A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barking Dog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barking Dog BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Ming Street Meats
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-06-17
latest 2026-06-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.36
last 3 Master vs avg 645.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.74 · weakest Brisket (152.32)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.36 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life (2026-06-19).
- last seen 2024-06-14
- back 2026-06-19
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.
Ming Street Meats 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 114 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.
#4043 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Ming Street Meats)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Ming Street Meats has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ming Street Meats on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Ming Street Meats's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Ming Street Meats's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Ming Street Meats'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 | 161.6572 | 158.2516 | 159.58 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 162.8000 | 168.74 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 157.6572 | 164.72 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2288 | 147.9544 | 152.32 | top 90% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2022-06-17 → 2026-06-19
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.74 · weakest Brisket (152.32)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
645.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
17–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1598
average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2024-06-14 → 2026-06-19
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"
- Peak power rating (1496) Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.9948 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
- Career-best overall score648.9948 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
- Most recent contest 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life | 2026-06-19 |
| -6 | 10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life | 2024-06-14 |
| -4.4 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" | 2022-06-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90% | 90% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 29 / 33 (648.9948) | 30 (158.2516) | 16 (174.8572) | 30 (157.6572) | 29 (158.2288) |
| 2024-06-14 | 10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 28 / 34 (647.9088) | 32 (158.8228) | 18 (168.5716) | 14 (172.5600) | 33 (147.9544) |
| 2022-06-17 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 22 / 29 (639.1888) | 23 (161.6572) | 16 (162.8000) | 21 (163.9428) | 25 (150.7888) |