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DAWGS BBQ MN

Power ranking

#101
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1725
peak 1740 · rated over 60 contests

Best runs

16
straight top-10s · 3 straight GCs

Contests

76
in the data

First seen

2021-10-15
latest 2026-08-15

Best ToY finish

#1
Backyard 2026

Grand champs

7
2 reserve

Category wins

8
25 podiums

Overall top-10s

37
of 76 contests

Avg finish

top 32%
overall standings

Best overall

687.9316 / 720

Perfect 180s

6 🔥

Current form

341.67 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 344.71 (-3.04)

Walk rate

67%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

16
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±45.10
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 172.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.81)

Road miles

8529
mi across 76 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi

Schedule strength

74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Purse competed for

$325K
listed at 64 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

3 🏅
GCs in 31 state-championship entries

Master avg

683.62 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

344.71 / 360
58 Backyard contests · 7 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

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Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

SMOKEY GQ has finished one call ahead of DAWGS BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Big Ten Bones has landed one call behind them 6 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Wrecking Crew BBQ has come out ahead in 22 of their 25 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Big Bear BBQ in 21 of their 25 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 3 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 2.2856 points of the Grand Championship at Minnesota in May (2025-05-09).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at Iowa State BBQ Championship.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 18% across 4 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-07-05) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 29-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Furlongs Smoke & Seafood.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Sensuous BBQ 43 15 28 35% ⚔ compare
FENDER BENDER BBQ 39 22 17 56% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY GQ 38 19 19 50% ⚔ compare
Big Ten Bones 34 18 16 53% ⚔ compare
Big Racks BBQ 31 17 13 55% ⚔ compare
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 29 10 19 34% ⚔ compare
Porket About It 27 12 15 44% ⚔ compare
DAD BOD BARBEQUE 26 13 13 50% ⚔ compare
Big Bear BBQ 25 21 4 84% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 25 7 16 28% ⚔ compare
Wrecking Crew BBQ 25 3 22 12% ⚔ compare
Lucky Shoes BBQ 24 18 6 75% ⚔ compare
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ 24 5 19 21% ⚔ compare
T Daddys BBQ 23 11 12 48% ⚔ compare
Sugar Shack 22 15 6 68% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 61 38 6 16 180.0000 🔥 153.6800 171.39 top 31%
Pork Ribs 73 36 2 8 180.0000 🔥 155.3600 167.81 top 42%
Pork 4 1 0 1 176.5716 166.2628 172.13 top 43%
Brisket 3 0 0 0 170.2628 166.8228 168.16 top 73%

“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
MN201top 33%
WI183top 34%
IA132top 33%
MO71top 18%
KS20top 53%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)141top 37%
Medium (20–39)295top 34%
Large (40+)171top 25%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 5 5 0 top 21% 2024-10-26
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 4 1 1 top 28% 2026-06-13
Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) 4 3 0 top 34% 2026-07-18
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 4 6 0 top 35% 2026-06-12
Minnesota in May 4 2 0 top 11% 2026-05-08
Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) 3 1 2 top 20% 2026-04-24
Iowa State BBQ Championship 3 1 1 top 32% 2026-04-03
Art of the Que (Backyard 2) 3 1 1 top 31% 2025-06-27
Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) 3 3 0 top 38% 2026-08-15
Smokin' in Steele 3 7 0 top 28% 2025-05-30
Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) 3 4 0 top 34% 2024-09-07
Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) 2 10 0 top 53% 2023-10-15
Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 10 0 top 75% 2023-07-21
Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 4 0 top 54% 2022-10-15
Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 3 0 top 31% 2022-10-14

The story so far

Milestones

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.7Art of the Que2023-07-07
+14.9Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)2024-07-05
+14.3Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)2022-10-14
+12.6Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD)2022-07-15
+12.6Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2025-06-14

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.2Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD)2021-10-16
-9.1Iowa State BBQ Championship2024-03-29
-8.6Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)2023-07-21
-7.3Cruisin' and BBQin'2026-07-31
-7.3Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2)2026-07-18

