A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barking Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barking Dog BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoke Dat Hawg
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-20
latest 2024-08-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.70
last 3 Master vs avg 630.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.09)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.70 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the Bricks (2024-08-09).
- last seen 2022-08-26
- back 2024-08-09
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.
Smoke Dat Hawg 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 114 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.
#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Dat Hawg on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Smoke Dat Hawg's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Smoke Dat Hawg'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 150.8000 | 161.87 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5488 | 133.0860 | 149.09 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 158.2400 | 162.07 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 151.9544 | 157.66 | top 69% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Bricks | 3 | 33 | 0 | top 80% | 2024-08-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2021-08-20 → 2024-08-09
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.09)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
630.70
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
100
28–109 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2022-08-26 → 2024-08-09
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Bricks
- Peak power rating (1491) Smoke on the Bricks
- 2022
- Career-best overall score640.9716 Smoke on the Bricks
- 2024
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.0344 Smoke on the Bricks
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bricks
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2021-08-20 |
| -7.4 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2024-08-09 |
| -1.3 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2022-08-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89% | 89% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 39 / 46 (638.7428) | 46 (150.8000) | 44 (153.6456) | 28 (168.0344) | 24 (166.2628) |
| 2022-08-26 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 33 / 48 (640.9716) | 23 (167.4056) | 35 (160.5488) | 38 (158.2400) | 37 (154.7772) |
| 2021-08-20 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 40 / 46 (612.4004) | 24 (167.4172) | 46 (133.0860) | 38 (159.9428) | 36 (151.9544) |