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Bad Dog BBQ

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

KCBS records held

1 🥇

Power ranking

#1246
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1582
peak 1582 · rated over 36 contests

Contests

37
in the data

First seen

2013-04-19
latest 2026-07-18

Best ToY finish

#157
Master 2026

Grand champs

2
1 reserve

Category wins

3
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

7
of 37 contests

Avg finish

top 50%
overall standings

Best overall

717.7028 / 720

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

695.01 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 659.92 (+35.10)

Walk rate

38%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±34.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 166.18 · weakest Brisket (162.65)

Road miles

18,756
mi across 37 mapped stops · furthest 1466 mi

Schedule strength

57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Purse competed for

$272K
listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅
GCs in 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.92 / 720
36 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (18 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.

Perfect scores on the board

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 4 different meats.

  • Chicken ×1
  • Pork Ribs ×1
  • Pork ×1
  • Brisket ×1

Against the odds

13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 87 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) (2026-07-18) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 13-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TRIPLE H BBQ.

On the rise

+28 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 28 points across 8 contests since 2025-09-26 — from 1554 up to 1582.

  • 8 contests since 2025-09-26
  • now 1582

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2025-09-26).

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Brisket 1st

High-water mark

717.7028 career-best overall

99.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 717.7028 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival — 99.7% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • 2025-09-26

State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 17 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 17 state-championship entries

The one to beat

one call ahead of them

REVIN IT UP BBQ has finished one call ahead of Bad Dog BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2025 1 Grand Championship

2025 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 32%.

  • 5 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 2 category wins
  • average top 32%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

JANKY LEG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

JANKY LEG BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Dr. Smoke in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

11 of 14 shared pork entries lost

RAZORRACKS ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RAZORRACKS has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

one call behind them

7 SINS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A September team

Top 28% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 28% across 4 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

  • 4 September contests
  • top 50% the rest of the year

The long haul

18,756 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 18,756 miles across 37 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,466 miles to Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons.

  • 37 mapped stops
  • furthest 1,466 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 39th

Record book — 1 held (1 in the KCBS record book)

Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.

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.

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

Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery
#1250 of the rated field
1582 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
36
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1582
No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 36 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen 2026-07-25
⚔ Head-to-head
BAILEY'S SMOKERS
#1244 of the rated field
1582 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
0
Top-10s
16%
Peak
1585
No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Bad Dog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 38 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
Homestead Smoke Shack
#1254 of the rated field
1582 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
31
GCs
0
Top-10s
61%
Peak
1599
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 31 contests to 37, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 31 contests
  • last seen 2026-06-19
⚔ Head-to-head
BALONEY JOE'S BBQ
#1251 of the rated field
1582 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1586
No shared contest yet.

29 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 14% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen 2018-10-12
⚔ Head-to-head
Vallee AC Cold Smoke
#1252 of the rated field
1582 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
31%
Peak
1582
No shared contest yet.

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

  • rated over 27 contests
  • last seen 2025-10-24
⚔ Head-to-head
SWEET DIXIE BBQ
#1248 of the rated field
1582 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
26
GCs
1
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1585
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after Bad Dog BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.

  • rated over 26 contests
  • last seen 2023-10-06
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Kermit's Ex 14 6 8 43% ⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS 14 5 9 36% ⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ 13 7 6 54% ⚔ compare
Big D's BBQ 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 10 1 9 10% ⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ 10 1 9 10% ⚔ compare
BLIND HOG BBQ 9 6 3 67% ⚔ compare
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE 9 2 7 22% ⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ 9 1 8 11% ⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ 9 0 9 0% ⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW 9 0 9 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 36 5 0 3 180.0000 🔥 126.7884 166.08 top 50%
Pork Ribs 36 8 2 5 180.0000 🔥 147.4744 165.00 top 49%
Pork 36 10 0 1 180.0000 🔥 146.7656 166.18 top 47%
Brisket 36 8 1 3 180.0000 🔥 141.0856 162.65 top 50%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
AR81top 39%
CA60top 57%
DE50top 52%
PA40top 70%
MO31top 34%
KS20top 23%
TN20top 60%
MS20top 48%
MD20top 54%
AL10top 78%
NJ10top 57%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)172top 47%
Large (40+)190top 53%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
New Holland Summer Fest 4 39 0 top 70% 2016-08-26
Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) 2 1 1 top 20% 2026-07-18
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 2 1 1 top 26% 2025-09-26
Southaven Springfest 2 8 0 top 48% 2026-04-24
University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest 2 14 0 top 51% 2026-03-13
Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons 2 28 0 top 72% 2016-08-05

