A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DragonFyre Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-08-05
latest 2024-08-09
Best ToY finish
#1309
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.80
last 3 Master vs avg 635.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.96 · weakest Pork (156.32)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.80 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Service Dog BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
DragonFyre Smoke 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 146 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with DragonFyre Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before DragonFyre Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 157.6572 | 163.96 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 154.7888 | 157.48 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9540 | 148.5028 | 156.32 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 148.5144 | 158.04 | top 79% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 3 | 22 | 0 | top 86% | 2024-08-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2022-08-05 → 2024-08-09
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.96 · weakest Pork (156.32)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.80
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
55
12–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,730
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2022-08-05 → 2023-08-11
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- Peak power rating (1489) Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- 2023
- First call Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- 2024
- Career-best overall score646.6628 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- Most recent contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 2023-08-11 |
| -10.7 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 2022-08-05 |
| -5 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 2024-08-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-09 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 22 / 29 (646.6628) | 25 (157.6572) | 24 (159.3944) | 13 (167.9540) | 21 (161.6572) |
| 2023-08-11 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 24 / 27 (641.4972) | 5 (174.2628) | 25 (154.7888) | 26 (148.5028) | 18 (163.9428) |
| 2022-08-05 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 33 / 35 (619.2456) | 31 (159.9656) | 33 (158.2628) | 33 (152.5028) | 34 (148.5144) |
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 | #1565 (57 pts) | #854 (177 pts) | #1733 (52 pts) | #1611 (52 pts) | #1188 (87 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |