A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
DIG'N N PIG'N ahead in 100% of their meetings
DIG'N N PIG'N has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-04-07
latest 2019-04-05
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
585.49
last 3 Master vs avg 585.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.75
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 149.70 · weakest Chicken (137.50)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
585.49 / 720
3 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.
BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM has 3 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 145 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG DOGZ SMOKE TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5600 | 129.6800 | 137.50 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4972 | 140.5256 | 149.33 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7256 | 141.6456 | 149.70 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 141.0972 | 148.96 | top 71% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYC BBQ Cookoff | 3 | 25 | 0 | top 88% | 2019-04-05 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-04-07 → 2019-04-05
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 149.70 · weakest Chicken (137.50)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
585.49
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
14–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,975
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest NYC BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.4972 NYC BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1492) NYC BBQ Cookoff
- 2018
- Career-best overall score603.3712 NYC BBQ Cookoff
- 2019
- Most recent contest NYC BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | 2019-04-05 |
| -8.2 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | 2018-04-06 |
| -7.8 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | 2017-04-07 |
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 96% | 77.3% | 77.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-05 | NYC BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Staten Island, NY | 25 / 26 (556.3996) | 26 (129.6800) | 24 (143.9768) | 26 (141.6456) | 24 (141.0972) |
| 2018-04-06 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 31 / 36 (603.3712) | 30 (148.5600) | 32 (140.5256) | 19 (157.7256) | 17 (156.5600) |
| 2017-04-07 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 35 / 43 (596.6856) | 41 (134.2512) | 12 (163.4972) | 29 (149.7256) | 32 (149.2116) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1870 (90 pts) | #1806 (100 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #1785 (125 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |