A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MOE CASON BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MOE CASON BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DAKOTA BROTHERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1498 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-03-07
latest 2016-09-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.78
last 4 Master vs avg 632.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.99 · weakest Pork (155.28)
Road miles
1,141
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 857 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
632.78 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
DAKOTA BROTHERS 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 124 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.
#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with DAKOTA BROTHERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 153.1084 | 160.99 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 151.3600 | 157.97 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 128.5372 | 155.28 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 153.7028 | 158.55 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 3 | 0 | top 60% |
| SD | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2014-03-07 → 2016-09-09
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.99 · weakest Pork (155.28)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
632.78
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
169
83–97 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,141
4 mapped stops · furthest 857 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-02-26 → 2016-04-01
Power rating
1498
peak 1498 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- First call NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5484 NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4688 Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll
- Career-best overall score648.4688 Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll
- Peak power rating (1498) Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll
- Most recent contest Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.6 | Cedar Fest BBQ | 2016-04-01 |
| +2 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll | 2016-09-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7 | NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off | 2014-03-07 |
| -2.6 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 90.1% | 89.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-09 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD | 19 / 34 (648.4688) | 17 (163.4516) | 26 (155.3600) | 16 (165.6800) | 16 (163.9772) |
| 2016-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 26 / 67 (634.7428) | 29 (158.8456) | 44 (151.3600) | 14 (165.7256) | 27 (158.8116) |
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 39 / 61 (631.9772) | 50 (153.1084) | 40 (160.0000) | 35 (161.1772) | 35 (157.6916) |
| 2014-03-07 | NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off San Marcos, TX | 17 / 22 (615.9312) | 7 (168.5484) | 9 (165.1428) | 21 (128.5372) | 17 (153.7028) |