High-water mark
667.8972
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8972 at *BBQ & Blues on the Levee — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-10-06
Down & Dirty
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2017-10-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
553.07
last 3 Master vs avg 553.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±162.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.14 · weakest Pork (162.54)
Road miles
83
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
553.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest (2016-05-13).
- last seen 2013-05-10
- back 2016-05-13
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.
Down & Dirty 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 145 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Down & Dirty did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Down & Dirty on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 161.7140 | 165.31 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 161.7142 | 169.14 | top 36% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 162.2400 | 162.54 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 157.0628 | 165.39 | top 50% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.4 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2017-10-06
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 169.14 · weakest Pork (162.54)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
553.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
27–55 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
83
3 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2016-05-13
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Mississippi Springfest
- 2016
- First call Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.8744 Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
- 2017
- First category win (Pork Ribs) *BBQ & Blues on the Levee
- Career-best overall score667.8972 *BBQ & Blues on the Levee
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 *BBQ & Blues on the Levee
- Peak power rating (1488) *BBQ & Blues on the Levee
- Most recent contest *BBQ & Blues on the Levee
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.1 | *BBQ & Blues on the Levee | 2017-10-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.8 | Mississippi Springfest | 2013-05-10 |
| -3.2 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest | 2016-05-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 37% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 44.9% | 44.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-06 | *BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR | 11 / 30 (667.8972) | 9 (170.2628) | 1 (177.7372) | 18 (162.8344) | 21 (157.0628) |
| 2016-05-13 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS | 18 / 26 (667.8744) | 21 (163.9428) | 12 (167.9772) | 21 (162.2400) | 8 (173.7144) |
| 2013-05-10 | Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS | 29 / 29 (323.4282) | 22 (161.7140) | 17 (161.7142) | — | — |