High-water mark
670.1948
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1948 at 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 20, 2024
The Dogs Liked It
The Dogs Liked It is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 18th of 32 at the 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out (2024). They are ranked #5590 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1449 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Mar 24, 2023
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 3.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.88 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 637.51 (+3.37)
Walk rate
8%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.87
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.47 · weakest Brisket (152.45)
Road miles
258
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$222K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.51 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
279.34 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to The Dogs Liked It, each with one reason worth a look.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to The Dogs Liked It)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Dogs Liked It has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,575 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to The Dogs Liked It)
Fewer contests behind them than The Dogs Liked It has cooked, 6 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 32
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to The Dogs Liked It)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before The Dogs Liked It's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before The Dogs Liked It's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
Level with The Dogs Liked It on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damn Fine Beef & Swine | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dr. Squealgood BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Brothers Different Mothers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Meat Sweats | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Me Tender BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Barking Hogs BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Blind Fox BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 143.9428 | 160.43 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 135.3944 | 156.94 | top 75% |
| Pork | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 149.7028 | 163.47 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5832 | 140.4684 | 152.45 | top 81% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 77% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 73 | 0 | top 62% | Jun 26, 2026 |
| BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2 | 54 | 0 | top 95% | Aug 14, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
7 of 12 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
836
finished ahead 363 times, behind 1,252
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- 10th tracked contest BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20244 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9424 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First call 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best overall score670.1948 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1485) American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
| +2.2 | 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Sep 20, 2024 |
| +2.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 26, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 24, 2023 |
| -11.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2023 |
| -9.4 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | Aug 18, 2023 |
| -8.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| -8.4 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | Aug 14, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.9% | 89.1% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.7% | 88.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 93.1% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.7% | 81.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 305 / 360 (651.8632) | 298 (163.4172) | 283 (165.1088) | 307 (160.5256) | 282 (162.8116) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 79 / 83 (618.6400) | 73 (162.2400) | 81 (151.9428) | 71 (163.9656) | 82 (140.4916) |
| Jun 26, 2026 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 82 / 157 (654.1256) | 115 (159.3600) | 102 (161.0972) | 31 (172.5828) | 88 (161.0856) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 365 / 401 (634.1264) | 259 (167.3944) | 387 (150.1944) | 384 (151.9544) | 262 (164.5832) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 101 / 159 (645.6572) | 62 (167.4284) | 87 (164.5832) | 47 (169.7600) | 152 (143.8856) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 18 / 32 (670.1948) | 23 (166.2516) | 12 (171.4400) | 7 (175.4172) | 24 (157.0860) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 73 / 172 (655.9424) | 75 (164.5712) | 84 (163.4172) | 33 (171.4284) | 114 (156.5256) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 54 / 57 (597.4744) | 55 (145.0856) | 54 (151.3944) | 51 (155.9200) | 55 (145.0744) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 148 / 167 (609.5884) | 75 (164.5600) | 135 (154.8572) | 155 (149.7028) | 157 (140.4684) |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 37 / 37 (279.3372) | 37 (143.9428) | 37 (135.3944) | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | — | — | — | — | — |