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
- 2019-05-04
Koun Dog BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-05-04
latest 2022-06-17
Best ToY finish
#918
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.23
last 3 Master vs avg 648.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.72)
Road miles
58
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
648.23 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.81 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.
- Pork Ribs avg 156.72
- Chicken avg 168.53
- 0 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Smoke on the Water (2022-04-29).
- last seen 2019-05-04
- back 2022-04-29
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.
Koun Dog BBQ has 3 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 132 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.
#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Koun Dog BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3483 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Koun Dog BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Water | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 61% | 2022-04-29 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2019-05-04 → 2022-06-17
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.72)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
648.23
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
77
26–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
58
6 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
1590
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$12,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-05-04 → 2022-04-29
Power rating
1493
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- 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
- 2025
- Most recent contest Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | Smoke on the Water | 2019-05-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.2 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 | 2022-06-17 |
| -4.9 | Smoke on the Water | 2022-04-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 15 (161.6916) | — | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) Franklin, IN | — | — | 12 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN | 36 / 42 (654.1032) | 30 (168.5372) | 39 (155.9316) | 30 (164.5372) | 30 (165.0972) |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Franklin, IN | — | — | 24 (151.4056) | — | — |
| 2022-04-29 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Liberty, IN | 18 / 25 (622.6172) | 15 (163.9312) | 23 (145.0632) | 8 (167.9656) | 21 (145.6572) |
| 2019-05-04 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Liberty, IN | 13 / 26 (667.9548) | 7 (173.1200) | 21 (160.5488) | 16 (161.6916) | 7 (172.5944) |
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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1254 (105 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #918 (145 pts) | #924 (160 pts) | #940 (175 pts) | #802 (205 pts) | #986 (130 pts) |