Big daddys bbq

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#6027

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1431

peak 1511 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-03

latest 2024-05-24

Best ToY finish

#925

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

657.1434 / 720

Master · The Masters in May

Perfect 180s

Current form

590.27 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 595.80 (-5.52)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Pork Ribs · Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±61.36

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 156.29 · weakest Brisket (145.05)

Road miles

11,849

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 1815 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Purse competed for

$76K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

595.80 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 55%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 55%

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES ahead in 83% of their meetings

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.24 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 15%.

Brisket avg 145.05
Chicken avg 156.29
3 calls in 12 entries

The comeback

4.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.7 years, then back at Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (2024-05-24).

last seen 2019-09-12
back 2024-05-24

Chicken nemesis

4 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared chicken entries.

Boom or bust

±8.52% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.52% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 82.7% of a perfect score
best 91.3%

A May team

Top 35% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 73% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 73% the rest of the year

The long haul

11,849 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,849 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,815 miles to Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off.

16 mapped stops
furthest 1,815 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

42 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

2 GREEKS BBQ

#6022 of the rated field

1431 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Big daddys bbq)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big daddys bbq has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2025-09-13

⚔ Head-to-head

THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM

#6018 of the rated field

1431 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Big daddys bbq)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2017-09-08

⚔ Head-to-head

BARN FIRE SMOKERS

#6021 of the rated field

1431 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Big daddys bbq)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Big daddys bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Slow Cookin' Cats

#6023 of the rated field

1431 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Serial Soul Smokers

#6031 of the rated field

1430 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1430

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2024-09-07

⚔ Head-to-head

LICENSE TO GRILL

#6028 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after Big daddys bbq did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2025-08-01

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	2	0	0	170.2856	145.6912	156.29	top 72%
Pork Ribs	14	3	1	2	177.1544	105.0056	152.41	top 71%
Pork	13	1	0	0	171.4400	141.0856	155.10	top 70%
Brisket	12	3	0	0	167.9772	20.0000	145.05	top 63%

“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
WI	3	top 41%
KS	2	top 90%
NC	2	top 97%
NE	2	top 53%
CA	1	top 33%
PA	1	top 97%
CO	1	top 88%
IN	1	top 100%
MI	1	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 71%

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.1 yrs 2013-05-03 → 2024-05-24

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 3 of 16 contests · 10 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 14 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 156.29 · weakest Brisket (145.05)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 6 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 2 of 16 contests

Master average 595.80 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 880 166–824 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 11,849 16 mapped stops · furthest 1,815 mi

Schedule strength 1537 average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests

Purse competed for $75,925 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4.7 yrs 2019-09-12 → 2024-05-24

Power rating 1431 peak 1511 · #6027 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 3 First tracked contest North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 3 First call North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 3 First overall top-10 The Masters in May
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1434 The Masters in May
May 3 Career-best overall score657.1434 The Masters in May
May 3 Peak power rating (1511) The Masters in May
2015
Oct 9 10th tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
2024
May 24 First category win (Pork Ribs) Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
May 24 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
May 24 Most recent contest Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.8	The Masters in May	2013-05-03
+6.2	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off	2024-05-24
+5.7	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay	2014-07-11
+1.7	21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska	2013-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-06-28
-13.6	Thunder in the Park BBQ	2014-08-30
-12	New Holland Summer Fest	2016-08-26
-11.4	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2015-10-09
-10.3	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2017-10-13

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	1	1	100%	top 33%	—	—
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 93%	83.9%	83.9%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 88%	86.5%	86.5%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 98%	82.9%	82.9%
2016	2	0	0	0%	top 97%	74.1%	74.1%
2015	3	0	0	0%	top 92%	87.6%	85.1%
2014	3	0	0	67%	top 70%	88.4%	79.3%
2013	4	1	0	75%	top 55%	91.3%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-05-24	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Felton, CA	7 / 21 (332.5716)	—	1 (177.1544)	—	—
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	434 / 468 (603.9316)	435 (151.4056)	424 (151.3716)	452 (144.0000)	340 (157.1544)
2018-09-28	*Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS	60 / 68 (622.7660)	45 (165.1544)	66 (149.6456)	57 (155.9544)	58 (152.0116)
2017-10-13	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	49 / 50 (597.0172)	49 (149.6456)	48 (145.7028)	41 (155.3944)	48 (146.2744)
2016-10-07	Bliss Brews & Que Ft. Bliss, TX	—	—	—	—	—
2016-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	64 / 66 (533.4624)	62 (145.6912)	66 (105.0056)	64 (141.0856)	60 (141.6800)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	47 / 49 (594.1944)	45 (151.4056)	42 (156.5372)	49 (143.9772)	47 (142.2744)
2015-09-11	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	—	—	—	—	—
2015-07-24	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer & BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	23 / 26 (630.8340)	24 (158.2856)	22 (157.7028)	22 (158.2628)	21 (156.5828)
2014-08-30	Thunder in the Park BBQ Connersville, IN	29 / 29 (446.1260)	29 (149.0744)	28 (149.0744)	29 (147.9772)	—
2014-07-11	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI	16 / 42 (636.4572)	4 (170.2856)	38 (141.6460)	21 (156.5484)	7 (167.9772)
2014-06-13	Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition & Festival Oconomowoc, WI	16 / 22 (629.6916)	13 (163.9772)	20 (142.2400)	14 (158.8572)	5 (164.6172)
2013-08-16	21st Annual State Barbeque Championship of Nebraska LaPlatte, NE	21 / 43 (655.4284)	42 (146.2400)	9 (173.1428)	9 (171.4400)	16 (164.6056)
2013-06-28	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	26 / 26 (501.7140)	11 (162.2856)	14 (158.8570)	15 (160.5714)	26 (20.0000)
2013-05-03	The Masters in May Fremont, WI	6 / 48 (657.1434)	10 (162.8570)	2 (172.0002)	11 (161.1432)	15 (161.1430)
2013-05-03	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte, NE	22 / 38 (636.5712)	29 (155.4284)	29 (153.7144)	20 (161.1428)	9 (166.2856)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#925 (317 pts)	#965 (332 pts)	#751 (442 pts)	#957 (332 pts)	#950 (322 pts)