Big Dog Grillers
Big Dog Grillers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 17 at the Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival (2024). They finished #1000 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 22, 2022
latest Jun 6, 2025 · 3.1 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 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.81 · weakest Brisket (154.96)
Road miles
388
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 159 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$52K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.51 / 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)
| 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) |
Overall rank by season
By 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AR
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
87
finished ahead 13 times, behind 86
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
Apr 22, 2022 → Sep 29, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- 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
20241 milestone
- First call Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Ozarks BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1489) Ozarks BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Ozarks BBQ Fest | Apr 22, 2022 |
| -10.5 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | Jun 6, 2025 |
| -5.2 | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival | May 17, 2024 |
| -5.2 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Sep 29, 2023 |
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% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2025 | 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) |
| May 17, 2024 | 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) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 19 / 25 (634.0572) | 20 (158.2400) | 19 (159.3716) | 22 (157.6456) | 18 (158.8000) |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO | 28 / 31 (617.4516) | 19 (165.0856) | 31 (138.1716) | 16 (166.2516) | 28 (147.9428) |