A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SHEP DOGG'S PORCH N' BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-07-07
latest 2019-07-12
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Best overall
618.1488 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
604.98
last 4 Master vs avg 604.98 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.97 · weakest Brisket (145.40)
Road miles
24
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$6K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
604.98 / 720
4 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.
SHEP DOGG'S PORCH N' BBQ has 4 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 114 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.
#5351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SHEP DOGG'S PORCH N' BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SHEP DOGG'S PORCH N' BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5389 of the rated field
- Contests
- 95
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1453
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SHEP DOGG'S PORCH N' BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 95 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with SHEP DOGG'S PORCH N' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 158.8000 | 159.97 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 142.7772 | 152.96 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 141.0400 | 146.65 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4516 | 138.2288 | 145.40 | top 92% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 96% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 96% | 2018-07-13 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-07-07 → 2019-07-12
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OH
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.97 · weakest Brisket (145.40)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
604.98
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
5–145 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
24
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1564
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1453
peak 1453 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1486) *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score618.1488 PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1544 Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | 2017-07-07 |
| -11.4 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | 2019-07-12 |
| -10.8 | PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-01 |
| -10.6 | *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | 2018-07-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.9% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-12 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Kettering, OH | 33 / 33 (615.9552) | 31 (158.8688) | 25 (165.1544) | 33 (150.8116) | 33 (141.1204) |
| 2018-07-13 | *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH | 38 / 40 (596.9028) | 32 (158.8000) | 34 (153.0972) | 38 (142.2172) | 39 (142.7884) |
| 2017-09-01 | PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Lebanon, OH | 38 / 40 (618.1488) | 30 (163.3944) | 40 (142.7772) | 38 (152.5256) | 29 (159.4516) |
| 2017-07-07 | *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH | 40 / 41 (588.9144) | 32 (158.8228) | 37 (150.8228) | 40 (141.0400) | 40 (138.2288) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2471 (58 pts) | #2489 (58 pts) | #2490 (58 pts) | #2487 (58 pts) | #2481 (58 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |