Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ

Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 68 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 31 at the Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #347 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#347

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1712

peak 1726 · rated over 68 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 17, 2015

latest Aug 23, 2024 · 9.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#147

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve

Category wins

36 podiums

Overall top-10s

51% of 68 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5140 / 720

Master · Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.14 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 667.07 (+13.08)

Walk rate

81%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ

Consistency

±27.42

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.19 · weakest Brisket (166.54)

Road miles

16,606

across 68 mapped stops · furthest 678 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$284K

listed at 26 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 34 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.07 / 720

68 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

0.0344 points from the title

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

Among the elite

#347 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 5% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1712 puts them #347 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 5% of the field.

rating 1712
peak 1726
68 rated contests

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 16%

They almost always walk

81% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 55 of 68 contests

A top-10 category call in 81% of their 68 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.5140 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5140 at Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 19, 2020

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

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

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 20%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 20%

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A tough matchup

28–6 behind in the head-to-head

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS ahead in 82% of their meetings

B-S BBQ OUTLAWS has come out ahead in 28 of their 34 shared contests.

A strong matchup

36–7 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 84% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BRACKEN RACKS BBQ in 36 of their 43 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

34 of 56 shared chicken entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 61% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 34 of 56 shared chicken entries.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 0 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

0 Grand Championships
68 contests

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

Backdraft BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

An October team

Top 21% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 21% across 4 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 37% the rest of the year

The long haul

16,606 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 16,606 miles across 68 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 678 miles to Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival.

68 mapped stops
furthest 678 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Wild West BBQ Cook-Off every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

8 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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
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 (1,064 pts)	#222 (894 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#147 (1,557 pts)	#146 (1,502 pts)	#65 (1,902 pts)	#126 (1,572 pts)	#264 (1,132 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#157 (1,592 pts)	#103 (1,762 pts)	#265 (1,145 pts)	#119 (1,623 pts)	#107 (1,752 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#304 (1,191 pts)	#203 (1,386 pts)	#379 (991 pts)	#324 (1,106 pts)	#230 (1,371 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#469 (855 pts)	#591 (685 pts)	#460 (880 pts)	#477 (855 pts)	#323 (1,125 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2174 (65 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

SPITFIRE

#348 of the rated field

1712 power rating

Contests: 246
GCs: 14
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1853

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 239 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON

#345 of the rated field

1713 power rating

Contests: 92
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1714

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 77 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 77 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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The Boys in Que

#346 of the rated field

1713 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1730

Careers of much the same size, 52 contests to 68, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 48 contests
last seen Jun 9, 2023

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ATLANTA BBQ STORE

#344 of the rated field

1713 power rating

Contests: 127
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1739

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 127 contests, alongside a 37% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 122 contests
last seen Jul 10, 2025

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SPICY SPITFIRE

#352 of the rated field

1711 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 73
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1713

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 73 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BYO GRILL

#349 of the rated field

1712 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1733

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ)

Level with Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 39 contests
last seen May 9, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	57	22	35	39%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	45	31	14	69%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	43	36	7	84%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	39	22	17	56%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	36	20	16	56%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	34	6	28	18%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	33	27	6	82%	⚔ compare
Frank's BBQ Trading Post	33	25	8	76%	⚔ compare
HONEYMAN BBQ	29	23	6	79%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	29	13	16	45%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	29	13	16	45%	⚔ compare
WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	27	20	7	74%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	26	17	9	65%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	26	16	10	62%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	26	7	19	27%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	67	23	2	9	177.7372	131.3600	168.19	top 44%
Pork Ribs	68	29	3	7	179.4400	145.0972	167.31	top 41%
Pork	68	30	3	10	178.8572	141.7028	167.50	top 42%
Brisket	68	31	2	10	176.5600	133.7144	166.54	top 38%

