High-water mark
669.7944
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.7944 at La Classique BBQ Labonte — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 2, 2024
Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ Team
Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 26 at the La Classique BBQ Labonte (2024). They are ranked #2236 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
peak 1530 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 25, 2019
latest Aug 2, 2024 · 5.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.13 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 645.67 (+8.46)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.82
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.58 · weakest Brisket (158.99)
Road miles
846
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 231 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.67 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #645 (505 pts) | #557 (625 pts) | #670 (505 pts) | #580 (590 pts) | #767 (425 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,240 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1530
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1530
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
Level with Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Sugar Daddy Bacon BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT TIGER BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Prime BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| What the Pork? | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 147.9772 | 162.84 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4972 | 150.8116 | 159.26 | top 50% |
| Pork | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 157.1544 | 164.58 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.7028 | 148.5600 | 158.99 | top 57% |
“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) | 6 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Classique BBQ Labonte | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 22% | Aug 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
5 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
QC
3 of 7 contests · 4 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
121
finished ahead 112 times, behind 88
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
Oct 4, 2019 → Aug 4, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.7944 La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Peak power rating (1530) La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Most recent contest La Classique BBQ Labonte
20232 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 La Classique BBQ Labonte
20194 milestones
- First tracked contest Capital BBQ Festival
- First call Capital BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 514 BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2060 Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.5 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 4, 2023 |
| +8.9 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 2, 2024 |
| +6.1 | 514 BBQ | Jun 15, 2019 |
| +4.4 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ | Oct 4, 2019 |
| +2.6 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 8, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.4 | Capital BBQ Festival | May 25, 2019 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93% | 93% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 21% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 91.4% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2024 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 6 / 26 (669.7944) | 6 (170.2744) | 7 (167.4972) | 11 (169.1772) | 13 (162.8456) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 7 / 33 (661.7140) | 28 (154.8800) | 11 (162.2856) | 5 (170.8456) | 1 (173.7028) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Greenfield, MA | 13 / 26 (658.2060) | 15 (164.5256) | 16 (162.8688) | 9 (167.4172) | 14 (163.3944) |
| Jul 5, 2019 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY | 20 / 32 (638.1716) | 6 (169.1316) | 21 (157.0972) | 22 (158.8800) | 25 (153.0628) |
| Jun 15, 2019 | 514 BBQ Saint-Léonard, QC | 9 / 23 (642.7656) | 10 (162.8456) | 6 (162.2516) | 15 (159.9772) | 15 (157.6912) |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec | 11 / 24 (621.0628) | 22 (147.9772) | 13 (150.8116) | 3 (168.5828) | 14 (153.6912) |
| May 25, 2019 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 29 / 43 (627.9888) | 7 (170.2744) | 36 (152) | 28 (157.1544) | 38 (148.5600) |