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
- Sep 20, 2013
Smoke Dawg BBQ
Smoke Dawg BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 7th of 53 at the Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival (2013). They are ranked #2366 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 29, 2013
latest May 2, 2014 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.08 · weakest Brisket (164.54)
Road miles
849
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
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Smoke Dawg BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
93 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1525
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#2,364 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#2,383 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#2,355 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1525
Level with Smoke Dawg BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1531
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 36% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
181
finished ahead 149 times, behind 81
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20142 milestones
- Peak power rating (1524) Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
20137 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival | Sep 20, 2013 |
| +8.3 | Stand By Your Grill | Aug 16, 2013 |
| +5.9 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | May 2, 2014 |
| +1.8 | 'Que at the View | Apr 4, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | Slidell BBQ Challenge | Mar 29, 2013 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS | 14 / 40 (671.3252) | 9 (173.1428) | 14 (167.4056) | 20 (164.5484) | 20 (166.2284) |
| Apr 4, 2014 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 17 / 36 (660.4112) | 19 (166.2400) | 5 (171.4172) | 29 (161.0856) | 19 (161.6684) |
| Sep 20, 2013 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS | 7 / 53 (689.6456) | 2 (178.8572) | 37 (161.0856) | 1 (178.8800) | 16 (170.8228) |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 18 / 62 (675.3828) | 10 (174.8800) | 33 (166.2744) | 31 (165.1200) | 23 (169.1084) |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA | 30 / 44 (639.9998) | 28 (162.2856) | 21 (161.1428) | 31 (161.7142) | 28 (154.8572) |