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LAZY DOG BBQ

LAZY DOG BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 13th of 15 at the Hometown BBQ Bash (2019). They are ranked #4497 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,497
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1473
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Jul 26, 2013
latest Aug 2, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1689
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 74%
overall standings

Best overall

661.0628 / 720
Master · Music City BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

40%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.3200
Pork · Music City BBQ Festival

Consistency

±21.89
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 158.61 · weakest Chicken (154.48)

Road miles

762
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 507 mi

Schedule strength

31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Purse competed for

$5,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

627.55 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.13 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Chicken avg 154.48
  • Pork Ribs avg 158.61
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

The comeback

4.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at Hometown BBQ Bash (Aug 2, 2019).

  • last seen Sep 26, 2014
  • back Aug 2, 2019

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2014 ↗ Master #1689 (144 pts) #1846 (134 pts) #1613 (159 pts) #1466 (199 pts) #1583 (169 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1867 (95 pts) #1885 (105 pts) #1979 (85 pts) #2467 (70 pts) #1483 (155 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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#4,498 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1473

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 Jul 17, 2026
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#4,503 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1509

They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Mar 27, 2026
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Bovine Swine and Dine
#4,493 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1473

They turned up 7 years after LAZY DOG BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Mar 17, 2023
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Son of A Mitch
#4,513 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1473

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

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 5, 2022
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Barbecuing In The Burbs
#4,491 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1473

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 25, 2019
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By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 164 141.0972 154.48 top 81%
Pork Ribs 5 0 0 0 166.8228 150.8228 158.61 top 66%
Pork 5 1 0 0 170.3200 150.2168 158.49 top 67%
Brisket 5 1 0 0 168.5828 141.6572 155.97 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 87%
Large (40+)40top 71%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IL20top 69%
AL10top 87%
KY10top 88%
TN10top 56%

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests
Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IL 2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited 5 a different one every time
Opponents faced 168 finished ahead 52 times, behind 132
Longest layoff 4.9 yrs Sep 26, 2014 → Aug 2, 2019

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

20191 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Hometown BBQ Bash
20143 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0628 Music City BBQ Festival
  2. Career-best overall score661.0628 Music City BBQ Festival
  3. Career-best single call (Pork)170.3200 Music City BBQ Festival
20133 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
  2. First call Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
  3. Peak power rating (1503) Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+2.7Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)Jul 26, 2013
+0.6Music City BBQ FestivalAug 22, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.7Up In Smoke on the SquareAug 23, 2013
-10.5Grillin N Chillin BBQSep 26, 2014
-7.1Hometown BBQ BashAug 2, 2019

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20191000 100% top 87% 84.3% 84.3%
20142000 0% top 72% 91.8% 89.2%
20132000 50% top 69% 89.3% 86.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 2, 2019 Hometown BBQ Bash 🏅 Hoover, AL 13 / 15 (606.6972) 14 (141.0972) 13 (150.8228) 6 (167.4056) 13 (147.3716)
Sep 26, 2014 Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY 38 / 43 (623.8748) 39 (154.8112) 30 (160.5492) 40 (153.1200) 31 (155.3944)
Aug 22, 2014 Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN 23 / 41 (661.0628) 38 (157.0744) 20 (166.8228) 12 (170.3200) 18 (166.8456)
Aug 23, 2013 Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL 43 / 46 (603.2684) 40 (155.4172) 34 (155.9772) 43 (150.2168) 43 (141.6572)
Jul 26, 2013 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL 20 / 45 (642.8568) 18 (164) 22 (158.8684) 36 (151.4056) 9 (168.5828)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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