#2433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
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-headNAUGHTY DOG BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1522 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-04-06
latest 2020-11-13
Best ToY finish
#1905
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
330.80
last 3 Backyard vs avg 330.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.62
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.46 · weakest Pork (143.38)
Road miles
507
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 171 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
613.55 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
330.80 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
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.
NAUGHTY DOG BBQ 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 96 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.
#2424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with NAUGHTY DOG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
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#2439 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before NAUGHTY DOG BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7372 | 149.6912 | 165.46 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 153.6456 | 161.57 | top 34% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3828 | 143.3828 | 143.38 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8572 | 146.8572 | 146.86 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 15% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2019-04-06 → 2020-11-13
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.46 · weakest Pork (143.38)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
2 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
613.55
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
330.80
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
178
123–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
507
5 mapped stops · furthest 171 mi
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,325
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1522
peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call *Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2019
- Career-best overall score613.5540 Smoke On the Border
- First overall top-10 Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score344.5828 Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7372 Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2020
- Peak power rating (1522) Grillin and Chillin
- Most recent contest Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-08-02 |
| +11.3 | Grillin and Chillin | 2020-06-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.7 | Smoke On the Border | 2019-04-06 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 22% | 91.4% | 90% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 45% | 95.7% | 90.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS | 24 / 94 (329.0744) | 11 (171.4056) | 26 (157.6688) | — | — |
| 2020-06-26 | Grillin and Chillin 🏅 Chillicothe, MO | 6 / 34 (318.7540) | 4 (162.7884) | 6 (155.9656) | — | — |
| 2019-08-02 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | 2 / 15 (344.5828) | 2 (173.7372) | 5 (170.8456) | — | — |
| 2019-04-06 | Smoke On the Border 🏅 Gravette, AR | 22 / 29 (613.5540) | 12 (169.6684) | 24 (153.6456) | 27 (143.3828) | 22 (146.8572) |
| 2018-08-04 | *Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | — | 16 (149.6912) | 2 (169.7372) | — | — |
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 | #1905 (69 pts) | #1669 (119 pts) | #2473 (59 pts) | #2545 (54 pts) | #1956 (69 pts) |