High-water mark
668.4684
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.4684 at Icebox Cookoff — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 1, 2023
DIRK'S BIG DOG BBQ - OR
DIRK'S BIG DOG BBQ - OR is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 12th of 16 at the Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 (2022). They are ranked #4770 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Dirk's Big Dog BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jan 8, 2022
latest Jul 6, 2024 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.10
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.16 · weakest Pork (160.32)
Road miles
397
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 182 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Purse competed for
$80K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
651.92 / 720
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1208 (65 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #768 (210 pts) | #1012 (150 pts) | #1082 (115 pts) | #937 (140 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1277 (69 pts) | #1610 (59 pts) | #1373 (69 pts) | #1246 (89 pts) | #1238 (84 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to DIRK'S BIG DOG BBQ - OR, each with one reason worth a look.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,798 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1510
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to DIRK'S BIG DOG BBQ - OR)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
Level with DIRK'S BIG DOG BBQ - OR on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before DIRK'S BIG DOG BBQ - OR's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J&C BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RJs Smokehouse | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Small Axe BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 156.5372 | 166.16 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 160.5256 | 164.55 | top 65% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 145.7028 | 160.32 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 152.5144 | 160.89 | top 71% |
“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 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 77% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Icebox Cookoff | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 78% | Jul 6, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
85
finished ahead 37 times, behind 113
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest 2024 Icebox Cookoff
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score668.4684 Icebox Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0228 DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition
20224 milestones
- First tracked contest Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022
- First call Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022
- Peak power rating (1493) Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2516 Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff | Jul 6, 2024 |
| -8.9 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition | Aug 19, 2023 |
| -6.9 | Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 | Jan 8, 2022 |
| -3.8 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 | Jul 2, 2022 |
| -2.3 | Icebox Cookoff | Jul 1, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 92.8% | 91.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 90.3% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2024 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 34 / 37 (656.4568) | 34 (162.8228) | 34 (160.5256) | 24 (169.1200) | 28 (163.9884) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 25 / 30 (645.6344) | 9 (172.0228) | 26 (160.5600) | 25 (158.2172) | 23 (154.8344) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 24 / 38 (668.4684) | 23 (169.7028) | 18 (168.5256) | 31 (162.2628) | 22 (167.9772) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 23 / 34 (650.2516) | 33 (156.5372) | 23 (162.2972) | 19 (166.2856) | 20 (165.1316) |
| Jan 8, 2022 | Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 🏅 Albany, OR | 12 / 16 (638.7656) | 5 (169.7028) | 5 (170.8456) | 13 (145.7028) | 14 (152.5144) |