BIG DADDY Q - FL

BIG DADDY Q - FL is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 20 at the Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1950 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Big Daddy Q”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,950

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1541

peak 1553 · rated over 16 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 20, 2015

latest Feb 16, 2024 · 9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#271

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

686.7768 / 720

Master · Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

662.95 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 667.65 (-4.70)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±11.60

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.46 · weakest Brisket (163.77)

Road miles

3,072

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 523 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Purse competed for

$9,700

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

667.65 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.6800 points from the title

Came within 1.6800 points of the Grand Championship at Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival (Sep 4, 2015).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 11 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.7768 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.7768 at Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 7, 2015

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 88% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.69 points below their pork, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 44%.

Brisket avg 163.77
Pork avg 168.46
3 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

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The comeback

5.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.5 years, then back at Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ (Feb 16, 2024).

last seen Sep 1, 2018
back Feb 16, 2024

Pork nemesis

6 of 8 shared pork entries lost

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork entries.

A September team

Top 31% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 47% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,072 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,072 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 523 miles to Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show.

16 mapped stops
furthest 523 mi

The metronome

±1.61% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.61% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.7% of a perfect score
16 contests

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	#1523 (54 pts)	#1562 (54 pts)	#1605 (54 pts)	#1155 (79 pts)	#972 (119 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2240 (65 pts)	#2029 (115 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#271 (1,231 pts)	#300 (1,171 pts)	#236 (1,316 pts)	#133 (1,646 pts)	#367 (1,001 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BIG DADDY Q - FL, each with one reason worth a look.

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

MAJOR Q BBQ

#1,945 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1541

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BIG DADDY Q - FL)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG DADDY Q - FL has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

ONTARGET BBQ

#1,943 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1548

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before BIG DADDY Q - FL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

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Hickory Stick BBQ

#1,947 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1541

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 28, 2023

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SD Smoke BBQ

#1,946 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1541

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jan 13, 2023

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Fire Family BBQ PTY

#1,942 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1553

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 46% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Ahh Townley BBQ

#1,953 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1542

They turned up 8 years after BIG DADDY Q - FL did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 13, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOT WACHULA'S	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
HICKORY PRIME	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ATLANTA BBQ STORE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	4	0	1	173.1200	161.0856	167.61	top 52%
Pork Ribs	16	4	0	2	175.4172	159.3944	167.80	top 42%
Pork	16	7	2	4	180 🔥	155.9200	168.46	top 41%
Brisket	16	3	0	0	171.9884	150.7656	163.77	top 56%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 39%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 43%
Large (40+)	7	top 53%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
FL	7	top 52%
GA	6	top 52%
AL	1	top 46%
SC	1	top 10%
NC	1	top 22%

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 11 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 7 of 16 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 16 a different one every time

Opponents faced 374 finished ahead 300 times, behind 292

Longest layoff 5.5 yrs Sep 1, 2018 → Feb 16, 2024

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

20241 milestone

Feb 16 Most recent contest Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ

20181 milestone

Sep 1 Peak power rating (1553) Fire it up Frostproof!

201510 milestones

Feb 20 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 20 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4340 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 13 First category win (Pork) Flames on the Flint
Aug 7 First overall top-10 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
Aug 7 Career-best overall score686.7768 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
Aug 14 First perfect 180 (Pork) Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)
Sep 4 First overall podium Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival
Sep 4 First Reserve Championship Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival
Nov 6 10th tracked contest When Pigs Fly South

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
+12.3	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Aug 7, 2015
+10.4	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	Aug 28, 2015
+6.4	Richland Char-Broil Challenge	Nov 13, 2015
+4.4	Fire it up Frostproof!	Sep 1, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ	Feb 16, 2024
-4.5	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier)	Oct 3, 2015
-2.5	Flames on the Flint	Mar 13, 2015
-1.8	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)	Oct 2, 2015

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0	0%	top 90%	91.8%	91.8%
2018	1	1	0	100%	top 38%	94.4%	94.4%
2017	2	0	0	50%	top 49%	91.2%	91.1%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 41%	92%	92%
2015	11	3	2	82%	top 44%	95.4%	93%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 16, 2024	Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ 🏅 Haines City, FL	26 / 29 (661.0172)	27 (161.1428)	27 (160.5144)	20 (167.3944)	12 (171.9656)
Sep 1, 2018	Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL	9 / 24 (679.3716)	14 (168.5372)	3 (175.4172)	10 (166.8572)	10 (168.5600)
Feb 17, 2017	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL	12 / 26 (654.6396)	11 (163.9544)	13 (163.3712)	9 (165.6684)	12 (161.6456)
Jan 27, 2017	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	31 / 60 (656.9596)	27 (168.5372)	15 (168.5600)	30 (163.3712)	40 (156.4912)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	24 / 58 (662.7544)	14 (170.8456)	40 (159.3944)	13 (168.5372)	27 (163.9772)
Nov 13, 2015	Richland Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA	7 / 18 (676.4456)	10 (167.3944)	4 (171.4056)	3 (174.2628)	14 (163.3828)
Nov 6, 2015	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	16 / 35 (642.6516)	2 (171.9772)	13 (163.9888)	22 (155.9200)	29 (150.7656)
Oct 3, 2015	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA	30 / 41 (664.3652)	23 (169.6684)	16 (170.8344)	41 (157.0396)	26 (166.8228)
Oct 2, 2015	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA	32 / 52 (666.6856)	39 (166.2400)	14 (171.9656)	34 (165.0856)	36 (163.3944)
Sep 25, 2015	Porktober Que Dothan, AL	12 / 26 (665.5540)	13 (166.2628)	11 (165.6800)	18 (162.7884)	7 (170.8228)
Sep 4, 2015	Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival Myrtle Beach, SC	2 / 20 (685.7028)	8 (168.5600)	2 (174.9028)	3 (175.4056)	5 (166.8344)
Aug 28, 2015	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	11 / 41 (681.5884)	9 (173.1200)	19 (168.5372)	12 (171.4056)	16 (168.5256)
Aug 14, 2015	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	18 / 40 (667.2340)	12 (171.9656)	29 (161.6456)	1 (180)	37 (153.6228)
Aug 7, 2015	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	8 / 36 (686.7768)	22 (167.4056)	12 (170.8228)	5 (176.5600)	12 (171.9884)
Mar 13, 2015	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	49 / 72 (670.1828)	60 (165.1200)	51 (165.7144)	1 (177.7144)	57 (161.6340)
Feb 20, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kissimmee, FL	11 / 22 (660.4340)	21 (161.0856)	4 (172.0116)	13 (167.4056)	13 (159.9312)

BIG DADDY Q - FL

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (12 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

A September team

The long haul

The metronome

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)

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 — 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)