Team of the Year

Team profile

Dogpatch Q

Contests
163
Grand Championships GC
11
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
10
Overall top 10s
88
Average overall score
399.143
Best overall score
681.143
Seasons active
2020–2026
Sanctioning bodies
KCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 50%

Entries
159
Firsts
14
Top 10s
84

Ribs

Typical finishTop 46%

Entries
163
Firsts
9
Top 10s
94

Pork

Typical finishTop 47%

Entries
47
Firsts
0
Top 10s
26

Brisket

Typical finishTop 55%

Entries
14
Firsts
0
Top 10s
4

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for Dogpatch Q Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2020 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2022 with 34 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 010203040 2020: 1 contest 1 2020 2021: 15 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 5 top 10s 15 2021 2022: 34 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 20 top 10s 34 2022 2023: 30 contests, 18 top 10s 30 2023 2024: 30 contests, 3 Grand Championships, 15 top 10s 30 2024 2025: 27 contests, 5 Grand Championships, 16 top 10s 27 2025 2026: 20 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 14 top 10s 20 2026
Overall contests by year for Dogpatch Q
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2020100493.006
20211515425.832
202234120435.977
202330018428.159
202430315369.143
202527516365.064
202620114359.3
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for Dogpatch Q Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 493.006 in 2020. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 300350400450500550 2020: average overall score 493.006493.0 2020 2021: average overall score 425.832425.8 2021 2022: average overall score 435.977436.0 2022 2023: average overall score 428.159428.2 2023 2024: average overall score 369.143369.1 2024 2025: average overall score 365.064365.1 2025 2026: average overall score 359.3359.3 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  1. 7th

    WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

    Oct 16, 2026KCBS Huntsville, AL 43 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 19).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 19).
    345.68
  2. 5th

    Bands & BBQ at the Point

    Sep 11, 2026KCBS Carrollton, KY 15 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    340.514
  3. 8th

    Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 21, 2026KCBS Edinburg, VA 27 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    344.549
  4. 27th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

    Jul 25, 2026KCBS PA 30 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    321.612
  5. 8th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

    Jul 24, 2026KCBS PA 35 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    342.286
  6. 49th

    South Carolina Festival of Discovery

    Jul 9, 2026KCBS Greenwood, SC 75 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    676.469
  7. 11th

    York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)

    Jun 13, 2026KCBS Delta, PA 23 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    339.966
  8. 2ndRGC

    York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)

    Jun 12, 2026KCBS Delta, PA 23 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    349.132
  9. 1stGC

    Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)

    Jun 5, 2026KCBS Glencoe, AL 26 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    353.714
  10. 40th

    8th Annual KCBS World Invitational:

    May 24, 2026KCBS James E. Ward Agricultural Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds) 945 E Baddour Pkwy Lebanon, TN 47 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    334.217
  11. 5th

    High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

    May 15, 2026KCBS Winchester, TN 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    351.977
  12. 2ndRGC

    Bear-B-Q

    May 1, 2026KCBS New Bern, NC 4 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    339.337

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