The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 13.2 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2026-07-18
Busiest season 2026 7 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 4.1 across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in AR 8 of 37 contests · 11 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 28 6 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 36 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat Pork averages 166.18 · weakest Brisket (162.65)
Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 14 of 37 contests
Overall top-10 rate 19% 7 of 37 contests
Wins it all 5% 2 Grand Championships · 1 reserve
First title 2025-09-26 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Best top-10 run 2 straight contests
Master average 659.92 out of 720 · 36 contests · 2 GCs
Perfect 180s 4 every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced 1,286 1,137–1,197 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 18,756 37 mapped stops · furthest 1,466 mi
Schedule strength 1572 average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Purse competed for $272,315 listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 2 from 17 state-championship entries
Longest layoff 5.9 yrs 2018-07-13 → 2024-06-07
Power rating 1582 peak 1582 · #1246 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2013
  2. First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
  3. 2015
  4. 10th tracked contest Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival
  5. First call 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
  6. First overall top-10 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
  7. First overall past 90% of a perfect score695.4856 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
  8. 2024
  9. First category win (Pork Ribs) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
  10. 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
  11. 2025
  12. First overall podium Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
  13. First Grand Championship Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
  14. First state championship Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
  15. First multi-meat day Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
  16. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
  17. Career-best overall score717.7028 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
  18. 2026
  19. First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
  20. Biggest field won (32 teams) Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)
  21. Peak power rating (1582) Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)
  22. Most recent contest Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+18.8Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival2025-09-26
+17.4Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)2026-07-18
+16.7Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest2026-06-12
+16.77th Annual Vista BBQ Classic2015-07-24
+15.6Smoke on the Water2024-09-20

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.5New Holland Summer Fest2016-08-26
-7.5New Holland Summer Fest2015-08-28
-7.1Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled2015-01-17
-6.88th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL)2017-07-28
-6.5Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval2016-04-08

