A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Bark-N-Dawgz BBQ
Bark-N-Dawgz BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 17th of 30 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2022). They are ranked #3798 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 14, 2022
latest Oct 10, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.14
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.47 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.43)
Road miles
46
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$56K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
317.90 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The teams rated closest to Bark-N-Dawgz BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Level with Bark-N-Dawgz BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Bark-N-Dawgz BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,790 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Bark-N-Dawgz BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,805 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Bark-N-Dawgz BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleton Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Estancia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Menke Boys BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Oink N' Doink BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 147.3712 | 161.47 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.6288 | 150.2400 | 156.43 | top 81% |
“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 field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 70% | Jul 27, 2024 |
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 89% | Oct 13, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
179
finished ahead 113 times, behind 206
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Jul 27, 2024 → Oct 10, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8344 MD State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20241 milestone
- Career-best overall score323.9200 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1502) Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.4 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 14, 2022 |
| +1.6 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 10, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 13, 2023 |
| -6.4 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) | Jul 26, 2024 |
| -0.1 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | Jul 27, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 90% | 89.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 122% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 18 / 29 (321.0744) | 7 (170.8344) | 33 (150.2400) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 18 / 32 (323.9200) | 15 (165.6800) | 18 (158.2400) | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA | 29 / 35 (321.0628) | 17 (168.5484) | 36 (152.5144) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 28 / 23 (303.9084) | 35 (147.3712) | 23 (156.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 17 / 30 (319.5204) | 28 (154.8916) | 10 (164.6288) | — | — |