MattDaddy's BBQ

MattDaddy's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the When Pigs Fly South (2015).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1543

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 7, 2014

latest Oct 29, 2016 · 2 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

40% of 5 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 27%

overall standings

Best overall

682.1716 / 720

Master · Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork Ribs · When Pigs Fly South

Consistency

±8.83

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 173.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.76)

Road miles

1,251

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,091 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

673.15 / 720

5 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 91 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at When Pigs Fly South (Nov 6, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 9-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CLARK CREW BBQ.

Giant slayer

35 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at When Pigs Fly South.

Nov 6, 2015

High-water mark

682.1716 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.1716 at Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 1, 2016

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Kenny's Take-Away ahead in 100% of their meetings

Uncle Kenny's Take-Away has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.49 points below their pork, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 60%.

Pork Ribs avg 164.76
Pork avg 173.25
2 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOOTYQUE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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MattDaddy's 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 55 rated teams sit within a point of it.

GRILLAS

#1,910 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1583

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MattDaddy's BBQ)

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

rated over 50 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2024

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TENATIOUS TIMS OUTLAW BBQ

#1,902 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1543

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 3, 2019

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Dummer BBQ

#1,911 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1546

They turned up 9 years after MattDaddy's BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2025

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Totally Bodacious BBQ

#1,909 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1543

Level with MattDaddy's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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DR. LOVE'S BBQ

#1,905 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1544

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 13, 2025

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THESMOKERING.COM

#1,913 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1545

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2014

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SWAMP BOYS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	1	0	0	171.9772	158.8228	166.60	top 44%
Pork Ribs	5	2	1	1	177.7144	153.6344	164.76	top 49%
Pork	5	3	0	1	174.2856	171.9772	173.25	top 16%
Brisket	5	1	0	0	174.2856	161.6572	168.55	top 30%

“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)	2	1	top 11%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 37%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
FL	3	1	top 23%
KS	2	0	top 33%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	87	0	top 33%	Oct 29, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 1 of them more than once

First title Nov 6, 2015 When Pigs Fly South

Opponents faced 626 finished ahead 624 times, behind 208

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

20163 milestones

Apr 1 Career-best overall score682.1716 Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL)
Oct 29 Peak power rating (1543) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Oct 29 Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20156 milestones

Nov 6 First category win (Pork Ribs) When Pigs Fly South
Nov 6 First overall top-10 When Pigs Fly South
Nov 6 First overall podium When Pigs Fly South
Nov 6 First Grand Championship When Pigs Fly South
Nov 6 Biggest field won (35 teams) When Pigs Fly South
Nov 6 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 When Pigs Fly South

20143 milestones

Nov 7 First tracked contest When Pigs Fly South
Nov 7 First call When Pigs Fly South
Nov 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.3888 When Pigs Fly South

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	When Pigs Fly South	Nov 6, 2015
+11.9	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Oct 29, 2016
+11.2	Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL)	Apr 1, 2016
+3.3	When Pigs Fly South	Nov 7, 2014

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)
2016	3	0	1	0	33%	top 29%	94.7%	94.2%
2015	1	1	1	1	100%	top 3%	93.6%	93.6%
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 45%	91.2%	91.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	101 / 557 (675.9084)	255 (165.1200)	306 (163.9428)	40 (174.2856)	68 (172.5600)
Oct 28, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	87 / 180 (677.6112)	113 (169.1084)	151 (162.2400)	51 (171.9772)	36 (174.2856)
Apr 1, 2016	Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) Vero Beach, FL	5 / 25 (682.1716)	6 (171.9772)	6 (166.2516)	6 (173.1200)	5 (170.8228)
Nov 6, 2015	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	1 / 35 (673.6688)	17 (158.8228)	1 (177.7144)	2 (173.7144)	14 (163.4172)
Nov 7, 2014	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	19 / 42 (656.3888)	17 (167.9656)	33 (153.6344)	6 (173.1316)	24 (161.6572)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

MattDaddy's BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

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)