HUSKY HOG BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2435

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1522

peak 1527 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-24

latest 2016-05-28

Best ToY finish

#763

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

664.5716 / 720

Master · Westmont Red, White & BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.39 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 650.24 (-1.85)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Chicken · Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)

Consistency

±10.82

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.95 · weakest Brisket (159.90)

Road miles

233

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

650.24 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

High-water mark

664.5716 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.5716 at Westmont Red, White & BBQ — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-05-24

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 32%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 32%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKE HUNTERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE SMOKE HUNTERS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.05 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 159.90
Chicken avg 165.95
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of KEN'S BURNT ENDS in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Its 5 Oclock Somewhere has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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.

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

Italians Do it Better

#2421 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-10-24

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Mighta Burned That

#2450 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

HOGS & KISSES

#2446 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-10-20

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PENNY STREET PORKERS

#2426 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

Level with HUSKY HOG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-08-20

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Simon's BBQ

#2428 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1535

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-08-05

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BBQ TEAM SMOKE IT ALL

#2429 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
RACK MASTERS BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
MUD'S BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
QUAU	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKE HUNTERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
KEN'S BURNT ENDS	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Q-N WITH ATTITUDE	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
JH OLD SCHOOL	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	3	0	173.7144	158.8344	165.95	top 43%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	167.4288	157.1428	161.95	top 44%
Pork	7	2	1	173.1200	151.9656	162.43	top 48%
Brisket	7	1	0	170.2628	153.1428	159.90	top 53%

“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
IL	5	0	top 46%
WI	2	0	top 39%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 46%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)	2	28	0	top 65%	2016-05-28
Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2	23	0	top 42%	2015-05-23

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2013-05-24 → 2016-05-28

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 5 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.95 · weakest Brisket (159.90)

Walk rate 86% a top-10 call in 6 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 650.24 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 178 204–145 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 233 7 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength 1540 average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2015-05-23 → 2016-05-27

Power rating 1522 peak 1527 · #2435 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 24 First tracked contest Westmont Red, White & BBQ
May 24 First call Westmont Red, White & BBQ
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5716 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
May 24 Career-best overall score664.5716 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Pig in the Park
2015
May 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)
May 23 Peak power rating (1527) Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)
2016
May 28 Most recent contest Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.1	Pig in the Park	2013-06-14
+10.8	Westmont Red, White & BBQ	2013-05-24
+5.2	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2015-05-23
+2.6	Red, White, And BBQ	2014-05-24
+1.6	Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)	2016-05-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.6	Red, White & BBQ (Day 1)	2016-05-27
-3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-07-05

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	50%	top 65%	91.4%	89.9%
2015	1	0	100%	top 40%	91.7%	91.7%
2014	1	0	100%	top 44%	90.6%	90.6%
2013	3	1	100%	top 32%	92.3%	90%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-05-28	Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	28 / 55 (658.1716)	39 (163.3828)	34 (160.5716)	8 (173.1200)	32 (161.0972)
2016-05-27	Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL	33 / 42 (636.4804)	37 (158.8344)	12 (167.4288)	36 (154.2400)	30 (155.9772)
2015-05-23	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	23 / 58 (659.9316)	9 (173.7144)	44 (157.6916)	24 (166.2628)	29 (162.2628)
2014-05-24	Red, White, And BBQ Westmont, IL	32 / 72 (652.5028)	23 (168.5716)	33 (161.7028)	62 (151.9656)	7 (170.2628)
2013-07-05	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI	18 / 30 (634.8572)	7 (166.8572)	17 (157.1428)	19 (157.7144)	27 (153.1428)
2013-06-14	Pig in the Park Whitewater, WI	5 / 29 (645.1428)	16 (159.4284)	7 (161.7146)	3 (166.8570)	12 (157.1428)
2013-05-24	Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL	13 / 70 (664.5716)	9 (170.8572)	13 (167.4288)	22 (166.8570)	34 (159.4286)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#763 (404 pts)	#783 (419 pts)	#833 (389 pts)	#815 (404 pts)	#1158 (249 pts)