A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Devil Dogs BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2015-07-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.65
last 3 Master vs avg 612.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.44 · weakest Pork (145.68)
Road miles
37
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
612.65 / 720
3 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.
Devil 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 154 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Devil Dogs 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 8 years after Devil Dogs 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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 | 169.1428 | 149.6800 | 157.50 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 156.5600 | 158.44 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 131.9428 | 145.68 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 143.9888 | 151.04 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2015-07-24
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
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 158.44 · weakest Pork (145.68)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.65
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
22–116 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
37
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show
- Peak power rating (1491) Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show
- 2015
- Career-best overall score644.4800 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1428 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | 6th Annual Vista Q Classic | 2014-07-25 |
| -9.4 | Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show | 2014-05-02 |
| -3.7 | 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic | 2015-07-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.9% | 82.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-24 | 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA | 39 / 54 (644.4800) | 29 (169.1428) | 36 (161.0972) | 44 (158.2628) | 42 (155.9772) |
| 2014-07-25 | 6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA | 57 / 60 (611.2908) | 58 (153.6684) | 45 (157.6568) | 57 (146.8228) | 52 (153.1428) |
| 2014-05-02 | Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show Lake Elsinore, CA | 23 / 27 (582.1716) | 23 (149.6800) | 15 (156.5600) | 27 (131.9428) | 21 (143.9888) |