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026164125 81% top 22% 188.4% 102.8%
202514191 79% top 31% 98.3% 94.8%
202410160 80% top 25% 97.5% 94.9%
202318130 39% top 40% 95.5% 93.2%
202216072 69% top 36% 97% 92.7%
20212000 50% top 68% 90.3% 89.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-08-15 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN 10 / 18 (341.0856) 9 (170.8228) 13 (170.2628)
2026-08-07 Chippewa Valley Ribfest (BACKYARD ONLY) Montevideo, MN 2 / 14 (348.5488) 5 (171.9888) 3 (176.5600)
2026-07-31 Cruisin' and BBQin' 🏅 Hampton, IA 11 / 26 (334.8000) 5 (170.8572) 14 (163.9428)
2026-07-18 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA 15 / 28 (338.8116) 18 (168.5372) 14 (170.2744)
2026-07-17 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA 8 / 27 (345.0972) 6 (174.2628) 14 (170.8344)
2026-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 5 / 37 (342.8116) 9 (170.8344) 5 (171.9772)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 6 / 40 (345.7144) 14 (171.4172) 5 (174.2972)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 10 (173.1316)
2026-05-29 Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Owatonna, MN 1 / 25 (356.5600) 1 (180.0000) 1 (176.5600)
2026-05-15 BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY) Chippewa Falls, WI 6 / 21 (339.9772) 10 (166.2628) 3 (173.7144)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 4 / 77 (345.6800) 7 (170.8228) 5 (174.8572)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 14 (170.2628)
2026-05-01 SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) 🏅 Cambridge, IA 7 / 17 (678.1944) 14 (171.9772) 18 (168.5600) 15 (170.2744) 18 (167.3828)
2026-04-24 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 1 / 24 (352.0000) 1 (180.0000) 6 (172.0000)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 1 / 42 (360.0000) 1 (180.0000) 1 (180.0000)
2026-03-20 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO 1 / 33 (353.1084) 2 (180.0000) 7 (173.1084)
2025-08-16 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN 7 / 17 (338.2056) 9 (168.5256) 6 (169.6800)
2025-07-12 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA 6 / 16 (344.5256) 1 (179.4400) 13 (165.0856)
2025-07-11 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA 3 / 18 (347.9772) 4 (174.2628) 2 (173.7144) 2 (175.4056)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (Backyard 2) Spencer, IA 6 / 17 (334.2516) 6 (169.1200) 7 (165.1316)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA 8 / 15 (333.6804) 3 (173.1316) 14 (160.5488)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) Spencer, IA 8 (170.2628)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 1 / 36 (353.7144) 2 (178.8572) 3 (174.8572)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 20 / 36 (335.9888) 25 (167.4056) 17 (168.5832)
2025-05-30 Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 9 / 28 (339.4628) 5 (172.0228) 13 (167.4400)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 2 / 58 (348.5716) 3 (177.1544) 9 (171.4172)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 12 (172.0116)
2025-04-25 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 12 / 24 (330.8000) 17 (161.6800) 7 (169.1200)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 7 / 49 (345.6800) 17 (170.8228) 7 (174.8572)
2024-10-26 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 5 / 56 (345.6916) 7 (172.5600) 3 (173.1316)
2024-10-25 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 5 / 53 (343.9772) 2 (177.7144) 11 (166.2628)
2024-09-07 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN 4 / 18 (337.0856) 3 (176.5600) 10 (160.5256)
2024-08-17 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN 3 / 18 (342.8800) 2 (173.7256) 4 (169.1544)
2024-07-12 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 14 / 34 (679.3140) 13 (174.2628) 11 (171.9656) 21 (166.2628) 22 (166.8228)
2024-07-12 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN 7 (172.0000)
2024-07-05 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 1 / 16 (350.8572) 2 (175.4172) 2 (175.4400)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 8 / 58 (343.4172) 7 (174.2972) 14 (169.1200)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 5 (174.8800)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 33 / 42 (329.0512) 30 (165.6684) 33 (163.3828)
2023-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Oak Grove, MO 18 (170.2512)
