A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIRD DAWG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIRD DAWG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.79
last 4 Master vs avg 633.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.27 · weakest Pork (155.70)
Road miles
4,705
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 2125 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
633.79 / 720
4 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 long haul
4,705
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,705 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,125 miles to 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES ).
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 2,125 mi
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.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ has 4 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 151 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.
#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after UNDER CONSTRUCTION BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 157.1084 | 163.27 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 148.5600 | 158.70 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 152.5600 | 155.70 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 149.6456 | 156.13 | top 69% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | 3 | 0 | top 70% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 70% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 74% | 2015-08-14 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2016
4 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.27 · weakest Pork (155.70)
Walk rate
14%
a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
633.79
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
131
44–120 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,705
7 mapped stops · furthest 2,125 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- First call Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1656 Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- Peak power rating (1497) Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score637.5772 *Porktober Que
- Most recent contest Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2015-08-14 |
| -7.5 | *Porktober Que | 2016-09-23 |
| -5.2 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-08-15 |
| -3.3 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival | 2013-09-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-04 | Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-23 | *Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 31 / 36 (637.5772) | 26 (162.2744) | 20 (165.6800) | 34 (154.8000) | 30 (154.8228) |
| 2016-08-05 | 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES ) Clayton, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-03-11 | Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-08-14 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 39 / 48 (629.0976) | 32 (165.1316) | 32 (160.5260) | 44 (152.5600) | 38 (150.8800) |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | 29 / 43 (635.3712) | 17 (168.5600) | 25 (160.0228) | 34 (157.1428) | 39 (149.6456) |
| 2013-09-13 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 25 / 41 (633.1196) | 29 (157.1084) | 36 (148.5600) | 25 (158.2856) | 9 (169.1656) |