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BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH IN

Power ranking

#997
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1537
peak 1583

Contests

23
in the data

First seen

2019-07-12
latest 2025-09-12

Best ToY finish

#307
Master 2023

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

4
11 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 44%
overall standings

Best overall

697.7028

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

671.32 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 676.03 (-4.71)

Walk rate

83%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

4
best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±11.75
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 169.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.00)

Road miles

3847
mi across 23 mapped stops · furthest 491 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Salted Anchor has finished one call ahead of BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.1432 points of the Grand Championship at Bands & BBQ at the Point (2022-09-09).

🐣 Announced themselves early

Finished 3 of 33 at their very first tracked contest, Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off (2019-07-12).

Teams like this (closest power rating, IN first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 23 8 1 3 178.8572 154.8572 168.12 top 53%
Pork Ribs 23 8 0 1 174.8572 158.2288 168.00 top 46%
Pork 23 9 3 5 179.4400 157.6800 169.97 top 40%
Brisket 23 8 0 2 175.4172 162.8000 169.94 top 35%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IN120top 41%
KY40top 52%
OH30top 29%
KS20top 49%
VA10top 83%
WV10top 40%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 40%
Medium (20–39)110top 54%
Large (40+)110top 34%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025200 670.1488 669.31
2024300 686.1940 672.66
2023702 684.0228 671.03
2022400 697.7028 687.78
2021301 687.3604 678.19
2020100 686.7540 686.75
2019301 684.4800 674.14

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-09-12 Bands and BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 22 / 29 (668.4684) 27 (166.8228) 26 (163.3944) 8 (172.5600) 18 (165.6912)
2025-08-15 Madison Ribberfest Madison, IN 31 / 45 (670.1488) 33 (166.2400) 30 (167.4060) 36 (162.8000) 9 (173.7028)
2024-09-13 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 22 / 31 (670.2520) 27 (161.1316) 10 (171.4516) 18 (166.8344) 11 (170.8344)
2024-08-16 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Madison, IN 16 / 49 (686.1940) 27 (169.6684) 13 (173.1200) 24 (170.8228) 12 (172.5828)
2024-05-17 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN 25 / 32 (661.5428) 27 (166.2400) 23 (165.1200) 26 (161.6572) 21 (168.5256)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 230 / 487 (674.2400) 319 (165.1200) 340 (163.9772) 22 (177.7144) 222 (167.4284)
2023-09-08 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 18 / 33 (677.0632) 3 (178.2972) 23 (164.5372) 25 (164.5372) 12 (169.6916)
2023-08-18 Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues Madison, IN 15 / 41 (683.9084) 17 (171.9772) 9 (174.2744) 21 (167.9884) 17 (169.6684)
2023-07-14 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA 30 / 36 (670.1716) 33 (161.6572) 3 (174.8572) 19 (169.7144) 28 (163.9428)
2023-06-09 Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 Franklin, IN 29 / 38 (659.2916) 36 (158.2056) 22 (167.9888) 32 (157.6800) 2 (175.4172)
2023-05-19 Rocking BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN 8 / 35 (684.0228) 33 (158.2628) 12 (171.4400) 1 (179.4400) 6 (174.8800)
2023-04-21 WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown Cottageville, WV 6 / 15 (648.4804) 9 (154.8572) 6 (162.8116) 1 (167.4172) 5 (163.3944)
2022-09-09 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 2 / 32 (697.7028) 10 (173.7028) 10 (173.7028) 2 (178.2972) 5 (172.0000)
2022-08-19 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN 8 / 45 (690.7884) 14 (172.5484) 25 (167.3944) 2 (177.7372) 11 (173.1084)
2022-06-17 Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN 15 / 42 (683.3140) 35 (165.0972) 12 (170.8456) 9 (174.2628) 10 (173.1084)
2022-05-13 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) Warsaw, IN 18 / 36 (679.3256) 10 (174.2628) 4 (173.1544) 24 (166.8228) 25 (165.0856)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 240 / 467 (662.1140) 275 (163.9312) 336 (161.0972) 290 (162.8228) 41 (174.2628)
2021-08-20 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN 8 / 43 (687.3604) 1 (178.8572) 29 (161.6688) 4 (177.1544) 13 (169.6800)
2021-06-18 Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN 9 / 51 (685.0856) 2 (177.1428) 27 (166.8228) 21 (168.5600) 13 (172.5600)
2020-09-18 Smokin in the Hills Hillsboro, OH 5 / 41 (686.7540) 8 (173.7144) 16 (167.3712) 6 (173.7028) 8 (171.9656)
2019-08-16 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madsion, IN 18 / 47 (675.8512) 20 (169.1200) 7 (173.1200) 23 (168.5256) 26 (165.0856)
2019-08-02 Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition CINCINNATI, OH 20 / 31 (662.1028) 19 (167.3712) 23 (158.2288) 22 (163.3828) 2 (173.1200)
2019-07-12 Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH 3 / 33 (684.4800) 6 (172.5600) 10 (170.2628) 1 (178.8572) 24 (162.8000)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #835 (130 pts) #1008 (115 pts) #1085 (115 pts) #725 (210 pts) #664 (235 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #668 (233 pts) #833 (173 pts) #645 (318 pts) #741 (213 pts) #577 (328 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #307 (693 pts) #328 (698 pts) #281 (863 pts) #233 (913 pts) #224 (943 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #369 (617 pts) #501 (442 pts) #476 (527 pts) #334 (727 pts) #452 (507 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #491 (360 pts) #342 (605 pts) #833 (180 pts) #519 (350 pts) #597 (300 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #521 (185 pts) #622 (155 pts) #792 (105 pts) #579 (175 pts) #614 (155 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #744 (409 pts) #891 (344 pts) #871 (364 pts) #763 (424 pts) #842 (379 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #812 (401 pts) #628 (591 pts) #645 (571 pts) #774 (456 pts) #750 (471 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #865 (417 pts) #792 (497 pts) #685 (587 pts) #834 (482 pts) #969 (367 pts)

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