TEAM HOGWEISER

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

Power ranking

#5699

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1445

peak 1445 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2022-09-08

Best ToY finish

#1007

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

674.1596 / 720

Master · 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.74 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 653.07 (+4.66)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · High on the Hog Festival

Consistency

±13.91

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.70 · weakest Chicken (161.70)

Road miles

1,512

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

Purse competed for

$102K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

653.07 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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

674.1596 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.1596 at 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-09-19

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MOE & 92'S has finished one call ahead of TEAM HOGWEISER 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

26–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 26 of their 26 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.00 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 4% of the time against 19%.

Chicken avg 161.70
Brisket avg 166.70
1 calls in 28 entries

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Brew-N-Que in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).

last seen 2019-09-13
back 2021-08-13

Brisket nemesis

18 of 26 shared brisket entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 18 of 26 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

T&J's Dirty Butts has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 59% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 59% across 8 contests, versus top 68% the rest of the year.

8 September contests
top 68% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.93% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.7% of a perfect score
28 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 25th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

Blowin Smoke BBQ

#5703 of the rated field

1445 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1503

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TEAM HOGWEISER)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TEAM HOGWEISER has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2025-09-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque

#5697 of the rated field

1445 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1445

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2025-05-30

⚔ Head-to-head

Flying W North BBQ

#5695 of the rated field

1445 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1445

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2024-08-09

⚔ Head-to-head

SULTANS OF SWINE

#5707 of the rated field

1445 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1445

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before TEAM HOGWEISER's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Every Man A Smoker

#5702 of the rated field

1445 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1445

No shared contest yet.

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

BACKDRAFT BBQ SC

#5690 of the rated field

1445 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1445

No shared contest yet.

Level with TEAM HOGWEISER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	26	0	26	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	24	0	24	0%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	23	0	23	0%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	21	1	20	5%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
CAMP-BELL BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
2 LIVE CUE	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	1	0	0	172.0000	151.3712	161.70	top 72%
Pork Ribs	28	1	1	1	173.7372	146.8568	162.68	top 65%
Pork	27	3	0	0	173.1428	147.3944	162.40	top 66%
Brisket	27	5	0	2	179.4400	147.9998	166.70	top 45%

“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
AL	17	0	top 62%
TN	10	0	top 80%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	19	0	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	6	25	top 62%	2019-05-03
High on the Hog Festival	6	30	top 79%	2019-04-19
Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2	27	top 67%	2022-09-08
Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff	2	29	top 92%	2016-05-27

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

On the trail 9.4 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2022-09-08

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AL 18 of 28 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 28 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 166.70 · weakest Chicken (161.70)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 10 of 28 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 28 contests

Master average 653.07 out of 720 · 27 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 725 605–1,056 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,512 28 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength 1554 average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests

Purse competed for $101,700 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs 2019-09-13 → 2021-08-13

Power rating 1445 peak 1445 · #5699 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1487) High on the Hog Festival
May 24 First call Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off
Sep 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8628 Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
2014
Sep 19 Career-best overall score674.1596 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest
Oct 18 First category win (Pork Ribs) I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
2015
Apr 17 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 High on the Hog Festival
May 1 10th tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
2019
Jun 14 25th tracked contest Poosa-Q
2022
Sep 8 Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.7	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest	2014-09-19
+7.7	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest	2013-09-13
+6.9	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2019-05-03
+3.9	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2015-05-01
+3.1	High on the Hog Festival	2016-04-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	High on the Hog Festival	2013-04-19
-11.3	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff	2016-05-27
-9.9	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2014-05-24
-7.7	High on the Hog Festival	2019-04-19
-7.6	High on the Hog Festival	2018-04-20

