Happy hunting ground
Top 17%
average finish here
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 27th
- average top 17%
The Dirty Underwear Gang
The Dirty Underwear Gang is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 27th of 467 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 32 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2021
latest Sep 8, 2023 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±57.85
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.45)
Road miles
645
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$134K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
626.86 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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The teams rated closest to The Dirty Underwear Gang, each with one reason worth a look.
The Dirty Underwear Gang has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 102 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,805 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with The Dirty Underwear Gang on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before The Dirty Underwear Gang's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before The Dirty Underwear Gang's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| JCs GOOD OL BOYS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| TEXAS WARPIG BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Chupacabra | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 163.9656 | 168.77 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 156.5256 | 161.45 | top 75% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.2972 | 154.2628 | 166.04 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 160.5256 | 163.24 | top 69% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 17% | Sep 29, 2022 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 2 | 180 | 0 | top 97% | Sep 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
745
finished ahead 790 times, behind 709
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 16, 2021 → Sep 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- First call Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Most recent contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score679.9312 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1526) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| +9.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 8, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 96% | 71.4% | 71.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 94.4% | 92.4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 93.9% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 95 / 99 (514.2516) | 21 (171.9772) | 65 (163.9772) | 4 (178.2972) | — |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 146 / 505 (679.9312) | 127 (171.9884) | 193 (169.6684) | 73 (174.2972) | 271 (163.9772) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 242 / 249 (650.6856) | 220 (163.9656) | 243 (157.0972) | 181 (167.3944) | 222 (162.2284) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 27 / 467 (506.8800) | 184 (167.9772) | 382 (156.5256) | 381 (155.9544) | 302 (160.5256) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 180 / 185 (648.4572) | 136 (167.9656) | 168 (159.9888) | 183 (154.2628) | 130 (166.2400) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.