Signature meat
50%
chicken entries won
2 wins from 4 entries
When chicken is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 50% of their entries (2 of 4).
- best 179.4400
- average 172.13
- 2 calls
Dig In Cookers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-10-17
latest 2016-07-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.51
last 4 Master vs avg 659.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.13 · weakest Brisket (159.82)
Road miles
362
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Master avg
659.51 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
High-water mark
665.0972
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0972 at Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-18
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
Dig In Cookers 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 92 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.
#2828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1514
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Dig In Cookers)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Dig In Cookers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Dig In Cookers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dig In Cookers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 179.4400 | 163.9428 | 172.13 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.2000 | 154.8344 | 162.71 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 158.8456 | 164.86 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 153.0972 | 159.82 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 69% | 2014-10-18 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2014-10-17 → 2016-07-15
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 2 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 172.13 · weakest Brisket (159.82)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
659.51
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
58–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
362
4 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-15
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Back to Back to the Park BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0972 Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)
- Career-best overall score665.0972 Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)
- 2015
- First call BBQ in the Bluffs
- First category win (Chicken) BBQ in the Bluffs
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Peak power rating (1510) BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
- Most recent contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | BBQ in the Bluffs | 2015-05-08 |
| +4 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2016-07-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.6 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ | 2014-10-17 |
| -0.5 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) | 2014-10-18 |
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 | 1 | 100% | top 47% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 33% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 92.4% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too Waterloo, IA | 15 / 32 (664.5828) | 1 (179.4400) | 2 (173.2000) | 22 (158.8456) | 24 (153.0972) |
| 2015-05-08 | BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA | 11 / 33 (662.8116) | 1 (175.4172) | 25 (154.8344) | 13 (168.0344) | 15 (164.5256) |
| 2014-10-18 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) Marshalltown, IA | 18 / 27 (665.0972) | 15 (169.7028) | 15 (166.8344) | 20 (163.9772) | 22 (164.5828) |
| 2014-10-17 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ Marshalltown, IA | 24 / 34 (645.5656) | 20 (163.9428) | 27 (155.9772) | 16 (168.5828) | 25 (157.0628) |