A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bad Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad Dog BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKE SHACKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1451
peak 1451 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-08-26
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
534.17
last 4 Master vs avg 534.17 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±55.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.56 · weakest Brisket (145.63)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
534.17 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 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 58th
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.
SMOKE SHACKERS has 4 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 126 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.
#5451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SMOKE SHACKERS did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#5447 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE SHACKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5455 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7488 | 150.2284 | 155.54 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 141.6456 | 156.56 | top 50% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 144.5028 | 149.25 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3256 | 143.9312 | 145.63 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland Summer Fest | 4 | 58 | 0 | top 94% | 2016-08-26 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-08-26
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.56 · weakest Brisket (145.63)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
534.17
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
131
16–264 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2015-08-28
Power rating
1451
peak 1451 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
- Peak power rating (1487) New Holland Summer Fest
- 2014
- First call New Holland Summer Fest
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8800 New Holland Summer Fest
- 2016
- Career-best overall score598.6056 New Holland Summer Fest
- Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2014-08-22 |
| -12.9 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2015-08-28 |
| -12.9 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2013-08-23 |
| -8.9 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2016-08-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 99% | 66.8% | 66.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 66.1% | 66.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 80.7% | 80.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 58 / 66 (598.6056) | 57 (150.7884) | 62 (145.6916) | 52 (154.8000) | 53 (147.3256) |
| 2015-08-28 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 69 / 70 (481.1316) | 22 (165.7488) | 6 (170.8800) | 68 (144.5028) | — |
| 2014-08-22 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 70 / 70 (476.0116) | 43 (155.3944) | 8 (168.0344) | 45 (152.5828) | — |
| 2013-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 64 / 71 (580.9136) | 60 (150.2284) | 62 (141.6456) | 62 (145.1084) | 61 (143.9312) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #1559 (170 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | — |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |