A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Gustoso BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Gustoso BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Dos Gatos
Dos Gatos is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 26th of 27 at the Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Oct 18, 2024 · 5.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.07
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.40)
Road miles
66
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
307.40 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The teams rated closest to Dos Gatos, each with one reason worth a look.
Dos Gatos has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Dos Gatos)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Boss Hawgs ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,847 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Fewer contests behind them than Dos Gatos has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,842 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Level with Dos Gatos on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
Fewer contests behind them than Dos Gatos has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,861 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Dos Gatos's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Dos Gatos's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 150.2740 | 156.00 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9660 | 139.9656 | 151.40 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
229
finished ahead 64 times, behind 232
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score315.9432 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20231 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.0228 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1491) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Oct 13, 2023 |
| -8.9 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 3, 2019 |
| -8.9 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 18, 2024 |
| -4 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
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 84% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 42 / 50 (315.9432) | 46 (155.9772) | 34 (159.9660) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 26 / 27 (311.9772) | 21 (160.0228) | 25 (151.9544) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 35 / 49 (303.9768) | 37 (150.2740) | 30 (153.7028) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 50 / 54 (297.6912) | 21 (157.7256) | 62 (139.9656) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |