Beachdogs 502 BBQ

Beachdogs 502 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 27 at the Smokin' For Garrett (2022). They are ranked #2903 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,903

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1522 · rated over 25 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 5, 2015

latest Aug 15, 2025 · 10.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#478

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

7% of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

690.1828 / 720

Master · Smokin' For Garrett

Perfect 180s

Current form

675.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 665.64 (+10.00)

Walk rate

41%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Chicken · Jim Beam BBQ Classic

Consistency

±13.65

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.38 · weakest Brisket (164.30)

Road miles

2,414

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)

Purse competed for

$117K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.64 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

690.1828 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.1828 at Smokin' For Garrett — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 16, 2022

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TIRE SMOKE BBQ has finished one call ahead of Beachdogs 502 BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 39%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

20–3 behind in the head-to-head

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 87% of their meetings

BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.07 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 15%.

Brisket avg 164.30
Chicken avg 169.38
2 calls in 25 entries

A strong matchup

15–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 94% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ACME BBQ in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

15 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BLUE CHIP BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 24 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BULLHEADED BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.90% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.90% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.5% of a perfect score
27 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Jim Beam BBQ Classic every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 9th

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#878 (120 pts)	#958 (125 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)	#885 (140 pts)	#907 (125 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#756 (186 pts)	#868 (171 pts)	#817 (226 pts)	#747 (206 pts)	#617 (281 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#753 (217 pts)	#755 (237 pts)	#953 (172 pts)	#939 (157 pts)	#706 (257 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#961 (125 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1111 (95 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#478 (215 pts)	#396 (295 pts)	#376 (330 pts)	#341 (355 pts)	#480 (240 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1489 (135 pts)	#1336 (175 pts)	#1536 (120 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1107 (239 pts)	#1059 (279 pts)	#773 (464 pts)	#1172 (239 pts)	#1166 (239 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1292 (205 pts)	#1287 (240 pts)	#1131 (300 pts)	#1359 (215 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1271 (227 pts)	#1502 (187 pts)	#855 (457 pts)	#1034 (352 pts)	#1258 (247 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1811 (119 pts)	#1617 (154 pts)	#1654 (149 pts)	#1901 (119 pts)	#1640 (144 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Beachdogs 502 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

OLE MAN LARRY'S BBQ

#2,913 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1514

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Beachdogs 502 BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Beachdogs 502 BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Apr 27, 2018

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Hoggy Style

#2,907 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1571

They've been 1571 at their best, 63 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Mar 28, 2025

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MASTERS OF FIRE

#2,902 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1509

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Beachdogs 502 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 22 contests

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THE BEARDED ONE BBQ

#2,911 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1529

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Oct 22, 2022

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Slapshot BBQ

#2,914 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1540

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen May 10, 2019

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Squeals like the First Time

#2,892 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1508

They turned up 9 years after Beachdogs 502 BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLUE CHIP BBQ	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	21	1	20	5%	⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	16	15	1	94%	⚔ compare
CHARCOAL & MORE	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
Bluedog BBQ	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
GREY STREET BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	4	1	1	177.7028	159.9428	169.38	top 47%
Pork Ribs	25	6	1	1	176.5600	153.6572	166.53	top 50%
Pork	26	4	0	2	176.5600	153.0856	165.74	top 59%
Brisket	25	2	0	0	176.5600	145.6688	164.30	top 59%

“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)	8	0	top 59%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
IN	15	top 63%
KY	8	top 60%
IL	2	top 34%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	5	25	top 57%	Aug 19, 2022
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	4	9	top 58%	Oct 4, 2019
Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	3	11	top 59%	Jun 15, 2018
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues	2	24	top 61%	Aug 16, 2024
Smokin' for Garrett	2	7	top 34%	Oct 6, 2023
Smokin For Garrett	2	18	top 63%	Oct 23, 2020
Covid-Que Relief (Day 2)	2	41	top 70%	Jun 20, 2020

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 15 of 27 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 12 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 420 finished ahead 460 times, behind 679

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

Aug 15 Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest

20241 milestone

Jun 7 25th tracked contest Hoosier BBQ Classic

20221 milestone

Sep 16 Career-best overall score690.1828 Smokin' For Garrett

20181 milestone

Apr 27 10th tracked contest Smokin For Garrett

20173 milestones

Oct 6 First overall top-10 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
Oct 6 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
Oct 6 Peak power rating (1522) Jim Beam BBQ Classic

20162 milestones

Jun 17 First call Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival
Jun 17 First category win (Pork Ribs) Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival

20151 milestone

Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6684 Bourbon City BBQ Festival

20141 milestone

Jun 6 First tracked contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.8	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Oct 6, 2017
+11	Smokin' For Garrett	Sep 16, 2022
+9	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	Jun 16, 2017
+4.7	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Sep 30, 2016
+3.9	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	Aug 17, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.6	Smokin For Garrett	Apr 27, 2018
-7	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	Jun 15, 2018
-5.5	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Oct 4, 2019
-4.8	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Oct 5, 2018
-4.8	Bourbon City BBQ Festival	Jun 5, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	93.3%	93.3%
2024	2	0	0	0%	top 66%	93.4%	93.2%
2023	2	0	0	50%	top 50%	95.7%	94.7%
2022	2	1	0	50%	top 45%	95.9%	94%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 70%	91.7%	91.7%
2020	3	0	0	67%	top 61%	93%	92.2%
2019	2	0	0	0%	top 67%	91.9%	90.9%
2018	5	0	1	40%	top 73%	93.2%	90.6%
2017	3	1	0	100%	top 39%	95.6%	93.5%
2016	3	0	1	67%	top 59%	94%	92.4%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 63%	91.9%	91.9%
2014	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 15, 2025	Madison Ribberfest 🏅 Madison, IN	29 / 45 (671.8628)	17 (173.1084)	13 (171.9772)	35 (163.3828)	34 (163.3944)
Aug 16, 2024	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues 🏅 Madison, IN	31 / 49 (672.4112)	33 (167.3828)	31 (166.2400)	26 (169.6800)	26 (169.1084)
Jun 7, 2024	Hoosier BBQ Classic 🏅 Franklin, IN	26 / 38 (670.1372)	24 (168.5372)	28 (163.9428)	21 (171.4172)	24 (166.2400)
Oct 6, 2023	Smokin' for Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL	11 / 26 (689.0516)	13 (169.6800)	7 (171.9888)	14 (170.8228)	4 (176.5600)
Aug 18, 2023	Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues 🏅 Madison, IN	24 / 41 (674.7312)	30 (167.9772)	23 (168.5256)	17 (169.7028)	21 (168.5256)
Sep 16, 2022	Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL	7 / 27 (690.1828)	5 (175.4172)	13 (168.5256)	16 (169.6800)	5 (176.5600)
Aug 19, 2022	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN	29 / 45 (663.8516)	31 (166.2744)	33 (161.6572)	25 (167.3828)	21 (168.5372)
Aug 20, 2021	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN	30 / 43 (659.8860)	12 (173.1316)	39 (153.6572)	26 (165.7028)	18 (167.3944)
Oct 23, 2020	Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	18 / 41 (669.5772)	25 (163.3944)	4 (173.1316)	28 (163.9428)	13 (169.1084)
Jun 20, 2020	Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) Franklin, IN	51 / 63 (659.2684)	11 (173.7028)	53 (159.9544)	59 (159.3712)	37 (166.2400)
Jun 19, 2020	Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN	41 / 69 (663.3028)	16 (172)	60 (157.6456)	3 (176.5600)	60 (157.0972)
Oct 4, 2019	Jim Beam BBQ Classic 🏅 Springfield, KY	34 / 42 (647.2112)	26 (166.2400)	22 (166.2516)	37 (158.2284)	38 (156.4912)
Aug 16, 2019	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madsion, IN	25 / 47 (661.5200)	13 (170.8228)	26 (163.9428)	14 (170.8228)	36 (155.9316)
Oct 5, 2018	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	33 / 42 (656.3768)	24 (167.3712)	11 (173.1200)	40 (153.0856)	31 (162.8000)
Aug 17, 2018	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	26 / 54 (671.2568)	19 (170.8228)	24 (166.2400)	25 (167.3828)	29 (166.8112)
Jun 15, 2018	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	29 / 34 (650.6628)	24 (167.3828)	31 (160.5372)	25 (163.9428)	30 (158.8000)
Jun 1, 2018	Friends Of OBR Pitmaster Challenge (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Louisville, KY	—	1 (175.4172)	—	11 (167.3712)	—
Apr 27, 2018	Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	31 / 38 (630.7200)	27 (159.9428)	4 (171.4172)	33 (153.6912)	33 (145.6688)
Oct 6, 2017	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	9 / 44 (688.4568)	6 (177.7028)	8 (174.2628)	8 (175.4056)	32 (161.0856)
Aug 18, 2017	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	34 / 55 (655.8400)	24 (169.6916)	9 (171.9772)	39 (154.2056)	36 (159.9656)
Jun 16, 2017	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	11 / 31 (675.3024)	6 (173.1084)	24 (160.5372)	5 (171.4056)	11 (170.2512)
Sep 30, 2016	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	22 / 43 (676.4804)	37 (162.2516)	14 (171.4172)	3 (175.4172)	25 (167.3944)
Aug 19, 2016	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN	44 / 63 (646.0684)	23 (170.8228)	40 (163.3828)	53 (157.0972)	52 (154.7656)
Jun 17, 2016	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	18 / 32 (673.6456)	27 (164.5372)	1 (176.5600)	26 (163.9656)	11 (168.5828)
Aug 21, 2015	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	33 / 64 (661.5656)	25 (168.5140)	42 (161.6916)	27 (168.5256)	34 (162.8344)
Jun 5, 2015	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY	25 / 34 (661.6684)	18 (168.5372)	19 (164.5828)	30 (161.1084)	20 (167.4400)
Jun 6, 2014	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	—	—	—	—	—

Beachdogs 502 BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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