A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DUSTY ROADS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DUSTY ROADS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BULLDOG BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2017-07-14
Best ToY finish
#1409
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.99 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 624.66 (+6.33)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.76 · weakest Brisket (154.09)
Road miles
168
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
624.66 / 720
7 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.
The weak link
−4.7
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.66 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 154.09
- Pork Ribs avg 158.76
- 2 calls in 7 entries
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
DARKSIDE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5352 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BULLDOG BARBEQUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BULLDOG BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BULLDOG BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#5365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Level with BULLDOG BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 55 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5367 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 51 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 143.3372 | 155.57 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 153.6800 | 158.76 | top 68% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5828 | 146.2856 | 156.24 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 124.6400 | 154.09 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2017-07-14
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.76 · weakest Brisket (154.09)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
624.66
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
180
52–200 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
168
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2017-07-14
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #5366 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual
- Peak power rating (1486) McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual
- First call Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest
- 2015
- Career-best overall score645.0628 Smoke on the Water
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2744 McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full)
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | Smoke on the Water | 2015-10-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual | 2014-06-06 |
| -11.1 | Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest | 2014-09-12 |
| -8.5 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) | 2015-06-05 |
| -7.8 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2017-07-14 |
| -7.3 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full) | 2016-06-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 89.6% | 88.3% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 82% | 87% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 53 / 58 (629.6116) | 51 (161.1084) | 46 (158.8460) | 48 (160.5828) | 51 (149.0744) |
| 2016-06-03 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full) McLouth, KS | 28 / 33 (630.8000) | 28 (156.5600) | 28 (153.6800) | 32 (146.2856) | 5 (174.2744) |
| 2015-10-09 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 15 / 33 (645.0628) | 14 (164.5600) | 19 (161.1200) | 23 (157.1428) | 14 (162.2400) |
| 2015-06-05 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS | 28 / 33 (626.1372) | 33 (143.3372) | 12 (168.5600) | 23 (158.8800) | 27 (155.3600) |
| 2014-10-10 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 22 / 37 (623.3260) | 25 (158.2856) | 22 (156.5372) | 15 (160.5716) | 29 (147.9316) |
| 2014-09-12 | Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS | 26 / 29 (626.1480) | 26 (155.9656) | 26 (154.8228) | 28 (150.2168) | 10 (165.1428) |
| 2014-06-06 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 23rd Annual McLouth, KS | 35 / 36 (591.5312) | 32 (149.1428) | 24 (157.7256) | 19 (160.0228) | 36 (124.6400) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2866 (58 pts) | #2883 (58 pts) | #2888 (58 pts) | #2885 (58 pts) | #1496 (183 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1470 (166 pts) | #1549 (171 pts) | #1360 (211 pts) | #1691 (136 pts) | #1501 (171 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1409 (192 pts) | #1546 (177 pts) | #1453 (197 pts) | #1235 (257 pts) | #1211 (252 pts) |