The heartbreaker
3.4056
points from the title
Came within 3.4056 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke, Wind & Fire (Jul 10, 2021).
Brown Dog Que
Brown Dog Que is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 16 at the Smoke, Wind & Fire (2021), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #953 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 10, 2021
latest Sep 10, 2022 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.31
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.29 · weakest Brisket (153.66)
Road miles
480
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 305 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
630.43 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
328 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #953 (131 pts) | #901 (171 pts) | #1046 (141 pts) | #818 (196 pts) | #950 (141 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.5828 | 156.6172 | 162.29 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 165.7372 | 156.0344 | 159.44 | top 53% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 152.5944 | 157.14 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0856 | 151.3600 | 153.66 | top 81% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 54% | Jul 23, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SK
1 of 4 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
58
finished ahead 29 times, behind 63
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score638.2400 Smoke 'N the Valley
- Most recent contest Smoke 'N the Valley
20218 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First call Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall top-10 Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall podium Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First Reserve Championship Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328 Smoke, Wind & Fire
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5828 Smoke, Wind & Fire
- Peak power rating (1513) Smoke, Wind & Fire
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Jul 10, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Jul 23, 2022 |
| -10.6 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta | Jun 3, 2022 |
| -5.3 | Smoke 'N the Valley | Sep 10, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 87% | 88.6% | 87.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2022 | Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK | 14 / 18 (638.2400) | 10 (162.8228) | 6 (165.7372) | 18 (152.5944) | 13 (157.0856) |
| Jul 23, 2022 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge | 19 / 20 (622.7884) | 14 (161.1200) | 17 (156.0344) | 18 (153.1084) | 17 (152.5256) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 27 / 31 (630.2628) | 22 (156.6172) | 25 (156.5600) | 13 (165.7256) | 27 (151.3600) |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge | 2 / 16 (328) | 2 (168.5828) | 2 (159.4172) | — | — |