#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where BIG DALE'S BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBIG DALE'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2015-09-04
latest 2016-06-17
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.71 · weakest Brisket (141.09)
Road miles
503
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 503 mi
Master avg
593.00 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
BIG DALE'S 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 136 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.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BIG DALE'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG DALE'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6684 | 139.9888 | 146.83 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 146.8688 | 155.71 | top 73% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3716 | 143.3600 | 149.37 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4060 | 118.7772 | 141.09 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.8 yrs
2015-09-04 → 2016-06-17
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
1 of 2 contests · 2 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 Ribs
averages 155.71 · weakest Brisket (141.09)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
593.00
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
13–56 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
503
2 mapped stops · furthest 503 mi
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke
- 2016
- Career-best overall score637.0060 Peak City Pigfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.5600 Peak City Pigfest
- Most recent contest Peak City Pigfest
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 76.2% | 76.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-17 | Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC | 34 / 46 (637.0060) | 41 (153.6684) | 27 (164.5600) | 42 (155.3716) | 18 (163.4060) |
| 2015-09-04 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | 24 / 25 (548.9948) | 24 (139.9888) | 22 (146.8688) | 24 (143.3600) | 25 (118.7772) |
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) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2143 (95 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2779 (55 pts) | #2779 (55 pts) | #2175 (65 pts) | #2790 (55 pts) | #2843 (50 pts) |