High-water mark
678.1484
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1484 at Smokin' For Down Syndrome — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-04-01
Q Dawgs
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2021-12-02
latest 2022-04-22
Best ToY finish
#898
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.18
last 3 Master vs avg 665.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.35
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.27 · weakest Brisket (161.09)
Road miles
358
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
Their season
2022
their best year
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 55%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 55%
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has come out ahead 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.
Q Dawgs 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 126 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.
#3262 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1500
0–0 in 1 shared contest (0% to Q Dawgs)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Q Dawgs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Q Dawgs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Q Dawgs's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Q Dawgs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 159.3484 | 165.67 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 168.5256 | 172.27 | top 39% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 158.8344 | 164.91 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 152.5144 | 161.09 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2021-12-02 → 2022-04-22
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 172.27 · weakest Brisket (161.09)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
665.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
33–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
358
4 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
1591
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$26,900
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1498
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
- First call Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4688 Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
- 2022
- Career-best overall score678.1484 Smokin' For Down Syndrome
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0000 Smokin' For Down Syndrome
- Peak power rating (1500) Smokin' For Down Syndrome
- Most recent contest Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome | 2022-04-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2021-12-02 |
| -1.9 | Southaven Springfest | 2022-04-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 55% | 94.2% | 93% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 84% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-26 | Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbus, MS | — | — | 15 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2022-04-22 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 24 / 36 (660.9252) | 34 (159.3484) | 18 (168.5256) | 18 (167.3828) | 21 (165.6684) |
| 2022-04-01 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome 🏅 Collierville, TN | 12 / 28 (678.1484) | 15 (168.5372) | 4 (176.0000) | 13 (168.5256) | 15 (165.0856) |
| 2021-12-02 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 16 / 19 (656.4688) | 14 (169.1200) | 3 (176.0000) | 17 (158.8344) | 18 (152.5144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #898 (154 pts) | #928 (159 pts) | #567 (409 pts) | #871 (179 pts) | #905 (159 pts) |