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20267120 57% top 41% 98.5% 96.2%
20255132 100% top 32% 99.7% 96.9%
20246011 33% top 46% 95.7% 95.1%
20181000 0% top 78% 89.7% 89.7%
20171000 0% top 80% 87.2% 87.2%
20164000 25% top 69% 93.1% 87.6%
20155010 40% top 54% 96.6% 89.9%
20144000 0% top 58% 86.4% 85.6%
20134000 0% top 48% 88.1% 86.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-07-18 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO 1 / 32 (709.1316) 4 (176.5600) 4 (178.8572) 10 (175.4172) 4 (178.2972)
2026-07-17 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO 12 / 32 (691.3256) 23 (170.8228) 16 (171.9772) 10 (174.2628) 10 (174.2628)
2026-06-12 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS 2 / 36 (701.0972) 10 (176.0116) 8 (174.2744) 7 (175.4056) 2 (175.4056)
2026-05-29 Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest 🏅 Covington, TN 18 / 25 (693.6112) 15 (174.2628) 17 (173.1200) 4 (180.0000) 20 (166.2284)
2026-04-24 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 24 / 33 (679.8972) 12 (177.1428) 20 (170.8344) 28 (163.3828) 23 (168.5372)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN 59 / 125 (684.4916) 25 (176.0000) 92 (165.6916) 75 (169.6800) 33 (173.1200)
2026-03-13 University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest 🏅 Fayetteville, AR 19 / 37 (688.5488) 18 (174.2744) 25 (167.9656) 16 (173.1544) 11 (173.1544)
2025-09-26 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR 1 / 26 (717.7028) 2 (180.0000) 1 (180.0000) 6 (177.7028) 1 (180.0000)
2025-06-27 Old Town Smokeout 🏅 Van Buren, AR 14 / 27 (687.8852) 26 (166.8112) 3 (176.5600) 9 (173.7028) 10 (170.8112)
2025-06-06 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR 9 / 30 (701.6572) 2 (178.8572) 23 (169.6800) 4 (178.8572) 9 (174.2628)
2025-04-25 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 8 / 34 (694.7656) 25 (168.5256) 3 (176.5600) 5 (174.2628) 5 (175.4172)
2025-03-14 University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest 🏅 Fayetteville, AR 14 / 28 (687.8856) 3 (178.8572) 11 (173.1200) 18 (170.8228) 22 (165.0856)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 181 / 444 (679.4060) 19 (177.7144) 297 (165.7144) 97 (173.1428) 310 (162.8344)
2024-09-27 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR 13 / 27 (689.0740) 11 (172.5484) 1 (179.4400) 12 (173.1428) 22 (163.9428)
2024-09-20 Smoke on the Water 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR 8 / 42 (687.3828) 11 (174.8456) 34 (161.7028) 18 (171.9772) 2 (178.8572)
2024-07-19 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO 23 / 37 (685.6112) 25 (171.4056) 21 (171.4172) 28 (169.6684) 11 (173.1200)
2024-06-07 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR 19 / 33 (681.6228) 18 (170.8456) 21 (167.3944) 12 (171.9656) 16 (171.4172)
2018-07-13 9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA 29 / 37 (646.1600) 23 (163.4056) 28 (161.0972) 36 (153.6800) 16 (167.9772)
2017-07-28 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA 32 / 40 (627.9540) 31 (161.7372) 36 (150.8228) 23 (165.6684) 34 (149.7256)
2016-08-26 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 56 / 66 (613.6572) 26 (164.0000) 53 (153.1772) 46 (155.3944) 61 (141.0856)
2016-08-05 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA 28 / 36 (636.4800) 26 (161.6800) 24 (163.4172) 28 (159.9428) 28 (151.4400)
2016-07-29 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA 15 / 42 (670.3316) 16 (169.1772) 15 (167.4172) 2 (176.5716) 31 (157.1656)
2016-04-08 Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE 59 / 75 (603.8172) 58 (153.1084) 59 (150.2512) 60 (151.3716) 55 (149.0860)
2015-08-28 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 53 / 70 (611.9312) 68 (126.7884) 7 (170.2972) 45 (155.9884) 30 (158.8572)
2015-08-07 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA 38 / 58 (654.2056) 41 (162.2628) 21 (170.2628) 22 (166.8456) 48 (154.8344)
2015-07-24 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA 4 / 54 (695.4856) 17 (173.1772) 2 (179.4400) 5 (174.8800) 19 (167.9884)
2015-04-10 Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE 43 / 99 (639.3828) 63 (156.5828) 34 (162.2856) 26 (163.9656) 57 (156.5488)
2015-01-17 Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled Hartselle, AL 28 / 36 (636.4800) 26 (161.6800) 24 (163.4172) 28 (159.9428) 28 (151.4400)
2014-10-03 DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ 37 / 65 (617.6112) 35 (158.2628) 44 (147.9312) 22 (161.6800) 39 (149.7372)
2014-08-22 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 39 / 70 (622.1144) 51 (151.9888) 17 (163.9772) 35 (155.3600) 44 (150.7884)
2014-05-09 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD 23 / 43 (617.6116) 31 (153.0972) 24 (150.8572) 24 (155.9772) 16 (157.6800)
2014-04-11 Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE 71 / 109 (606.7312) 45 (158.3200) 68 (149.1428) 88 (146.7656) 58 (152.5028)
2013-09-20 Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE 19 / 45 (634.1828) 13 (165.7028) 31 (152.0000) 18 (163.3712) 24 (153.1088)
2013-08-23 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 46 / 71 (615.4516) 47 (155.4056) 56 (147.4744) 43 (155.4288) 31 (157.1428)
2013-05-17 Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE 17 / 56 (631.4282) 12 (161.7144) 21 (156.5712) 23 (158.2856) 24 (154.8570)
2013-04-19 Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD 58 / 106 (614.8566) 68 (155.4284) 39 (156.0000) 63 (154.8568) 71 (148.5714)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #157 (962 pts) #230 (787 pts) #260 (757 pts) #182 (852 pts) #158 (932 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #279 (785 pts) #264 (845 pts) #276 (925 pts) #296 (780 pts) #297 (795 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #424 (485 pts) #443 (495 pts) #436 (555 pts) #453 (455 pts) #365 (620 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1954 (60 pts) #1949 (70 pts) #1996 (60 pts) #2030 (60 pts) #1776 (105 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #2212 (60 pts) #2286 (60 pts) #2304 (60 pts) #2199 (70 pts) #2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1257 (230 pts) #1363 (225 pts) #1330 (235 pts) #980 (380 pts) #1503 (180 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #951 (330 pts) #1328 (220 pts) #890 (400 pts) #1048 (320 pts) #1327 (210 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1578 (153 pts) #1763 (143 pts) #1492 (188 pts) #1728 (148 pts) #1477 (188 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1308 (190 pts) #1281 (215 pts) #1482 (170 pts) #1510 (160 pts) #1483 (155 pts)

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