A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN' BUTTS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN' BUTTS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big Dogs BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2016-10-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.93
last 3 Master vs avg 622.93 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.53 · weakest Brisket (147.95)
Road miles
78
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Master avg
622.93 / 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
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Anchor City Cook Off (2016-10-14).
- last seen 2014-09-26
- back 2016-10-14
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.
Big Dogs BBQ 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 149 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Big Dogs BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Dogs BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4288 | 149.6456 | 154.45 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 153.0628 | 164.53 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 154.8800 | 156.00 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 139.9200 | 147.95 | top 88% |
“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 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2016-10-14
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.53 · weakest Brisket (147.95)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
622.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
14–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
78
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-09-26 → 2016-10-14
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1491) 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score633.6460 Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Anchor City Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2016-10-14 |
| -8.8 | 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | 2014-07-11 |
| -8.7 | Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival | 2014-09-26 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 32 / 34 (613.5656) | 34 (149.6456) | 31 (153.0628) | 30 (154.8800) | 25 (155.9772) |
| 2014-09-26 | Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO | 31 / 37 (633.6460) | 28 (159.4288) | 13 (169.7028) | 32 (156.5484) | 36 (147.9660) |
| 2014-07-11 | 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 35 / 41 (621.5772) | 37 (154.2744) | 11 (170.8228) | 32 (156.5600) | 38 (139.9200) |