A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barking Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barking Dog BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Porkatory
Porkatory is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 32nd of 73 at the Shawnee Great Grillers (2024). They are ranked #3960 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 9, 2023
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 3.1 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 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.76 · weakest Brisket (158.25)
Road miles
37
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$104K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.14 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Porkatory, each with one reason worth a look.
149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Porkatory)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Porkatory has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Porkatory)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 12 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Porkatory's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,957 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Porkatory's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,949 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Level with Porkatory on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,945 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Porkatory'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Dog BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 151.4172 | 163.98 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 147.8972 | 159.15 | top 67% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 159.9428 | 164.76 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 154.8116 | 158.25 | top 71% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 47% | Sep 26, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
555
finished ahead 156 times, behind 536
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 9, 2023 → Sep 27, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1428 Shawnee Great Grillers
20243 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.5772 Shawnee Great Grillers
- Career-best overall score661.5772 Shawnee Great Grillers
- Peak power rating (1498) Shawnee Great Grillers
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 27, 2024 |
| +1.9 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 26, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 30, 2026 |
| -6.5 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails | Sep 9, 2023 |
| -6.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.8% | 90.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 327 / 360 (638.6744) | 330 (160) | 345 (154.2172) | 214 (168.5372) | 322 (155.9200) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 34 / 67 (661.0404) | 17 (173.1428) | 19 (171.9772) | 51 (161.1088) | 56 (154.8116) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 116 / 159 (638.1832) | 149 (151.4172) | 152 (148.5144) | 34 (171.9772) | 64 (166.2744) |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 32 / 73 (661.5772) | 29 (170.2628) | 12 (173.1200) | 57 (159.9428) | 54 (158.2516) |
| Sep 9, 2023 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 32 / 38 (631.2116) | 29 (165.0856) | 37 (147.8972) | 30 (162.2400) | 26 (155.9888) |