A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barking Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barking Dog BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Dead Pigs Tell No Tails
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2020-08-21
latest 2021-08-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.69
last 3 Master vs avg 644.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.04 · weakest Brisket (156.54)
Road miles
39
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Dead Pigs Tell No Tails 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 144 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.
#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dead Pigs Tell No Tails on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Dead Pigs Tell No Tails's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Dead Pigs Tell No Tails's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Dead Pigs Tell No Tails'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 159.4516 | 163.04 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 158.8344 | 167.04 | top 50% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 154.8000 | 158.05 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6916 | 155.4056 | 156.54 | top 80% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Bricks | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 80% | 2021-08-20 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2020-08-21 → 2021-08-20
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.04 · weakest Brisket (156.54)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
644.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
39–117 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
39
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1598
average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$21,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Bricks
- Peak power rating (1491) Smoke on the Bricks
- 2021
- First call 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4456 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score652.4456 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bricks
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2020-08-21 |
| -2.4 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2021-08-20 |
| -2.1 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2021-03-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 90.6% | 90% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 31 / 46 (643.3716) | 39 (159.4516) | 27 (164.5828) | 32 (162.8000) | 33 (156.5372) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 49 / 70 (652.4456) | 52 (164.5256) | 4 (177.7144) | 62 (154.8000) | 58 (155.4056) |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 40 / 43 (638.2404) | 35 (165.1544) | 37 (158.8344) | 41 (156.5600) | 37 (157.6916) |