DAWGHOUSE BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4120

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1480

peak 1540 · rated over 38 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-12

latest 2024-04-05

Best ToY finish

#635

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

680.0000 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.09 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 652.55 (-7.46)

Walk rate

34%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±13.47

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.18 · weakest Chicken (161.10)

Road miles

3,900

mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)

Purse competed for

$196K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.55 / 720

38 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

High-water mark

680.0000 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.0000 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-09-27

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 44%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 44%

A tough matchup

19–1 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKING HILLS ahead in 95% of their meetings

THE SMOKING HILLS has come out ahead in 19 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.08 points below their pork, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 26%.

Chicken avg 161.10
Pork avg 166.18
2 calls in 38 entries

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Griswold Grillers in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

14 of 17 shared pork entries lost

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MAN MEAT BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 17 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 35% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 35% across 9 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

9 September contests
top 59% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,900 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,900 miles across 38 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 163 miles to *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off.

38 mapped stops
furthest 163 mi

The metronome

±1.87% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.87% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
38 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke in the Spring every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

11 visits in all
best finish 23rd

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Griswold Grillers

#4107 of the rated field

1480 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

11–1 in 12 shared contests (92% to DAWGHOUSE BBQ)

These two have cooked 12 of the same contests — DAWGHOUSE BBQ ahead 11–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 41 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

The 28th Amendment

#4105 of the rated field

1480 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1480

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to DAWGHOUSE BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

HURRY UP AND WAIT

#4129 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to DAWGHOUSE BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before DAWGHOUSE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

FIDDLIN' FATBACK

#4136 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 39 contests to 38, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

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LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ

#4127 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BROWNIES BBQ

#4131 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKING HILLS	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Fergolicious BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Griswold Grillers	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
INDIGO PIG	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
ROCK N BLUES BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Lazy Butt BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	2	0	0	171.4516	146.7656	161.10	top 66%
Pork Ribs	38	3	1	1	174.2744	147.9656	164.06	top 53%
Pork	38	10	1	4	179.4400	150.2512	166.18	top 47%
Brisket	38	4	0	0	173.7144	147.9544	161.21	top 57%

“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	Avg finish
KS	34	top 59%
MO	2	top 85%
OK	2	top 37%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 60%
Large (40+)	24	0	top 59%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	11	23	top 69%	2024-04-05
Big Blue BBQ Championship	7	5	top 58%	2022-06-03
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	4	3	top 25%	2016-09-23
Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	2	8	top 37%	2019-09-20
*Smoke On the Trails	2	23	top 48%	2018-09-28

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11 yrs 2013-04-12 → 2024-04-05

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 34 of 38 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 17 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 38 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.18 · weakest Chicken (161.10)

Walk rate 34% a top-10 call in 13 of 38 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 4 of 38 contests

Master average 652.55 out of 720 · 38 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 990 1,044–1,429 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,900 38 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi

Schedule strength 1573 average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests

Purse competed for $195,725 listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 15 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2019-09-20 → 2020-10-30

Power rating 1480 peak 1540 · #4120 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Apr 12 First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4278 Smoke In The Spring
May 17 First call Taste of Wheatstock
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First overall podium Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 Career-best overall score680.0000 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2014
Jun 6 First category win (Pork Ribs) Big Blue BBQ Championship
Sep 26 10th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 26 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2016
Jun 3 Peak power rating (1540) Big Blue BBQ Championship
2018
Sep 21 25th tracked contest *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off
2024
Apr 5 Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2013-09-27
+12.2	Big Blue BBQ Championship	2014-06-06
+11.7	*Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	2018-09-21
+9.7	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2014-09-26
+8.2	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2015-09-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.7	Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES)	2022-06-10
-9.7	*The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL)	2018-05-11
-9.6	Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off	2016-07-01
-9.3	Smoke in the Spring	2022-04-08
-7.5	Smoke in the Spring	2021-04-09

