A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DANG GOOD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DANG GOOD BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Double D Smokers
Double D Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 17 at the TN River BBQ Fest (2024). They finished #822 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1470
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 31, 2024
latest May 29, 2026 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.58
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.10 · weakest Brisket (153.39)
Road miles
166
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)
Purse competed for
$46K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.30 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8684 | 156.5716 | 159.85 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 151.3600 | 155.96 | top 92% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 157.6572 | 162.10 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7144 | 147.9428 | 153.39 | top 89% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 84% | May 30, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
66
finished ahead 10 times, behind 78
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score635.2804 Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9772 Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest
- Most recent contest Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival
- Peak power rating (1493) Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | TN River BBQ Fest | Sep 27, 2024 |
| -7.8 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest | May 29, 2026 |
| -7.2 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | May 31, 2024 |
| -5.2 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | May 30, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest 🏅 Covington, TN | 24 / 25 (635.2804) | 25 (156.5716) | 25 (154.2172) | 19 (167.9772) | 23 (156.5144) |
| May 30, 2025 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN | 19 / 25 (631.8744) | 16 (161.1316) | 18 (161.1316) | 17 (161.6684) | 22 (147.9428) |
| Sep 27, 2024 | TN River BBQ Fest 🏅 Saltillo, TN | 16 / 17 (629.0172) | 14 (162.8684) | 17 (157.1200) | 17 (157.6572) | 15 (151.3716) |
| May 31, 2024 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN | 23 / 25 (629.0288) | 22 (158.8456) | 24 (151.3600) | 20 (161.1088) | 22 (157.7144) |