116)	2 (176.5600)	18 (159.3484)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	3 / 54 (690.7884)	16 (173.1084)	1 (177.1428)	17 (170.8344)	13 (169.7028)
2019-06-21	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	4 / 26 (667.8852)	16 (159.3828)	8 (165.6912)	4 (170.8456)	3 (171.9656)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	19 / 38 (668.4568)	23 (162.2628)	8 (173.7372)	4 (173.1200)	21 (159.3368)
2019-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	7 / 28 (671.9312)	14 (163.4284)	6 (172.0000)	14 (164.5372)	6 (171.9656)
2019-04-26	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	13 / 40 (675.9084)	17 (170.2628)	9 (171.4400)	17 (167.9656)	16 (166.2400)
2019-04-12	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	64 / 104 (658.1484)	43 (169.1200)	72 (162.2628)	84 (160.5028)	50 (166.2628)
2019-03-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	44 / 62 (665.5656)	24 (171.4172)	47 (164.5256)	59 (159.9428)	32 (169.6800)
2019-03-22	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	29 / 74 (673.0172)	62 (161.0856)	10 (173.1316)	49 (163.9544)	9 (174.8456)
2019-01-18	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	16 / 63 (674.1600)	21 (170.2628)	5 (173.1316)	35 (163.9428)	27 (166.8228)
2019-01-11	National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO	11 / 38 (673.5884)	7 (173.7028)	6 (172.5600)	5 (174.2744)	33 (153.0512)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#1165 (64 pts)	#1562 (54 pts)	#1086 (119 pts)	#1111 (89 pts)	#1069 (94 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1062 (111 pts)	#1299 (66 pts)	#1271 (101 pts)	#823 (176 pts)	#968 (126 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#901 (152 pts)	#1188 (102 pts)	#851 (207 pts)	#1213 (97 pts)	#1132 (112 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#217 (879 pts)	#288 (714 pts)	#373 (559 pts)	#171 (1064 pts)	#222 (894 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#147 (1557 pts)	#146 (1502 pts)	#65 (1902 pts)	#127 (1572 pts)	#265 (1132 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#157 (1592 pts)	#103 (1762 pts)	#265 (1145 pts)	#119 (1623 pts)	#107 (1752 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#304 (1191 pts)	#203 (1386 pts)	#379 (991 pts)	#324 (1106 pts)	#230 (1371 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#469 (855 pts)	#591 (685 pts)	#460 (880 pts)	#477 (855 pts)	#323 (1125 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2174 (65 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)