Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ CO
Rating
1637
peak 1648
Contests
32
in the data
First seen
2019-01-11
latest 2024-08-23
Best ToY finish
#147
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
6
14 podiums
Overall top-10s
17
of 32 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
680.14 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 676.24 (+3.91)
Walk rate
84%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.94
std dev of 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
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)
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 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 177.7144 | 155.9772 | 169.48 | 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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 18 | 0 | top 23% |
| SD | 5 | 0 | top 56% |
| MT | 2 | 0 | top 20% |
| WY | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 22 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 0 | top 37% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (16 contests)
- Cooks mostly in CO (18 of 32 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork (33 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 676.24
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 683.8972 | 675.31 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 683.4292 | 679.66 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 691.9200 | 683.75 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 687.3940 | 675.98 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 696.5140 | 680.47 |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 690.7884 | 673.61 |
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) | 12 (155.9772) | 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) |
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) |