High-water mark
667.9548
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.9548 at Smoke on the Water — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 4, 2019
Koun Dog BBQ
Koun Dog BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 13th of 26 at the Smoke on the Water (2019). They finished #918 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2019
latest Jun 17, 2022 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.72)
Road miles
58
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
648.23 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Koun Dog BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Koun Dog BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,511 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with Koun Dog BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Koun Dog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,487 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Koun Dog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,504 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Koun Dog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Koun Dog BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 163.9312 | 168.53 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 145.0632 | 156.72 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 161.6916 | 164.73 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5944 | 145.6572 | 161.12 | top 61% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Water | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 61% | Apr 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 26 times, behind 64
Longest layoff
3 yrs
May 4, 2019 → Apr 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20196 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water
- First call Smoke on the Water
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9548 Smoke on the Water
- Career-best overall score667.9548 Smoke on the Water
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Smoke on the Water
- Peak power rating (1504) Smoke on the Water
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | Smoke on the Water | May 4, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.2 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 | Jun 17, 2022 |
| -4.9 | Smoke on the Water | Apr 29, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 79% | 90.8% | 88.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2025 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 15 (161.6916) | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 12 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 36 / 42 (654.1032) | 30 (168.5372) | 39 (155.9316) | 30 (164.5372) | 30 (165.0972) |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Franklin, IN | — | — | 24 (151.4056) | — | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Liberty, IN | 18 / 25 (622.6172) | 15 (163.9312) | 23 (145.0632) | 8 (167.9656) | 21 (145.6572) |
| May 4, 2019 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Liberty, IN | 13 / 26 (667.9548) | 7 (173.1200) | 21 (160.5488) | 16 (161.6916) | 7 (172.5944) |