The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BLIND CHERRY BBQ has finished one call ahead of GO DAWGS BARBECUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
GO DAWGS BARBECUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2015-05-01
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
602.72
last 3 Master vs avg 602.72 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.78
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.57 · weakest Brisket (146.83)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
602.72 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PARTY PIGS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
GO DAWGS BARBECUE has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to GO DAWGS BARBECUE)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — POT BELLY BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after GO DAWGS BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with GO DAWGS BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7256 | 148.5714 | 151.41 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2858 | 151.9084 | 155.57 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 143.3600 | 148.92 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 141.7142 | 146.83 | top 76% |
“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.
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 | 45 | 0 | top 84% | 2014-05-02 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-05-01
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 155.57 · weakest Brisket (146.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
602.72
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
113
31–142 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1487) Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score607.8512 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork)158.8228 Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival
- Most recent contest Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2013-05-03 |
| -7.3 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | 2015-05-01 |
| -6.6 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2014-05-02 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-01 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 52 / 64 (607.1768) | 54 (151.9428) | 48 (151.9084) | 36 (158.8228) | 55 (144.5028) |
| 2014-05-02 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 45 / 59 (607.8512) | 41 (153.7256) | 35 (156.5028) | 56 (143.3600) | 30 (154.2628) |
| 2013-05-03 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 50 / 55 (593.1426) | 47 (148.5714) | 27 (158.2858) | 48 (144.5712) | 50 (141.7142) |
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 | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |