High-water mark
689.6456
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6456 at Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-09-20
Smoke Dawg BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-03-29
latest 2014-05-02
Best ToY finish
#1847
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
667.35
last 5 Master vs avg 667.35 (-0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.08 · weakest Brisket (164.54)
Road miles
849
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
667.35 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
THE BLUE BLOODS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE BLUE BLOODS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.
- Brisket avg 164.54
- Chicken avg 171.08
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE 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.
91 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1524
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smoke Dawg BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoke Dawg BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Dawg BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 162.2856 | 171.08 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 161.0856 | 165.47 | top 44% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 161.0856 | 166.27 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 154.8572 | 164.54 | top 47% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 4 | 0 | top 31% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 36% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2014-05-02
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.08 · weakest Brisket (164.54)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
667.35
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
182
149–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
849
5 mapped stops · furthest 183 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #2348 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Slidell BBQ Challenge
- First call Stand By Your Grill
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3828 Stand By Your Grill
- First category win (Pork) Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score689.6456 Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8800 Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1524) Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival | 2013-09-20 |
| +8.3 | Stand By Your Grill | 2013-08-16 |
| +5.9 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | 2014-05-02 |
| +1.8 | 'Que at the View | 2014-04-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.2 | Slidell BBQ Challenge | 2013-03-29 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93.2% | 92.5% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 37% | 95.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-02 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS | 14 / 40 (671.3252) | 9 (173.1428) | 14 (167.4056) | 20 (164.5484) | 20 (166.2284) |
| 2014-04-04 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 17 / 36 (660.4112) | 19 (166.2400) | 5 (171.4172) | 29 (161.0856) | 19 (161.6684) |
| 2013-09-20 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS | 7 / 53 (689.6456) | 2 (178.8572) | 37 (161.0856) | 1 (178.8800) | 16 (170.8228) |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 18 / 62 (675.3828) | 10 (174.8800) | 33 (166.2744) | 31 (165.1200) | 23 (169.1084) |
| 2013-03-29 | Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA | 30 / 44 (639.9998) | 28 (162.2856) | 21 (161.1428) | 31 (161.7142) | 28 (154.8572) |
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 | #1847 (120 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1911 (120 pts) | #2099 (90 pts) | #2058 (90 pts) |