The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Smokin on The Dock of the Bay (2018-08-17).
- last seen 2016-10-21
- back 2018-08-17
SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1495 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2014-05-30
latest 2015-05-29
Best ToY finish
#1991
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.54 · weakest Brisket (153.42)
Road miles
350
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Master avg
627.90 / 720
2 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.
SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ has 2 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 123 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.
#3424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3422 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than SLOW AND DIRTY BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 153.0972 | 156.52 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4288 | 155.4056 | 157.42 | top 63% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 159.3828 | 160.54 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.3200 | 136.5256 | 153.42 | top 51% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-05-30 → 2015-05-29
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.54 · weakest Brisket (153.42)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
627.90
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
48
21–38 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
350
8 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2016-10-21 → 2018-08-17
Power rating
1495
peak 1495 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair
- First call Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival
- 2015
- Career-best overall score642.2288 Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.3200 Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival
- 2018
- Most recent contest Smokin on The Dock of the Bay
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 73% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | Smokin on The Dock of the Bay Crisfield, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-10-21 | Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-08-12 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-05-29 | Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD | 19 / 32 (642.2288) | 29 (153.0972) | 22 (159.4288) | 23 (159.3828) | 3 (170.3200) |
| 2015-04-24 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-05-30 | Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD | 22 / 30 (613.5768) | 16 (159.9428) | 17 (155.4056) | 10 (161.7028) | 28 (136.5256) |
| 2014-05-09 | Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | #1991 (87 pts) | #2749 (57 pts) | #2135 (72 pts) | #2191 (67 pts) | #1266 (232 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2518 (70 pts) | #2029 (100 pts) | #2048 (95 pts) | #1859 (130 pts) | #2777 (55 pts) |