“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)	49	0	top 37%
Large (40+)	19	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CO	46	top 36%
SD	7	top 46%
WY	5	top 33%
OK	4	top 58%
MT	2	top 20%
UT	1	top 16%
KS	1	top 62%
AZ	1	top 25%
ID	1	top 32%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	8	2	top 30%	May 10, 2024
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	4	2	top 36%	Aug 23, 2024
National Western BBQ Throwdown	4	6	top 34%	Jan 11, 2019
Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	3	9	top 33%	Aug 16, 2019
San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	3	3	top 16%	Aug 2, 2019
Buskers, Brews & BBQ	3	9	top 62%	Jun 7, 2019
LuLu's Brew & Que	3	7	top 29%	Apr 26, 2019
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	21	top 82%	Apr 14, 2017
Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	2	21	top 64%	Aug 27, 2021
Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day	2	6	top 33%	Aug 13, 2021
Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2	4	top 21%	Jun 21, 2019
BBBrew For Hope	2	3	top 20%	Jul 27, 2018
Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	2	21	top 60%	Jul 21, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 16 contests

Contests a season 6.8 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 46 of 68 contests · 9 states in all

Contests visited 40 13 of them more than once

Opponents faced 748 finished ahead 1,549 times, behind 926

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20242 milestones

May 10 Peak power rating (1726) Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
Aug 23 Most recent contest Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ

20221 milestone

Oct 22 10th category win Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2

20201 milestone

Jun 19 Career-best overall score696.5140 Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship

20192 milestones

Aug 23 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ
Sep 13 50th tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest

20181 milestone

Apr 28 25th tracked contest LuLu's Brew & Que

20173 milestones

Aug 4 First category win (Chicken) San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ
Aug 25 First overall podium Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ
Aug 25 First Reserve Championship Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ

20164 milestones

Jan 8 First call National Western BBQ Throwdown
Jan 8 First overall top-10 National Western BBQ Throwdown
Jan 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0056 National Western BBQ Throwdown
Aug 19 10th tracked contest Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

