Big Daddy G's BBQ

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

Power ranking

#605

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1658

peak 1658 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-04-25

latest 2022-09-29

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 24 contests

Avg finish

top 26%

overall standings

Best overall

702.2628 / 720

Master · Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships

Perfect 180s

Current form

692.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.15 (+20.03)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships

Consistency

±19.98

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.34 · weakest Brisket (166.17)

Road miles

6,015

mi across 24 mapped stops · furthest 535 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Purse competed for

$120K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.15 / 720

24 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (14 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.

Among the elite

#605 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1658 puts them #605 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

rating 1658
peak 1658
21 rated contests

Against the odds

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships (2022-08-19) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX.

Giant slayer

59 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 59-team field at Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships.

2022-08-19

Happy hunting ground

Top 4% average finish here

American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST is their spot: an average finish in the top 4% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 14th
average top 4%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 24 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 24 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.2628 career-best overall

97.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.2628 at Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships — 97.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-08-19

State champions

1 state championships won

They've taken 1 state championship from 8 entries at contests carrying the title.

8 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HONKY-TONK SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of Big Daddy G's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

15–4 behind in the head-to-head

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX ahead in 79% of their meetings

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has come out ahead in 15 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.17 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 42%.

Brisket avg 166.17
Pork Ribs avg 170.34
6 calls in 24 entries

A strong matchup

10–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LA PASADITA in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship (2021-08-20).

last seen 2019-06-29
back 2021-08-20

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Smoking OCD has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

6,015 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,015 miles across 24 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 535 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST.

24 mapped stops
furthest 535 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.

99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1

#604 of the rated field

1658 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1662

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Big Daddy G's BBQ)

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

rated over 51 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

OWENS BBQ

#602 of the rated field

1658 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1677

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Big Daddy G's BBQ)

66 contests to 24: their number has had years to settle where Big Daddy G's BBQ's is still finding its level.

rated over 63 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

FLYBOY BBQ

#606 of the rated field

1657 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 72%
Peak: 1661

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Big Daddy G's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE

#601 of the rated field

1658 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 74%
Peak: 1658

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2016-06-24
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

BUBBA-Q'S

#603 of the rated field

1658 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1672

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 30 contests, alongside a 53% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2018-10-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BACKYARD BROS

#600 of the rated field

1658 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1662

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	19	4	15	21%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
Rio Valley Meat BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
BarrelHead Cookers	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
HONKY-TONK SMOKERS	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
KISS MY RACK	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Smoking OCD	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
Fergolicious BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	8	1	2	178.8572	158.3200	168.74	top 32%
Pork Ribs	26	11	0	5	177.1428	159.3944	170.34	top 25%
Pork	24	5	1	3	178.8572	151.3940	166.79	top 40%
Brisket	24	6	1	1	176.0000	134.8116	166.17	top 35%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
TX	16	1	top 27%
KS	6	0	top 24%
NM	2	0	top 28%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 25%
Large (40+)	22	1	top 27%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship	3	11	top 37%	2018-08-24
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	4	top 35%	2016-09-03
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST	2	58	top 38%	2022-09-29
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2	14	top 4%	2022-09-29
Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2)	2	6	top 28%	2019-06-29
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2	8	top 17%	2019-04-05
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	51	top 30%	2018-09-15
Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2	8	top 30%	2015-04-17

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.4 yrs 2014-04-25 → 2022-09-29

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 16 of 24 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 8 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 26 entries · 0 wins · 11 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 170.34 · weakest Brisket (166.17)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 16 of 24 contests

Overall top-10 rate 29% 7 of 24 contests

Wins it all 4% 1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve

First title 2022-08-19 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 672.15 out of 720 · 24 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 1,455 2,344–657 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,015 24 mapped stops · furthest 535 mi

Schedule strength 1545 average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests

Purse competed for $119,710 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 8 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs 2019-06-29 → 2021-08-20

Power rating 1658 peak 1658 · #605 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Apr 25 First tracked contest Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
Apr 25 First call Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
2015
Apr 17 First overall top-10 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
Apr 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5140 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
2017
Aug 25 10th tracked contest *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
2019
May 24 First category win (Brisket) 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First overall podium 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First Reserve Championship 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
2022
Aug 19 First Grand Championship Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Aug 19 First state championship Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Aug 19 Biggest field won (59 teams) Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Aug 19 Career-best overall score702.2628 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Aug 19 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Sep 29 Peak power rating (1658) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Sep 29 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.1	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2015-09-04
+12.8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16
+12.4	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2022-09-29
+12.2	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1)	2019-06-28
+11.5	4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off	2019-05-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.4	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2014-08-30
-0.4	*Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship	2017-08-25

