On the rise
+27
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 27 points across 4 contests since Sep 9, 2022 — from 1505 up to 1532.
- 4 contests since Sep 9, 2022
- now 1532
Big Daddy Dave's BBQ
Big Daddy Dave's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 4th of 33 at the Bands & BBQ at the Point (2023). They are ranked #2161 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Big Daddy Dave’s BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1532
peak 1532 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Oct 7, 2016
latest Sep 8, 2023 · 6.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
27% of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
55%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±60.74
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.17)
Road miles
1,692
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 371 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$56K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.45 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
337.47 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
502.82 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
653.41 / 720
2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big Daddy Dave's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
81 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1537
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Big Daddy Dave's BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Daddy Dave's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,171 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1539
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,177 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1532
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 89%
- Peak
- 1541
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1533
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Big Daddy Dave's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1559
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 56% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH ON THE HAWG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| WeQ4U | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 148.0116 | 164.03 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 20 | 149.17 | top 51% |
| Pork | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 156.5372 | 164.55 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 173.7028 | 151.4172 | 163.33 | 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) | 9 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 17% | Sep 8, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
4 of 11 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
9
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
332
finished ahead 250 times, behind 214
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
Oct 20, 2017 → Jul 9, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score669.7140 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Peak power rating (1532) Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Most recent contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
20223 milestones
- First overall top-10 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Brisket) Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 Bands & BBQ at the Point
20172 milestones
- First call Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6344 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Pig Mania Marion
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 8, 2023 |
| +13.2 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 20, 2022 |
| +10.8 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 9, 2022 |
| +8.4 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Oct 7, 2022 |
| +5.6 | Great Americana BBQ Festival | Aug 27, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery | Jul 9, 2021 |
| -8.8 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Oct 15, 2021 |
| -6.9 | Pig Mania Marion | Oct 7, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 25% | 93% | 92.3% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 25% | 95.6% | 92.7% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 80% | 93.1% | 84.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 51% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 4 / 33 (669.7140) | 7 (170.2972) | 7 (165.1312) | 7 (166.2400) | 4 (168.0456) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 30 / 80 (329.6224) | 33 (163.9540) | 21 (165.6684) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 12 / 38 (338.7884) | 8 (173.1084) | 19 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 7 / 32 (637.0972) | 13 (148.0116) | 14 (150.8000) | 6 (164.5828) | 1 (173.7028) |
| May 20, 2022 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 6 / 29 (344) | 11 (172.5828) | 5 (171.4172) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY | 26 / 27 (645.5540) | 26 (159.9656) | 26 (157.6684) | 19 (167.3828) | 26 (160.5372) |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 11 / 25 (502.8228) | 5 (171.9772) | 17 (159.3828) | 7 (171.4628) | — |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL | 38 / 38 (507.3716) | 27 (165.1200) | 38 (20) | 36 (156.5372) | 26 (165.7144) |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH | 20 / 39 (661.6344) | 32 (160.5256) | 10 (171.9772) | 14 (168.5600) | 28 (160.5716) |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Pig Mania Marion Marion, OH | 22 / 26 (627.2456) | 26 (154.7656) | 17 (163.9772) | 24 (157.0856) | 23 (151.4172) |