#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBig Dog Grillers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-04-22
latest 2025-06-06
Best ToY finish
#1000
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.51
last 4 Master vs avg 634.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.81 · weakest Brisket (154.96)
Road miles
388
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 159 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$52K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.51 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Big Dog Grillers has 4 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 164 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.
#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Big Dog Grillers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Dog Grillers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 158.2400 | 163.81 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 138.1716 | 155.37 | top 84% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 149.6344 | 160.38 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 145.6916 | 154.96 | top 82% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2022-04-22 → 2025-06-06
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.81 · weakest Brisket (154.96)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
634.51
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
87
13–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
388
4 mapped stops · furthest 159 mi
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$51,900
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2022-04-22 → 2023-09-29
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Ozarks BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1489) Ozarks BBQ Fest
- 2024
- First call Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1032 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score650.1032 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.6800 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Ozarks BBQ Fest | 2022-04-22 |
| -10.4 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2025-06-06 |
| -5.2 | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival | 2024-05-17 |
| -5.2 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2023-09-29 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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% | top 100% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 30 / 30 (650.1032) | 22 (169.6800) | 28 (163.3944) | 30 (149.6344) | 22 (167.3944) |
| 2024-05-17 | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival 🏅 West Plains, MO | 13 / 17 (636.4348) | 11 (162.2400) | 11 (160.5260) | 9 (167.9772) | 16 (145.6916) |
| 2023-09-29 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 19 / 25 (634.0572) | 20 (158.2400) | 19 (159.3716) | 22 (157.6456) | 18 (158.8000) |
| 2022-04-22 | Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO | 28 / 31 (617.4516) | 19 (165.0856) | 31 (138.1716) | 16 (166.2516) | 28 (147.9428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1440 (55 pts) | #1178 (70 pts) | #1535 (55 pts) | #1451 (55 pts) | #1147 (70 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1000 (102 pts) | #1057 (112 pts) | #1118 (112 pts) | #914 (127 pts) | #1101 (87 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1170 (80 pts) | #1257 (75 pts) | #1349 (80 pts) | #1266 (65 pts) | #1194 (85 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1640 (56 pts) | #1245 (86 pts) | #1687 (56 pts) | #1186 (101 pts) | #1648 (56 pts) |