A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dogpatch Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dogpatch Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BAINER'S BANGIN' BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-03-03
latest 2024-03-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.79 · weakest Brisket (142.80)
Road miles
28
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.03 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
403.05 / 360
2 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 (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 SMOKE SLINGERS - GA 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.
BAINER'S BANGIN' BBQ 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 129 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.
#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAINER'S BANGIN' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before BAINER'S BANGIN' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before BAINER'S BANGIN' BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before BAINER'S BANGIN' BBQ'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 | 167.9884 | 160.5144 | 163.22 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 158.2516 | 167.79 | top 27% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 156.4912 | 164.15 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.8000 | 142.8000 | 142.80 | top 98% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 38% | 2024-03-01 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2023-03-03 → 2024-03-01
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.79 · weakest Brisket (142.80)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
653.03
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
403.05
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
109–179 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
28
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score475.8856 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1499) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score653.0284 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- 2024
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.7 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2024-03-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2023-11-17 |
| -0.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2023-03-03 |
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 | 100% | top 27% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 132.2% | 111.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 16 / 59 (330.2060) | 23 (160.5144) | 8 (169.6916) | 12 (169.1316) | — |
| 2023-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 56 / 60 (653.0284) | 43 (167.9884) | 12 (175.4172) | 40 (166.8228) | 59 (142.8000) |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 32 / 65 (475.8856) | 29 (161.1428) | 30 (158.2516) | 36 (156.4912) | — |