High-water mark
685.5884
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.5884 at Mid-South Barbecue Festival — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-17
DORAG Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1517 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2014-10-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.26 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 648.46 (-7.20)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±55.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.50)
Road miles
294
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
648.46 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
HIGH ON THE HAWG ahead in 100% of their meetings
HIGH ON THE HAWG has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−25.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 25.80 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.
- Pork Ribs avg 143.50
- Chicken avg 169.30
- 1 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SOGGY BOTTOM BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, Piggin' Around (2013-09-27).
- 2013-09-27
- 24-team field
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.
98 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DORAG Q)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DORAG Q 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.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after DORAG Q did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with DORAG Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH ON THE HAWG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 156.5256 | 169.30 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 20.0000 | 143.50 | top 55% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 159.3828 | 168.84 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.8228 | 166.82 | top 51% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 23% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 66% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2014-10-17
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.50)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Master average
648.46
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
222
131–163 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
294
6 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1511
peak 1517 · #2799 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Piggin' Around
- First call Piggin' Around
- First overall top-10 Piggin' Around
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.4568 Piggin' Around
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1517) Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
- Career-best overall score685.5884 Mid-South Barbecue Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Mid-South Barbecue Festival
- Most recent contest Mid-South Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | Piggin' Around | 2013-09-27 |
| +9.1 | Mid-South Barbecue Festival | 2014-10-17 |
| +3.9 | High on the Hog Festival | 2014-04-18 |
| +0.4 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff | 2014-05-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff | 2014-09-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 95.2% | 88.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 95.1% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-17 | Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN | 10 / 35 (685.5884) | 5 (177.7028) | 22 (166.2400) | 9 (171.9772) | 15 (169.6684) |
| 2014-09-05 | Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN | 41 / 41 (528.5028) | 9 (173.7028) | 41 (20.0000) | 6 (173.7028) | 34 (161.0972) |
| 2014-05-24 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | 22 / 41 (670.7884) | 13 (173.1084) | 31 (162.8344) | 28 (166.2972) | 20 (168.5484) |
| 2014-04-18 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 26 / 62 (675.3028) | 31 (169.6800) | 36 (164.5256) | 21 (169.1200) | 17 (171.9772) |
| 2013-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 66 / 97 (646.1368) | 81 (156.5256) | 22 (171.4056) | 69 (159.3828) | 67 (158.8228) |
| 2013-09-27 | Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN | 4 / 24 (684.4568) | 14 (165.0856) | 2 (176.0000) | 12 (172.5484) | 8 (170.8228) |