Dirty Earnie's Almost Famous BBQ FL
Rating
1482
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2025-03-21
latest 2026-04-17
Best ToY finish
#747
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.96 · weakest Chicken (155.21)
Road miles
270
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.45 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
303.38 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
Storylines
⚔️ A tough matchup
K & E's Little Smokers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, FL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 152.5372 | 155.21 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 149.1316 | 160.98 | top 67% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 161.1088 | 162.53 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 162.8228 | 163.96 | top 67% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 54% | 2026-03-20 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2026 (3 contests)
- Cooks mostly in FL (4 of 4 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (4 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 646.45 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 303.38 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2025-03-21 — First tracked contest · Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- 📣 2025-03-21 — First call · Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- 📈 2025-03-21 — Peak power rating (1504) · Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- ⭐ 2026-03-20 — Career-best overall score (649.0404) · Torry Island BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2025-03-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2026-04-17 |
| -9.7 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2026-03-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 90.1% | 89.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 40 / 41 (643.8516) | 39 (158.8456) | 40 (155.9660) | 40 (163.9428) | 30 (165.0972) |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 19 (166.2516) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 26 / 34 (649.0404) | 31 (152.5372) | 16 (172.5716) | 24 (161.1088) | 21 (162.8228) |
| 2025-03-21 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 8 / 26 (303.3832) | 10 (154.2516) | 9 (149.1316) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #747 (119 pts) | #814 (119 pts) | #606 (240 pts) | #737 (124 pts) | #707 (139 pts) |