A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIRD DAWG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIRD DAWG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
TAYLOR'D BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2015-08-14
Best ToY finish
#2010
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.47
last 3 Master vs avg 631.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.10 · weakest Brisket (145.47)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1501)
Master avg
631.47 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
TAYLOR'D BBQ 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 129 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after TAYLOR'D BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with TAYLOR'D BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
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 | 165.6912 | 161.0856 | 162.82 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 147.9544 | 158.07 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 159.3828 | 165.10 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8116 | 137.6572 | 145.47 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 66% | 2015-08-14 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2015-08-14
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
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
averages 165.10 · weakest Brisket (145.47)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.47
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
97
40–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1501
average field rating faced — tougher than 1% of rated contests
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5884 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Career-best overall score649.5884 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Peak power rating (1493) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1084 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
- Most recent contest Atlanta BarB-Que Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.1 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2015-08-14 |
| -8.1 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival | 2013-09-13 |
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 83% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-14 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 40 / 48 (628.4572) | 36 (161.6916) | 33 (160.0000) | 16 (169.1084) | 45 (137.6572) |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | 21 / 43 (649.5884) | 24 (165.6912) | 14 (166.2628) | 12 (166.8228) | 37 (150.8116) |
| 2013-09-13 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 31 / 41 (616.3772) | 20 (161.0856) | 37 (147.9544) | 23 (159.3828) | 34 (147.9544) |
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) | #1985 (105 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2010 (88 pts) | #2505 (73 pts) | #1889 (123 pts) | #1844 (133 pts) | #2563 (68 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2483 (66 pts) | #1971 (91 pts) | #2517 (66 pts) | #2077 (76 pts) | #2519 (66 pts) |