LIGHTIN LOGS AND SMOKIN HOGS

LIGHTIN LOGS AND SMOKIN HOGS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 6th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They finished #1132 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1496

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2013

latest Apr 25, 2014 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1132

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

659.9656 / 720

Master · Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1656

Chicken · Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship

Consistency

±12.12

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.83 · weakest Brisket (153.83)

Road miles

922

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 869 mi

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)

Master avg

643.92 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (1 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

LAKE HOUSE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LAKE HOUSE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014 ↗	Master	#1251 (225 pts)	#1617 (160 pts)	#1606 (160 pts)	#883 (415 pts)	#1405 (205 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1132 (242 pts)	#929 (347 pts)	#1139 (262 pts)	#1136 (262 pts)	#1383 (182 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	1	1	173.1656	151.9998	160.42	top 55%
Pork Ribs	4	2	0	0	168.5828	159.3712	162.84	top 57%
Pork	4	3	0	1	171.9656	158.2400	166.83	top 37%
Brisket	4	2	0	0	162.2856	144.4916	153.83	top 70%

“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

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 56%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
WA	3	0	top 43%
NV	1	0	top 100%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	6	0	top 34%	Apr 4, 2014

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WA 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 67 finished ahead 44 times, behind 54

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

20142 milestones

Apr 4 Peak power rating (1510) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 25 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

20137 milestones

Apr 12 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 12 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 20 First category win (Chicken) Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship
Jul 20 First overall top-10 Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship
Jul 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9656 Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship
Jul 20 Career-best overall score659.9656 Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship
Jul 20 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1656 Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 4, 2014
+1.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 12, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Apr 25, 2014
-2.3	Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship	Jul 20, 2013

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)
2014	2	0	1	0	100%	top 60%	90.5%	89.1%
2013	2	0	1	1	100%	top 55%	91.7%	89.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 25, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	30 / 30 (632.3888)	29 (155.9544)	24 (159.9772)	7 (171.9656)	30 (144.4916)
Apr 4, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	6 / 30 (651.3368)	15 (160.5600)	16 (159.3712)	2 (169.1200)	8 (162.2856)
Jul 20, 2013	Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship Snohomish, WA	8 / 13 (659.9656)	1 (173.1656)	8 (168.5828)	12 (158.2400)	10 (159.9772)
Apr 12, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	14 / 29 (631.9992)	19 (151.9998)	10 (163.4284)	7 (167.9998)	22 (148.5712)