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0	0%	top 80%	92.3%	92.3%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 84%	88.1%	88.1%
2022	3	0	0	0%	top 87%	90.5%	89.2%
2021	3	0	0	33%	top 67%	93.8%	91.9%
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 84%	90.8%	90.8%
2019	3	0	0	33%	top 50%	93.2%	92%
2018	5	1	0	40%	top 68%	93.2%	89.6%
2017	3	0	0	33%	top 59%	92.6%	90.2%
2016	4	1	0	50%	top 59%	92.4%	90.2%
2015	3	0	1	33%	top 44%	92.8%	91.3%
2014	7	1	1	43%	top 47%	92.8%	90.6%
2013	4	1	0	50%	top 44%	94.4%	91.6%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-04-05	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	78 / 97 (664.4344)	83 (163.3828)	49 (169.7144)	78 (163.9544)	64 (167.3828)
2023-04-07	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	87 / 103 (634.6400)	101 (146.7656)	73 (165.1200)	95 (155.3600)	59 (167.3944)
2022-06-10	Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO	36 / 36 (642.1604)	36 (157.1316)	26 (168.5372)	19 (168.5372)	36 (147.9544)
2022-06-03	Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS	18 / 25 (651.2572)	18 (161.7144)	21 (155.9200)	11 (167.3828)	14 (166.2400)
2022-04-08	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	85 / 94 (632.9600)	88 (151.4056)	71 (163.9544)	65 (166.2400)	88 (151.3600)
2021-09-10	Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS	26 / 53 (675.3256)	27 (166.8228)	38 (161.6572)	15 (173.7028)	9 (173.1428)
2021-06-04	Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS	21 / 28 (657.0288)	24 (162.8232)	12 (168.5600)	21 (164.5600)	24 (161.0856)
2021-04-09	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	82 / 105 (651.8632)	52 (169.6800)	59 (167.3944)	87 (161.1088)	92 (153.6800)
2020-10-30	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	78 / 93 (653.5432)	50 (169.1200)	13 (174.2744)	85 (155.9316)	83 (154.2172)
2019-09-20	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	13 / 28 (659.8856)	12 (169.1428)	15 (161.1200)	10 (167.9656)	17 (161.6572)
2019-05-31	Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS	18 / 29 (656.4688)	25 (154.2516)	13 (167.4172)	12 (167.9656)	12 (166.8344)
2019-04-12	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	42 / 104 (670.8112)	49 (167.4056)	63 (163.9884)	57 (165.7028)	24 (173.7144)
2018-09-28	*Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS	41 / 68 (656.4456)	46 (165.1428)	49 (162.2400)	8 (172.5600)	51 (156.5028)
2018-09-21	*Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	8 / 29 (670.7656)	11 (165.1428)	13 (165.6684)	3 (173.7144)	11 (166.2400)
2018-06-01	*Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS	34 / 42 (628.4228)	30 (161.0972)	15 (167.3944)	38 (150.2512)	36 (149.6800)
2018-05-11	*The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL) De Soto, KS	53 / 56 (631.9428)	39 (164.0000)	40 (161.7144)	52 (156.5828)	53 (149.6456)
2018-04-06	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	81 / 103 (636.3772)	93 (155.9428)	82 (157.0628)	51 (165.7144)	76 (157.6572)
2017-09-29	*Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS	23 / 64 (666.8344)	15 (171.4516)	43 (158.8228)	10 (172.0000)	30 (164.5600)
2017-08-18	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	45 / 65 (638.1600)	62 (150.8112)	44 (161.6916)	40 (163.3944)	36 (162.2628)
2017-04-07	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	72 / 100 (643.2804)	85 (156.5372)	70 (160.5372)	60 (163.9544)	56 (162.2516)
2016-09-23	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	61 / 111 (641.6116)	81 (158.2172)	76 (156.5372)	60 (163.4172)	36 (163.4400)
2016-07-01	Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off Hutchinson, KS	33 / 38 (649.6572)	32 (162.8572)	4 (173.7144)	35 (157.1544)	33 (155.9312)
2016-06-03	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	10 / 30 (665.1316)	8 (167.4516)	5 (168.5600)	2 (175.4516)	22 (153.6684)
2016-04-08	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	66 / 109 (642.7200)	96 (149.0972)	52 (163.3828)	18 (171.4056)	61 (158.8344)
2015-09-25	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	25 / 112 (667.9656)	48 (163.9884)	17 (172.5600)	25 (169.7144)	45 (161.7028)
2015-06-05	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	19 / 30 (649.0516)	25 (151.9544)	15 (165.1428)	1 (177.7028)	25 (154.2516)
2015-04-10	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	44 / 97 (654.1024)	72 (158.2056)	12 (171.4172)	32 (167.3712)	61 (157.1084)
2014-10-17	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	14 / 30 (633.6456)	17 (158.2628)	24 (147.9656)	9 (165.1544)	15 (162.2628)
2014-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	21 / 112 (667.9200)	86 (157.0856)	36 (166.2400)	2 (179.4400)	25 (165.1544)
2014-06-20	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	24 / 42 (667.9884)	20 (168.0000)	15 (173.7144)	21 (167.4284)	33 (158.8456)
2014-06-06	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	5 / 25 (666.8572)	5 (166.2972)	1 (173.1428)	9 (164.5944)	7 (162.8228)
2014-05-24	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	52 / 87 (644.4568)	78 (151.9656)	20 (167.9656)	41 (165.1200)	52 (159.4056)
2014-05-16	Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ Abilene, KS	19 / 27 (645.0968)	22 (159.4284)	26 (155.9656)	16 (163.9772)	11 (165.7256)
2014-04-11	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	41 / 73 (639.4060)	36 (163.4056)	55 (153.0972)	36 (161.7372)	33 (161.1660)
2013-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	3 / 114 (680.0000)	17 (168.5828)	28 (167.3828)	10 (171.4400)	4 (172.5944)
2013-08-17	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	23 / 31 (649.0400)	27 (160.5372)	24 (158.2400)	17 (166.2744)	18 (163.9884)
2013-05-17	Taste of Wheatstock Abilene, KS	17 / 25 (646.2856)	20 (157.1426)	17 (159.4286)	16 (162.8570)	8 (166.8574)
2013-04-12	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	23 / 71 (663.4278)	11 (169.7142)	55 (157.1426)	18 (167.9998)	14 (168.5712)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#918 (145 pts)	#958 (145 pts)	#1075 (130 pts)	#854 (180 pts)	#890 (165 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#726 (193 pts)	#818 (178 pts)	#697 (238 pts)	#659 (243 pts)	#640 (263 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#701 (120 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1000 (262 pts)	#1135 (232 pts)	#1029 (277 pts)	#956 (307 pts)	#1025 (277 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#830 (389 pts)	#900 (364 pts)	#858 (404 pts)	#658 (564 pts)	#887 (364 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1338 (190 pts)	#1323 (230 pts)	#1506 (180 pts)	#1249 (255 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1036 (310 pts)	#1058 (330 pts)	#778 (510 pts)	#835 (470 pts)	#1247 (250 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1977 (100 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#733 (479 pts)	#768 (484 pts)	#618 (619 pts)	#797 (469 pts)	#740 (494 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#635 (491 pts)	#825 (391 pts)	#1026 (301 pts)	#737 (451 pts)	#534 (591 pts)