BLINDOG'S OUTLAW BBQ GANG

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

Power ranking

#2979

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1506

peak 1513 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-24

latest 2016-06-10

Best ToY finish

#1071

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

682.8684 / 720

Master · Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.35 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.83 (+8.52)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4284

Pork · Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off

Consistency

±22.45

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.87)

Road miles

1,241

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

654.83 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

High-water mark

682.8684 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.8684 at Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-06-13

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

LOTTA BULL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LOTTA BULL BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−17.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 17.89 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Pork Ribs avg 152.87
Chicken avg 170.77
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

3 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

LOTTA BULL BBQ ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOTTA BULL BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 41% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 41% across 3 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 53% the rest of the year

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.

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

TENNESSEE DOUBLE D'S BBQ

#2974 of the rated field

1506 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1512

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BLINDOG'S OUTLAW BBQ GANG)

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

SHADE TREE BBQ

#2988 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1525

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLINDOG'S OUTLAW BBQ GANG)

31 contests to 8: their number has had years to settle where BLINDOG'S OUTLAW BBQ GANG's is still finding its level.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2017-03-03

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG PAK

#2981 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

I'd Smoke That

#2992 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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BURNING COAL BBQ

#2997 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-06-17

⚔ Head-to-head

BAD COMPANY BBQ

#2987 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Level with BLINDOG'S OUTLAW BBQ GANG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
LOTTA BULL BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	174.2856	165.6800	170.77	top 32%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	165.7142	93.9764	152.87	top 68%
Pork	8	2	2	175.4284	152.0000	166.49	top 47%
Brisket	8	0	0	170.8800	159.3944	164.70	top 49%

“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
TN	4	top 67%
NC	3	top 41%
SC	1	top 38%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 28%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	3	11	0	top 41%	2016-06-10

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2013-05-24 → 2016-06-10

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 4 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.87)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 654.83 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 288 235–228 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,241 8 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi

Schedule strength 1542 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Power rating 1506 peak 1513 · #2979 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 24 First tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First call Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First overall top-10 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1422 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
May 24 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4284 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
Jul 11 Peak power rating (1513) SC Festival of Discovery
2014
Jun 13 Career-best overall score682.8684 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
2016
Jun 10 Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2014-06-13
+8.5	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off	2013-05-24
+4.2	SC Festival of Discovery	2013-07-11
+2.6	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2015-06-12
+0.6	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2016-06-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.7	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2014-05-24
-5.8	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2014-09-05
-2.8	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash	2014-07-25

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0%	top 57%	91.6%	91.6%
2015	1	0	0%	top 50%	90.6%	90.6%
2014	4	0	25%	top 63%	94.8%	90.5%
2013	2	1	100%	top 33%	92.9%	91.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-06-10	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	43 / 76 (659.2796)	24 (171.9656)	51 (162.8228)	64 (159.9656)	42 (164.5256)
2015-06-12	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	39 / 78 (652.4460)	19 (171.4056)	63 (154.8116)	27 (166.8344)	44 (159.3944)
2014-09-05	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	30 / 41 (659.3256)	33 (165.6800)	39 (155.9428)	27 (166.8228)	13 (170.8800)
2014-07-25	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	32 / 49 (662.8228)	19 (170.2628)	35 (163.4516)	33 (163.9884)	31 (165.1200)
2014-06-13	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	11 / 73 (682.8684)	6 (174.2856)	40 (162.8228)	2 (174.8800)	16 (170.8800)
2014-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	41 / 41 (600.7764)	12 (173.1200)	41 (93.9764)	12 (172.0000)	31 (161.6800)
2013-07-11	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	30 / 78 (651.9888)	3 (173.1200)	33 (163.4288)	65 (152.0000)	22 (163.4400)
2013-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off Lewisburg, TN	10 / 36 (669.1422)	15 (166.2856)	13 (165.7142)	2 (175.4284)	21 (161.7140)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2318 (65 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2046 (90 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1071 (285 pts)	#975 (360 pts)	#1372 (215 pts)	#883 (415 pts)	#1026 (320 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1235 (211 pts)	#893 (361 pts)	#1387 (196 pts)	#946 (336 pts)	#1432 (171 pts)