High-water mark
683.9996
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9996 at Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-31
Bluff City Bulldogs
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2014-06-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.05
last 4 Master vs avg 673.05 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.25)
Road miles
259
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
673.05 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Poker Porkers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Bluff City Bulldogs has 4 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 88 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.
#2451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Bluff City Bulldogs did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bluff City Bulldogs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.5714 | 166.8344 | 169.55 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9998 | 161.0972 | 165.25 | top 50% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 165.0856 | 167.68 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 166.8228 | 170.56 | top 34% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 35% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2014-06-20
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 170.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.25)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
673.05
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
114–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
259
4 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- First call Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- First category win (Chicken) Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.9996 Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score683.9996 Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5714 Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1521) The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off
- Most recent contest The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13 | Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash | 2013-05-31 |
| +3.8 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash | 2013-09-13 |
| +3.6 | The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off | 2014-06-20 |
| +0.7 | Stand By Your Grill | 2013-08-16 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 94% | 94% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 34% | 95% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-20 | The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS | 20 / 49 (677.0056) | 26 (167.3828) | 26 (166.2400) | 20 (169.6800) | 16 (173.7028) |
| 2013-09-13 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN | 11 / 28 (665.6000) | 12 (166.8344) | 15 (161.0972) | 18 (165.0856) | 6 (172.5828) |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 31 / 62 (665.6000) | 30 (167.4172) | 35 (165.6800) | 29 (165.6800) | 33 (166.8228) |
| 2013-05-31 | Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN | 6 / 43 (683.9996) | 1 (176.5714) | 16 (167.9998) | 13 (170.2856) | 12 (169.1428) |