2023-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 15 / 40 (333.0396) 16 (163.3712) 10 (169.6684)
2023-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oak Grove, MO 13 (169.6916)
2023-10-27 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 12 / 47 (337.0512) 14 (167.3712) 8 (169.6800)
2023-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 14 / 24 (333.6456) 19 (165.6684) 13 (167.9772)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 10 / 21 (335.3716) 7 (171.9772) 18 (163.3944)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 21 (165.1088)
2023-09-09 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN 12 / 30 (338.2172) 4 (175.4056) 19 (162.8116)
2023-08-12 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS 19 / 29 (342.8228) 15 (173.1428) 21 (169.6800)
2023-08-11 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS 37 / 90 (687.9316) 43 (172.5484) 64 (168.5488) 11 (176.5716) 44 (170.2628)
2023-07-21 Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Preston, MN 11 / 15 (327.3484) 6 (171.9884) 14 (155.3600)
2023-07-07 Art of the Que 🏅 Spencer, IA 1 / 28 (343.9656) 2 (174.8456) 5 (169.1200)
2023-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 19 / 40 (324.4684) 11 (167.3828) 22 (157.0856)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 14 / 43 (327.3372) 13 (167.3828) 19 (159.9544)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 17 (166.2632)
2023-06-02 Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 7 / 29 (339.9428) 4 (174.2628) 9 (165.6800)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 13 / 59 (335.9084) 16 (166.2284) 11 (169.6800)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN 43 (157.7144)
2022-10-29 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 6 / 32 (338.2284) 1 (180.0000) 8 (158.2284)
2022-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 9 / 40 (338.2284) 6 (172.5484) 12 (165.6800)
2022-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Oak Grove, MO 11 (173.1200)
2022-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI 4 / 20 (340.5600) 1 (177.1428) 17 (163.4172)
2022-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (One Meat Ribs) West Salem, WI 5 (165.7144)
2022-10-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI 3 / 22 (341.6456) 5 (170.8228) 4 (170.8228)
2022-09-10 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN 12 / 30 (336.5372) 5 (173.7028) 18 (162.8344)
2022-08-05 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN 14 / 21 (327.9428) 7 (171.4056) 16 (156.5372)
2022-07-22 Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Preston, MN 10 / 13 (333.6800) 6 (171.4400) 8 (162.2400)
2022-07-15 Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) Bancroft, IA 3 / 14 (349.1200) 2 (178.8572) 7 (170.2628)
2022-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 18 / 37 (325.6228) 11 (170.2628) 23 (155.3600)
2022-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 15 / 39 (321.6460) 15 (163.9772) 17 (157.6688)
2022-06-03 Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) 🏅 Owatonna, MN 9 / 33 (319.3944) 14 (153.6800) 4 (165.7144)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Backyard) Cambridge, MN 13 / 38 (331.3944) 22 (164.5372) 10 (166.8572)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN 22 (162.2400)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN
2021-10-16 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 32 / 36 (316.5140) 34 (154.8228) 23 (161.6912)
2021-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 19 / 40 (325.1428) 24 (159.4400) 10 (165.7028)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Backyard #1 🏆 (1356 pts) #4 (1259 pts) #12 (1180 pts)
2026 ↗ Master #599 (245 pts)
2025 ↗ Backyard #31 (1081 pts) #25 (1166 pts) #48 (950 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #712 (257 pts)
2024 ↗ Backyard #33 (1006 pts) #23 (1108 pts) #43 (950 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #959 (114 pts) #1021 (119 pts) #517 (457 pts) #1155 (79 pts) #1151 (74 pts)
2023 ↗ Backyard #54 (954 pts) #98 (683 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1255 (60 pts) #932 (148 pts) #558 (397 pts) #950 (130 pts) #1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗ Backyard #23 (1121 pts) #59 (775 pts)
2021 ↗ Backyard #185 (125 pts) #126 (205 pts)

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