A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DAWGS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DAWGS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Heavy Smoke Showing
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2024-07-05
latest 2026-05-29
Best ToY finish
#300
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
318.51
last 4 Backyard vs avg 318.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.37
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.66 · weakest Pork (155.98)
Road miles
753
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 282 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.18 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.51 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
134 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Heavy Smoke Showing's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 7 years before Heavy Smoke Showing's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with Heavy Smoke Showing on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Heavy Smoke Showing's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 145.6456 | 160.66 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 153.6572 | 160.42 | top 79% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9768 | 155.9768 | 155.98 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 158.8344 | 158.83 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 3 | 0 | top 80% |
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2024-07-05 → 2026-05-29
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.66 · weakest Pork (155.98)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
646.18
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
318.51
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
88
22–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
753
5 mapped stops · furthest 282 mi
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$17,450
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #4848 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1488) Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- First call Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.5488 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4172 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score646.1828 Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash
- 2026
- Most recent contest Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-07-05 |
| -9.6 | Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-05-29 |
| -5.8 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-08-16 |
| -4 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash | 2025-09-26 |
| -2.7 | Smokin' in Steele | 2025-05-30 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 76% | 91.3% | 90.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Owatonna, MN | 23 / 25 (319.3372) | 17 (165.6800) | 24 (153.6572) | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash 🏅 Egg Harbor, WI | 13 / 16 (646.1828) | 12 (166.2516) | 12 (165.1200) | 15 (155.9768) | 14 (158.8344) |
| 2025-08-16 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 14 / 17 (328.5488) | 14 (161.1316) | 9 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2025-05-30 | Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 18 / 28 (322.8344) | 15 (164.5944) | 21 (158.2400) | — | — |
| 2024-07-05 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 16 / 16 (303.3028) | 16 (145.6456) | 15 (157.6572) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #300 (60 pts) | #280 (90 pts) | #349 (55 pts) | — | — |