Giant slayer
61
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 61-team field at Lakeland Pig Festival.
- 2024-01-26
K-Dubs BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1544
peak 1544 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2021-11-19
latest 2025-11-21
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
398.22 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 491.48 (-93.25)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±160.77
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.47)
Road miles
37
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$143K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
491.48 / 360
8 Backyard contests · 1 GC
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (10 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.
They almost always walk
100%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 100% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
667.2916
career-best overall
185.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 667.2916 at Plant City Pig Jam — 185.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2022-11-18
State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 8 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 8 state-championship entries
A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
BIG RED BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
BIG RED BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
7–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 88% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
5 of 5
shared chicken entries lost
BIG RED BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BIG RED BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
BBQmyway has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Boom or bust
±44.66%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±44.66% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 136.5% of a perfect score
- best 185.4%
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Lakeland Pig Festival every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 1st
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.
69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1549
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to K-Dubs BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Powered by Smoke ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1852 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1854 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before K-Dubs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1858 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1544
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
Level with K-Dubs BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1851 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before K-Dubs BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 8 | 7 | 0 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 7 | 5 | 1 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Belly Bustin Bistro | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQmyway | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Tarheel Cookers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Nuts & Butts | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| JP BBQ and Catering | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Drunkin Brothers BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| One Bite BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 157.0744 | 165.18 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 150.2172 | 162.47 | top 43% |
| Pork | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 175.4288 | 154.2628 | 162.61 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 171.9656 | 155.3944 | 163.46 | top 29% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 1 | top 33% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 1 | 1 | top 33% | 2025-01-24 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 36% | 2025-11-21 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2021-11-19 → 2025-11-21
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.47)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 8 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
38%
3 of 8 contests
Wins it all
13%
1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve
First title
2024-01-26
Lakeland Pig Festival
Backyard average
491.48
out of 360 · 8 contests · 1 GC
Opponents faced
307
418–188 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
37
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$142,610
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 8 state-championship entries
Power rating
1544
peak 1544 · #1862 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score634.1600 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2022
- First category win (Pork) Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall podium Plant City Pig Jam
- First Reserve Championship Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score667.2916 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4288 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2024
- First Grand Championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- First state championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- Biggest field won (61 teams) Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1544) Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2024-01-26 |
| +14.4 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2022-11-18 |
| +8.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2023-01-27 |
| +8 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2025-11-21 |
| +7.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2022-01-28 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2023-11-17 |
| -4.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2025-01-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 95.2% | 93.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 2% | 95.7% | 95.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 52% | 184.9% | 135.4% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 19% | 185.4% | 181.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 176.2% | 176.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 7 / 31 (342.8000) | 6 (173.1200) | 10 (169.6800) | 20 (154.8000) | 12 (158.8228) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 29 / 40 (329.1088) | 39 (160.5372) | 16 (168.5716) | 39 (158.2400) | 6 (171.9656) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 1 / 61 (344.5372) | 4 (171.9772) | 6 (172.5600) | 23 (163.9656) | 24 (160.5028) |
| 2023-11-17 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 19 / 25 (309.0288) | 18 (157.0744) | 18 (151.9544) | 8 (161.0972) | 1 (168.5256) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 14 / 51 (665.6460) | 10 (169.1200) | 28 (165.1200) | 4 (175.4288) | 39 (155.9772) |
| 2022-11-18 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 2 / 25 (667.2916) | 3 (168.5372) | 14 (159.3716) | 1 (173.1428) | 4 (166.2400) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 18 / 60 (639.2456) | 24 (158.8116) | 32 (150.2172) | 23 (159.9312) | 5 (170.2856) |
| 2021-11-19 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 12 / 37 (634.1600) | 12 (162.2400) | 9 (162.2628) | 16 (154.2628) | 14 (155.3944) |