20151 milestone

Apr 17 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	Aug 25, 2017
+15	National Western BBQ Throwdown	Jan 8, 2016
+14.1	Wild West BBQ Cook Off	May 11, 2018
+13.8	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown	Jun 3, 2016
+12.3	BBBrew For Hope	Jul 27, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-17.9	Buskers, Brews & BBQ	Jun 8, 2018
-13.2	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	Aug 23, 2024
-13.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 17, 2015
-8.4	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	Aug 27, 2021
-5.8	Smoke In the Springs	Apr 12, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	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%
2018	15	9	2	87%	top 35%	95.9%	92.1%
2017	11	5	2	82%	top 40%	95.9%	92.7%
2016	7	4	0	86%	top 44%	94.3%	91.6%
2015	3	0	0	0%	top 79%	88.1%	84.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2024	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	23 / 29 (666.7200)	28 (162.2400)	12 (170.2628)	18 (165.6684)	17 (168.5488)
May 10, 2024	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	5 / 29 (683.8972)	18 (167.3828)	4 (175.4172)	18 (167.9772)	5 (173.1200)
Aug 25, 2023	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)
May 12, 2023	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	6 / 30 (683.4292)	23 (162.2744)	3 (173.7260)	6 (173.7144)	4 (173.7144)
Oct 22, 2022	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO	2 / 31 (690.7772)	13 (170.8112)	1 (178.8572)	3 (174.2744)	17 (166.8344)
Oct 21, 2022	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO	8 / 32 (681.0396)	16 (169.6684)	4 (176.5944)	17 (167.3828)	14 (167.3940)
Jun 24, 2022	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT	4 / 26 (691.9200)	11 (171.9656)	8 (173.1316)	7 (175.4172)	7 (171.4056)
May 6, 2022	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	11 / 33 (671.2796)	19 (167.4056)	13 (170.8228)	12 (169.1200)	19 (163.9312)
Aug 27, 2021	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)
Aug 13, 2021	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	19 / 42 (662.6740)	32 (161.6340)	25 (162.2400)	22 (163.3944)	1 (175.4056)
Aug 6, 2021	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	7 / 42 (686.7540)	11 (173.1084)	13 (170.8456)	2 (177.7144)	20 (165.0856)
Jun 25, 2021	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT	6 / 25 (687.3940)	4 (176.5828)	15 (165.1428)	8 (171.9656)	5 (173.7028)
Jun 4, 2021	Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO	12 / 33 (669.6000)	12 (170.2628)	31 (153.6456)	3 (176.5716)	9 (169.1200)
May 7, 2021	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	2 / 35 (678.2172)	12 (169.1200)	9 (170.2972)	3 (173.1316)	11 (165.6684)
Aug 21, 2020	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)
Jun 19, 2020	Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Riverdale, UT	5 / 32 (696.5140)	6 (176)	5 (176.5600)	7 (174.2628)	10 (169.6912)
Oct 18, 2019	Meat Scream BBQ Competition 🏅 Westminster, CO	7 / 46 (685.0624)	9 (171.9884)	6 (171.9884)	1 (176)	21 (165.0856)
Sep 20, 2019	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Grand Lake, CO	5 / 25 (681.6112)	8 (169.7028)	3 (173.1200)	4 (171.9656)	8 (166.8228)
Sep 13, 2019	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	13 / 28 (656.9596)	12 (167.3828)	13 (163.4172)	20 (158.2056)	6 (167.9540)
Aug 23, 2019	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	7 / 31 (678.7656)	10 (173.1428)	1 (179.4400)	20 (162.8000)	17 (163.3828)
Aug 16, 2019	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)
Aug 9, 2019	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	6 / 30 (685.0972)	4 (177.1772)	8 (172.0116)	2 (176.5600)	18 (159.3484)
Aug 2, 2019	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)
Jun 21, 2019	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	4 / 26 (667.8852)	16 (159.3828)	8 (165.6912)	4 (170.8456)	3 (171.9656)
Jun 7, 2019	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	19 / 38 (668.4568)	23 (162.2628)	8 (173.7372)	4 (173.1200)	21 (159.3368)
May 10, 2019	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	7 / 28 (671.9312)	14 (163.4284)	6 (172)	14 (164.5372)	6 (171.9656)
Apr 26, 2019	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	13 / 40 (675.9084)	17 (170.2628)	9 (171.4400)	17 (167.9656)	16 (166.2400)
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	64 / 104 (658.1484)	43 (169.1200)	72 (162.2628)	84 (160.5028)	50 (166.2628)
Mar 23, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	44 / 62 (665.5656)	24 (171.4172)	47 (164.5256)	59 (159.9428)	32 (169.6800)
Mar 22, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	29 / 74 (673.0172)	62 (161.0856)	10 (173.1316)	49 (163.9544)	9 (174.8456)
Jan 18, 2019	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	16 / 63 (674.1600)	21 (170.2628)	5 (173.1316)	35 (163.9428)	27 (166.8228)
Jan 11, 2019	National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO	11 / 38 (673.5884)	7 (173.7028)	6 (172.5600)	5 (174.2744)	33 (153.0512)
