BIG DICK'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1702

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1552

peak 1553 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-29

latest 2016-06-03

Best ToY finish

#672

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9428 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.45 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 655.20 (+10.25)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

Consistency

±22.36

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.88)

Road miles

5,369

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 2244 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Master avg

655.20 / 720

12 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (8 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.

Against the odds

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015-06-12) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 16-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ.

High-water mark

679.9428 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9428 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-12

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 83% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.05 points below their pork, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 25%.

Pork Ribs avg 161.88
Pork avg 165.93
3 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of QUEOLOGY in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) (2015-05-22).

last seen 2013-07-12
back 2015-05-22

Pork nemesis

4 of 6 shared pork entries lost

HOT WACHULA'S ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT WACHULA'S has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared pork entries.

The long haul

5,369 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,369 miles across 12 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,244 miles to Wine Country Big Q.

12 mapped stops
furthest 2,244 mi

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.

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

Scuttlebutts

#1708 of the rated field

1551 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1567

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

⚔ Head-to-head

GETTA QUE

#1691 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ

#1698 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2015-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE)

#1704 of the rated field

1552 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

Level with BIG DICK'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Last Best BBQ

#1693 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after BIG DICK'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

LEGION OF QUE

#1694 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backwoods BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
QUEOLOGY	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	2	0	1	177.1428	151.4282	164.27	top 49%
Pork Ribs	12	3	0	0	171.4172	145.1430	161.88	top 51%
Pork	12	3	1	1	172.0000	158.2856	165.93	top 40%
Brisket	12	2	0	1	174.2628	148.5714	163.12	top 44%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
GA	4	0	top 53%
CA	3	0	top 42%
SC	2	1	top 11%
NC	1	0	top 44%
VA	1	0	top 37%
OK	1	0	top 76%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	1	top 48%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 36%

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

On the trail 3.2 yrs 2013-03-29 → 2016-06-03

Busiest season 2015 6 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 4 of 12 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.88)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 6 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 2 of 12 contests

Wins it all 8% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2015-06-12 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Master average 655.20 out of 720 · 12 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 352 310–202 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,369 12 mapped stops · furthest 2,244 mi

Schedule strength 1558 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs 2013-07-12 → 2015-05-22

Power rating 1552 peak 1553 · #1702 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 29 First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook-off
Apr 6 First call Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
Apr 6 First overall top-10 Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
Jul 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2860 Wine Country Big Q
2015
Jun 12 First category win (Pork) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 12 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 12 First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 12 Career-best overall score679.9428 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 4 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Sep 4 Peak power rating (1553) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Oct 9 10th tracked contest The Real Squeal (GBC Qualifier)
2016
Jun 3 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-06-12
+10.8	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2015-07-09
+10.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2015-09-04
+9.7	Wine Country Big Q	2013-07-12
+9.4	Kings of the Que BBQ Championship	2013-04-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.9	Firelake BBQ Cook-off	2013-03-29
-7.8	Blues, Brews & BBQ	2013-05-24
-6.5	The Real Squeal (GBC Qualifier)	2015-10-09

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	0	0	50%	top 50%	93.2%	92.7%
2015	6	1	1	1	50%	top 36%	94.4%	92.9%
2013	4	0	1	0	50%	top 51%	90.3%	87.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-06-03	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	12 / 27 (671.3024)	13 (166.8112)	8 (171.4172)	20 (163.9656)	11 (169.1084)
2016-05-27	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	37 / 66 (663.2800)	44 (165.0856)	42 (162.8116)	33 (166.8228)	25 (168.5600)
2015-10-09	The Real Squeal (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA	20 / 27 (659.8052)	21 (163.3828)	9 (169.6800)	13 (168.5140)	24 (158.2284)
2015-09-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	11 / 30 (673.6112)	2 (177.1428)	15 (167.3828)	19 (163.3828)	12 (165.7028)
2015-08-21	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	17 / 41 (659.2340)	22 (165.1084)	12 (167.3828)	17 (168.5256)	26 (158.2172)
2015-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	17 / 90 (670.2172)	55 (161.7028)	41 (163.3944)	11 (171.9656)	11 (173.1544)
2015-06-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	1 / 29 (679.9428)	4 (173.7028)	20 (159.9772)	1 (172.0000)	2 (174.2628)
2015-05-22	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	25 / 65 (670.1372)	19 (171.4172)	50 (160.5144)	29 (165.0856)	13 (173.1200)
2013-07-12	Wine Country Big Q Santa Rosa, CA	11 / 44 (650.2860)	17 (162.8572)	5 (165.7144)	8 (164.6172)	22 (157.0972)
2013-05-24	Blues, Brews & BBQ Brentwood, CA	26 / 34 (607.4284)	25 (155.4284)	27 (145.1430)	17 (158.2856)	20 (148.5714)
2013-04-06	Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Woodland, CA	8 / 33 (644.5716)	15 (157.1430)	13 (157.1430)	4 (168.0000)	8 (162.2856)
2013-03-29	Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK	29 / 38 (612.5704)	30 (151.4282)	30 (151.9998)	22 (159.9998)	32 (149.1426)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1502 (177 pts)	#1625 (172 pts)	#1437 (207 pts)	#1787 (137 pts)	#1498 (182 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#672 (539 pts)	#845 (429 pts)	#1036 (324 pts)	#665 (569 pts)	#662 (564 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#746 (414 pts)	#942 (339 pts)	#764 (434 pts)	#601 (549 pts)	#824 (384 pts)