High-water mark
669.6576
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6576 at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 3, 2023
Bone Daddy BBQ
Bone Daddy BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 14th of 19 at the Operation Up in Smoke (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 27, 2019
latest Jul 27, 2024 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.16
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.69 · weakest Brisket (162.83)
Road miles
184
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Bone Daddy BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 117 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
Level with Bone Daddy BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 160.5372 | 168.69 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 151.9544 | 163.17 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 155.9544 | 164.41 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 157.0856 | 162.83 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 52% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NH
2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 47 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Jul 27, 2019 → Aug 27, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 Operation Up in Smoke
- Most recent contest Operation Up in Smoke
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.6576 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Peak power rating (1501) Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival
- First call The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0292 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jun 3, 2023 |
| +1.8 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition | Aug 27, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | Jul 27, 2019 |
| -4.7 | Operation Up in Smoke | Jul 27, 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 | 100% | top 74% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93% | 93% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2024 | Operation Up in Smoke 🏅 Epping, NH | 14 / 19 (666.2172) | 2 (174.8456) | 19 (151.9544) | 13 (168.5600) | 7 (170.8572) |
| Jun 3, 2023 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH | 15 / 39 (669.6576) | 31 (160.5372) | 5 (173.7144) | 13 (170.2744) | 17 (165.1316) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME | 17 / 31 (650.7428) | 9 (172.5600) | 26 (158.2400) | 18 (162.8572) | 18 (157.0856) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 15 (159.9544) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2019 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT | 21 / 33 (653.0292) | 18 (166.8344) | 4 (171.9888) | 27 (155.9544) | 24 (158.2516) |