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	100%	top 77%	89.4%	89.4%
2021	1	0	0%	top 57%	92.8%	92.8%
2019	4	0	0%	top 72%	92.8%	90.7%
2018	3	0	0%	top 79%	91.5%	90.3%
2017	3	0	67%	top 74%	91.3%	90.5%
2016	5	0	40%	top 66%	93.2%	91.8%
2015	3	0	33%	top 60%	92.4%	91.8%
2014	4	1	50%	top 65%	93.6%	90.9%
2013	4	0	50%	top 67%	91.6%	88.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-09-08	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	27 / 35 (643.8512)	25 (159.4056)	29 (160.5256)	9 (170.8228)	27 (153.0972)
2021-08-13	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	28 / 49 (667.9660)	29 (165.6800)	16 (170.8688)	23 (168.5372)	33 (162.8800)
2019-09-13	RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL	26 / 37 (646.7432)	16 (169.7144)	25 (163.3944)	33 (147.3944)	17 (166.2400)
2019-06-14	Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	40 / 48 (661.6228)	45 (157.0628)	38 (163.4172)	28 (167.4056)	12 (173.7372)
2019-05-03	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	25 / 54 (668.5028)	21 (168.5372)	24 (166.8228)	35 (163.4172)	16 (169.7256)
2019-04-19	High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN	34 / 39 (634.0688)	33 (160.5144)	34 (157.6688)	37 (153.0972)	28 (162.7884)
2018-09-14	*Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL	23 / 32 (653.5656)	20 (167.4172)	31 (151.9200)	20 (165.6684)	11 (168.5600)
2018-05-04	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	42 / 61 (658.7428)	39 (166.2400)	27 (167.9772)	53 (155.3828)	30 (169.1428)
2018-04-20	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	40 / 42 (638.6628)	39 (159.3828)	40 (154.2172)	41 (155.9428)	23 (169.1200)
2017-09-15	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL	24 / 39 (655.3256)	35 (151.3712)	21 (167.4172)	23 (163.4056)	7 (173.1316)
2017-05-05	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	56 / 69 (642.1252)	55 (158.8228)	22 (171.4056)	67 (151.3712)	49 (160.5256)
2017-04-21	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	32 / 41 (657.0628)	40 (154.8456)	37 (159.3600)	29 (164.5372)	3 (178.3200)
2016-09-09	Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	24 / 41 (664.4800)	8 (172.0000)	35 (160.5372)	32 (162.8228)	15 (169.1200)
2016-06-03	Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN	26 / 39 (668.9712)	27 (167.3828)	20 (170.8228)	29 (163.9428)	25 (166.8228)
2016-05-27	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN	29 / 31 (647.9884)	31 (154.8572)	20 (168.0228)	30 (157.1200)	14 (167.9884)
2016-05-06	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	37 / 67 (651.2684)	62 (151.9200)	25 (166.2744)	47 (162.2284)	12 (170.8456)
2016-04-15	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	30 / 56 (671.3712)	33 (169.1084)	23 (169.6800)	54 (157.1200)	4 (175.4628)
2015-09-11	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	37 / 55 (654.1256)	34 (164.5256)	38 (162.2400)	47 (160.5256)	31 (166.8344)
2015-05-01	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	29 / 63 (663.8744)	21 (170.8228)	45 (161.0972)	38 (165.0972)	22 (166.8572)
2015-04-17	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	40 / 59 (665.6000)	55 (159.3600)	58 (155.9544)	20 (170.8456)	2 (179.4400)
2014-10-18	I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL	—	14 (161.6684)	1 (173.7372)	—	—
2014-09-19	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	22 / 75 (674.1596)	45 (163.3828)	28 (167.9656)	38 (165.6684)	5 (177.1428)
2014-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	37 / 41 (647.8860)	30 (165.6800)	35 (160.5488)	36 (161.0856)	34 (160.5716)
2014-05-02	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	46 / 62 (641.4512)	49 (159.3600)	49 (158.2056)	26 (165.6800)	43 (158.2056)
2013-09-13	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	26 / 80 (659.8628)	57 (158.2172)	40 (162.2400)	8 (173.1428)	25 (166.2628)
2013-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off Lewisburg, TN	25 / 36 (645.7142)	30 (158.2856)	14 (165.7142)	4 (173.1428)	34 (148.5716)
2013-05-03	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	45 / 62 (638.2846)	51 (155.9996)	59 (150.2854)	43 (160.5710)	11 (171.4286)
2013-04-19	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	56 / 60 (609.7136)	52 (155.9998)	57 (146.8568)	44 (158.8572)	53 (147.9998)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#973 (145 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1144 (105 pts)	#1231 (70 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1055 (240 pts)	#944 (305 pts)	#1111 (245 pts)	#1108 (240 pts)	#816 (390 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1245 (187 pts)	#1263 (202 pts)	#1388 (177 pts)	#1266 (202 pts)	#1111 (257 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1365 (185 pts)	#1493 (180 pts)	#1380 (215 pts)	#1442 (190 pts)	#834 (460 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1211 (241 pts)	#1051 (331 pts)	#1133 (296 pts)	#1341 (236 pts)	#772 (491 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1372 (180 pts)	#1404 (200 pts)	#1470 (180 pts)	#1427 (205 pts)	#894 (395 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1229 (231 pts)	#1389 (216 pts)	#1366 (216 pts)	#1390 (216 pts)	#974 (341 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1007 (286 pts)	#1071 (286 pts)	#924 (341 pts)	#623 (531 pts)	#877 (356 pts)