#2,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersNAUGHTY DOG BBQ
NAUGHTY DOG BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 15 at the Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #1905 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 6, 2019
latest Nov 13, 2020 · 1.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.62
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.46 · weakest Pork (143.38)
Road miles
507
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 171 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Purse competed for
$7,325
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
613.55 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
330.80 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1905 (69 pts) | #1669 (119 pts) | #2473 (59 pts) | #2545 (54 pts) | #1956 (69 pts) |
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NAUGHTY DOG BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 97 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1522
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#2,440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with NAUGHTY DOG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,458 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,441 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before NAUGHTY DOG BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 field size and state
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% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
178
finished ahead 123 times, behind 78
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20202 milestones
- Peak power rating (1522) Grillin and Chillin
- Most recent contest Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition
20196 milestones
- 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)
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 2, 2019 |
| +11.3 | Grillin and Chillin | Jun 26, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.7 | Smoke On the Border | Apr 6, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2020 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS | 24 / 94 (329.0744) | 11 (171.4056) | 26 (157.6688) | — | — |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Grillin and Chillin 🏅 Chillicothe, MO | 6 / 34 (318.7540) | 4 (162.7884) | 6 (155.9656) | — | — |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | 2 / 15 (344.5828) | 2 (173.7372) | 5 (170.8456) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2019 | Smoke On the Border 🏅 Gravette, AR | 22 / 29 (613.5540) | 12 (169.6684) | 24 (153.6456) | 27 (143.3828) | 22 (146.8572) |
| Aug 4, 2018 | Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | — | 16 (149.6912) | 2 (169.7372) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.