TENNESSEE DAWG HOUSE BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1461

peak 1461 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-07-18

latest 2016-07-15

Best ToY finish

#1776

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 88%

overall standings

Best overall

622.2516 / 720

Master · RiverFest Red White and Que

Perfect 180s

Current form

605.69

last 4 Master vs avg 605.69 (+0.00)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.4744

Chicken · RiverFest Red White and Que

Consistency

±14.79

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 160.13 · weakest Brisket (144.49)

Road miles

mi across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Master avg

605.69 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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 tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

EAT MY SMOKE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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TENNESSEE DAWG HOUSE BBQ 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 125 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.

No Name BBQ Team

#5044 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

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Float'n & Smokin

#5063 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after TENNESSEE DAWG HOUSE BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

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SMOKIN MAD HATTERS

#5048 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

Level with TENNESSEE DAWG HOUSE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-10-01

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PORKSMITH

#5056 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

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.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-08-10

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BIGGS BBQ

#5068 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

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.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

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CHEFFIE EFFIE BBQ

#5086 of the rated field

1460 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

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.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-07-28

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	167.4744	137.6456	149.25	top 81%
Pork Ribs	4	1	167.4400	142.7772	160.13	top 49%
Pork	4	0	166.2744	136.5372	151.82	top 78%
Brisket	4	0	153.6456	126.7316	144.49	top 84%

“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)	1	0	top 91%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 87%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
RiverFest Red White and Que	3	32	0	top 90%	2016-07-15

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2014-07-18 → 2016-07-15

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NE 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 160.13 · weakest Brisket (144.49)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 4 contests

Master average 605.69 out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 105 21–147 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 15 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1539 average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests

Power rating 1461 peak 1461 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jul 18 First tracked contest RiverFest Red White and Que
Jul 18 Peak power rating (1488) RiverFest Red White and Que
Sep 26 First call Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
2015
Jul 17 Career-best overall score622.2516 RiverFest Red White and Que
Jul 17 Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4744 RiverFest Red White and Que
2016
Jul 15 Most recent contest RiverFest Red White and Que

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.8	RiverFest Red White and Que	2014-07-18
-10.5	RiverFest Red White and Que	2016-07-15
-8.7	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2014-09-26
-8.3	RiverFest Red White and Que	2015-07-17

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0%	top 93%	81.6%	81.6%
2015	1	0%	top 84%	86.4%	86.4%
2014	2	50%	top 87%	85.9%	84.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-07-15	RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE	42 / 45 (587.7024)	43 (143.9312)	18 (165.7028)	40 (151.3368)	44 (126.7316)
2015-07-17	RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE	38 / 45 (622.2516)	15 (167.4744)	18 (164.5944)	45 (136.5372)	33 (153.6456)
2014-09-26	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	39 / 47 (618.1488)	46 (137.6456)	9 (167.4400)	16 (166.2744)	43 (146.7888)
2014-07-18	RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE	32 / 35 (594.6516)	34 (147.9428)	34 (142.7772)	31 (153.1200)	26 (150.8116)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2167 (95 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#1935 (110 pts)	#2002 (95 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1776 (132 pts)	#1860 (132 pts)	#1365 (217 pts)	#1555 (177 pts)	#1827 (132 pts)