High-water mark
662.7312
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.7312 at Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff — 92.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-09-06
BLACK DOG BBQ RI
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1504 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2018-05-05
latest 2019-09-06
Best ToY finish
#914
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.96
last 5 Master vs avg 642.96 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.62 · weakest Chicken (159.52)
Road miles
1,641
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1323 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.96 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
PADDY MCQ'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.1
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.11 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Chicken avg 159.52
- Pork avg 163.62
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of THE OUTLAW BBQ NY in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
100 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLACK DOG BBQ RI on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3150 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before BLACK DOG BBQ RI's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 146.8456 | 159.52 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9888 | 151.9772 | 159.76 | top 59% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 158.8000 | 163.62 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 154.2172 | 160.07 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 62% | 2019-05-04 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2018-05-05 → 2019-09-06
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CT
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.62 · weakest Chicken (159.52)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
642.96
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
112
63–115 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,641
5 mapped stops · furthest 1,323 mi
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,525
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1501
peak 1504 · #3141 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- 2019
- First call Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1716 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8800 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1504) Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
- Career-best overall score662.7312 Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
- Most recent contest Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.4 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2019-05-04 |
| +3.8 | Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff | 2019-09-06 |
| +2.6 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2018-10-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | Sun BBQFest | 2019-06-01 |
| -3.2 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | 2018-05-05 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 60% | 92% | 89.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 89.1% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-06 | Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff 🏅 Wichita, KS | 8 / 16 (662.7312) | 11 (162.7884) | 10 (158.8572) | 4 (170.8228) | 4 (170.2628) |
| 2019-06-01 | Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT | 48 / 61 (624.4800) | 60 (146.8456) | 33 (161.7028) | 38 (161.1316) | 48 (154.8000) |
| 2019-05-04 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT | 15 / 29 (650.1716) | 7 (170.8800) | 16 (162.2516) | 18 (161.0856) | 21 (155.9544) |
| 2018-10-20 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES West Kingston, RI | 20 / 37 (641.5660) | 14 (165.6800) | 31 (151.9772) | 22 (158.8000) | 12 (165.1088) |
| 2018-05-05 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | 29 / 40 (635.8516) | 34 (151.3828) | 15 (163.9888) | 14 (166.2628) | 27 (154.2172) |
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 | #914 (300 pts) | #900 (330 pts) | #1032 (275 pts) | #899 (340 pts) | #917 (325 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1418 (145 pts) | #1377 (175 pts) | #1421 (170 pts) | #1302 (190 pts) | #1310 (185 pts) |