A tough matchup
5–1
behind in the head-to-head
APORKALYPSE NOW ahead in 83% of their meetings
APORKALYPSE NOW has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
SEADOG BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1502 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2015-06-05
Best ToY finish
#1321
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.08 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 634.25 (+1.83)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.05 · weakest Brisket (155.18)
Road miles
1,211
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 408 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
634.25 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
The weak link
−8.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.88 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.
- Brisket avg 155.18
- Chicken avg 164.05
- 0 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PARTY PIGS BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
5 of 6
shared chicken entries lost
APORKALYPSE NOW ahead 83% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, APORKALYPSE NOW has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±2.39%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 88.1% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SEADOG BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SEADOG BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3481 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3472 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SEADOG BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3490 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with SEADOG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| EGGSTRA POINT BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| APORKALYPSE NOW | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| PARTY PIGS BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| LYIN' PIGS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LO' -N- SLO' BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 153.6800 | 164.05 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 146.2858 | 156.12 | top 63% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 145.1428 | 158.90 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 150.2628 | 155.18 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | 5 | 0 | top 49% |
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 55% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 62% | 2014-05-02 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2015-06-05
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.05 · weakest Brisket (155.18)
Walk rate
38%
a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
634.25
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
318
227–274 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,211
8 mapped stops · furthest 408 mi
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Power rating
1493
peak 1502 · #3485 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- Peak power rating (1502) Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4460 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score656.4460 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | 2015-05-01 |
| +3.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-08-16 |
| +1.7 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | 2013-04-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-06-05 |
| -5 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2015-04-24 |
| -4.9 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2013-05-03 |
| -1.1 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| -1 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | 2014-04-11 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 63% | 90.7% | 90.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 86% | 85.6% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 52% | 91.2% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC | 25 / 30 (651.2796) | 7 (173.1200) | 27 (155.9312) | 9 (171.9656) | 30 (150.2628) |
| 2015-05-01 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 21 / 64 (653.0628) | 22 (164.5256) | 4 (169.1428) | 30 (161.1200) | 39 (158.2744) |
| 2015-04-24 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 44 / 60 (642.7200) | 20 (170.2856) | 48 (157.6916) | 44 (162.2400) | 50 (152.5028) |
| 2014-05-02 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 34 / 59 (619.2572) | 36 (155.9772) | 49 (149.6688) | 31 (159.4056) | 31 (154.2056) |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | 63 / 109 (614.0800) | 72 (153.6800) | 65 (151.3828) | 55 (155.3716) | 49 (153.6456) |
| 2013-08-16 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD | 13 / 29 (656.4460) | 4 (173.1200) | 19 (160.5716) | 10 (166.2400) | 23 (156.5144) |
| 2013-05-03 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 36 / 55 (614.2854) | 32 (158.2856) | 48 (146.2858) | 44 (149.7140) | 20 (160.0000) |
| 2013-04-19 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD | 48 / 106 (622.8570) | 23 (163.4282) | 36 (158.2856) | 85 (145.1428) | 46 (156.0004) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1321 (195 pts) | #1030 (320 pts) | #1032 (325 pts) | #1215 (260 pts) | #1480 (175 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1589 (150 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #1668 (150 pts) | #1664 (150 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1471 (150 pts) | #1496 (160 pts) | #1571 (150 pts) | #1560 (150 pts) | #1413 (175 pts) |