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	3	1	1	1	33%	top 17%	97.5%	96.3%
2021	3	0	1	1	33%	top 17%	96.3%	95.4%
2019	4	0	3	1	100%	top 19%	96.7%	95.3%
2018	4	0	0	0	50%	top 29%	95.5%	94%
2017	2	0	0	0	100%	top 35%	91.4%	91.2%
2016	3	0	0	0	67%	top 35%	92.1%	91.6%
2015	3	0	2	0	100%	top 20%	94.4%	92.3%
2014	2	0	0	0	50%	top 53%	88.1%	86.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	111 / 249 (682.7772)	230 (163.3828)	34 (175.4288)	171 (167.9656)	23 (176.0000)
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	21 / 505 (695.9544)	34 (177.1544)	34 (176.5600)	26 (177.1544)	258 (165.0856)
2022-08-19	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX	1 / 59 (702.2628)	4 (177.1428)	2 (177.1428)	1 (178.8572)	12 (169.1200)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	58 / 185 (686.2056)	66 (172.5600)	40 (175.4056)	147 (165.6800)	58 (172.5600)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	14 / 467 (693.7028)	32 (175.4056)	43 (174.8572)	78 (171.9772)	82 (171.4628)
2021-08-20	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	7 / 43 (681.0396)	1 (177.7028)	6 (173.1428)	18 (165.6800)	19 (164.5140)
2019-06-29	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) 🏅 Artesia, NM	14 / 34 (680.4684)	22 (167.3828)	5 (173.7028)	13 (172.0000)	17 (167.3828)
2019-06-28	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) 🏅 Artesia, NM	6 / 41 (689.0744)	7 (174.2744)	8 (172.5716)	10 (174.2628)	13 (167.9656)
2019-05-24	4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off Conroe, TX	2 / 24 (696.5600)	5 (169.1084)	2 (175.4400)	2 (176.5716)	1 (175.4400)
2019-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	8 / 61 (679.8740)	27 (163.9312)	2 (174.2744)	12 (170.2628)	9 (171.4056)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	131 / 467 (675.3028)	287 (163.9544)	127 (170.2628)	165 (167.9772)	70 (173.1084)
2018-09-14	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	51 / 164 (687.3944)	3 (178.8572)	61 (171.4516)	72 (171.9656)	123 (165.1200)
2018-08-31	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	26 / 74 (666.1716)	37 (165.0972)	49 (159.3944)	17 (170.2628)	12 (171.4172)
2018-08-24	*Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	11 / 54 (678.2516)	6 (174.8800)	29 (165.1316)	14 (169.7028)	18 (168.5372)
2017-08-25	*Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	21 / 44 (658.1372)	30 (161.6572)	10 (172.5828)	29 (157.0744)	15 (166.8228)
2017-03-31	*Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	15 / 70 (655.3372)	29 (159.9544)	28 (159.3944)	23 (162.8228)	4 (173.1656)
2016-09-03	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	21 / 58 (662.8000)	17 (169.6912)	3 (174.2860)	40 (160.5372)	37 (158.2856)
2016-08-26	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	30 / 72 (659.9540)	23 (166.2972)	15 (170.2628)	43 (161.7256)	38 (161.6684)
2016-04-22	Bynum School's Best of the Basin Midland, TX	13 / 46 (655.3712)	18 (159.9772)	3 (174.2972)	35 (151.3940)	8 (169.7028)
2015-09-04	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	4 / 70 (679.4056)	10 (169.7256)	27 (166.2744)	10 (170.8456)	5 (172.5600)
2015-08-28	Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	21 / 57 (657.0400)	13 (171.9772)	36 (159.9772)	45 (155.3828)	7 (169.7028)
2015-04-17	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	8 / 44 (656.5140)	7 (167.3828)	11 (164.5484)	2 (173.7372)	27 (150.8456)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	48 / 76 (634.1940)	31 (163.9884)	39 (161.1200)	51 (157.7028)	57 (151.3828)
2014-04-25	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	26 / 62 (617.7372)	20 (158.3200)	4 (173.1772)	37 (151.4284)	54 (134.8116)

Big Daddy G's BBQ

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

Power ranking

Rating

Best runs

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Top-10 streak

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in this team's record)

Among the elite

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By state / province

By contest size

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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)