Oct 19, 2018	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	18 / 48 (665.0172)	6 (173.1428)	22 (165.0972)	28 (163.9772)	21 (162.8000)
Sep 14, 2018	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	6 / 28 (660.5604)	2 (175.4744)	24 (156.5716)	8 (161.6916)	5 (166.8228)
Aug 24, 2018	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	9 / 27 (679.8740)	15 (167.3712)	13 (167.9656)	14 (167.9772)	2 (176.5600)
Aug 17, 2018	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	9 / 30 (683.8856)	2 (175.4172)	20 (161.6456)	8 (172.5600)	3 (174.2628)
Aug 3, 2018	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	4 / 41 (690.2284)	18 (170.8456)	2 (176.5600)	15 (169.1200)	3 (173.7028)
Jul 27, 2018	BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO	3 / 35 (682.1940)	7 (172.5484)	12 (169.7028)	11 (169.1200)	5 (170.8228)
Jun 22, 2018	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	8 / 31 (669.5312)	3 (173.1084)	16 (160.5144)	11 (166.2400)	3 (169.6684)
Jun 15, 2018	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	13 / 62 (669.5656)	9 (171.9656)	19 (166.8344)	17 (167.9772)	19 (162.7884)
Jun 8, 2018	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	31 / 31 (511.3600)	—	6 (173.1200)	1 (176)	15 (162.2400)
May 26, 2018	CSU BBQ Showdown Estes Park, CO	9 / 20 (675.8856)	8 (172.5600)	8 (169.6800)	15 (163.3828)	5 (170.2628)
May 11, 2018	Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO	2 / 26 (679.2908)	3 (174.8456)	10 (167.9656)	1 (177.7028)	20 (158.7768)
Apr 28, 2018	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	7 / 40 (677.0744)	23 (164.5484)	14 (166.8344)	4 (173.7144)	6 (171.9772)
Mar 24, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	39 / 79 (678.7424)	31 (171.9884)	22 (172.5600)	62 (165.0856)	38 (169.1084)
Mar 23, 2018	Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	61 / 84 (658.6856)	38 (170.2628)	60 (164.5488)	71 (158.7884)	53 (165.0856)
Jan 5, 2018	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	19 / 39 (660.4228)	24 (163.3828)	20 (163.9772)	24 (161.6456)	10 (171.4172)
Sep 29, 2017	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	9 / 25 (673.0400)	3 (177.1428)	23 (154.8000)	10 (167.9772)	1 (173.1200)
Sep 22, 2017	BBBrew For Hope Ft.Collins, CO	8 / 25 (677.6340)	3 (177.1428)	17 (161.7028)	10 (169.6684)	9 (169.1200)
Sep 15, 2017	Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Boise, ID	9 / 28 (673.0740)	6 (172.5828)	21 (157.6800)	9 (169.6912)	7 (173.1200)
Aug 25, 2017	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	2 / 26 (690.8228)	3 (173.7144)	8 (172)	2 (178.8572)	15 (166.2512)
Aug 4, 2017	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	14 / 44 (676.4568)	1 (176.5600)	18 (167.9656)	39 (158.2284)	4 (173.7028)
Jul 21, 2017	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	21 / 46 (662.1256)	27 (166.8228)	12 (167.9772)	24 (166.8228)	29 (160.5028)
Jun 9, 2017	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	9 / 26 (664.5144)	19 (162.2972)	3 (170.2972)	16 (160.5028)	6 (171.4172)
May 19, 2017	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO	18 / 36 (660.9484)	12 (168.5256)	27 (158.2056)	4 (175.4172)	20 (158.8000)
May 12, 2017	Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO	19 / 31 (659.8968)	26 (159.3940)	16 (163.3828)	18 (165.1084)	6 (172.0116)
Apr 14, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	21 / 30 (646.6284)	20 (162.2400)	15 (165.6800)	22 (158.2056)	19 (160.5028)
Jan 6, 2017	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	16 / 38 (655.8628)	28 (161.1200)	22 (162.8116)	8 (170.8456)	18 (161.0856)
Aug 19, 2016	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	9 / 26 (679.3140)	11 (169.1200)	12 (169.1200)	14 (166.8112)	2 (174.2628)
Jul 22, 2016	Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	26 / 35 (650.7196)	31 (158.2512)	8 (169.1544)	31 (157.6456)	19 (165.6684)
Jun 24, 2016	Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival Leadville, CO	7 / 33 (670.7772)	22 (163.9772)	5 (173.7144)	22 (161.0856)	2 (172)
Jun 3, 2016	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO	5 / 30 (666.2288)	7 (169.1200)	24 (151.9772)	2 (176)	2 (169.1316)
May 13, 2016	Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO	23 / 33 (648.4000)	25 (161.1200)	15 (163.9544)	10 (166.8228)	25 (156.5028)
Apr 15, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	21 / 28 (629.5656)	24 (155.9428)	11 (163.9772)	27 (150.2284)	16 (159.4172)
Jan 8, 2016	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	6 / 36 (673.0056)	8 (171.4056)	10 (166.8228)	6 (168.5372)	14 (166.2400)
Sep 5, 2015	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	33 / 49 (634.0912)	24 (166.8456)	30 (159.9772)	45 (152.4800)	34 (154.7884)
Aug 14, 2015	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO	22 / 31 (633.6456)	16 (164.5828)	23 (154.8228)	23 (155.4172)	19 (158.8228)
Apr 17, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	30 / 30 (551.8744)	30 (131.3600)	29 (145.0972)	30 (141.7028)	30 (133.7144)

Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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