HAWGPOUND SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#4075

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1481

peak 1504 · rated over 20 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-17

latest 2017-08-04

Best ToY finish

#758

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 20 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

676.4800 / 720

Master · Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

660.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.50 (+2.14)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±12.44

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.23 · weakest Chicken (164.22)

Road miles

1,743

mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 352 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Master avg

658.50 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

High-water mark

676.4800 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.4800 at Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-08-28

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DEEP SOUTH BBQ has finished one call ahead of HAWGPOUND SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

OLD PLANTATION BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

OLD PLANTATION BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

11 of 14 shared pork entries lost

OLD PLANTATION BBQ ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OLD PLANTATION BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.73% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.73% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
20 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 32nd

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.

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

BIG BAD WOLF BBQ

#4080 of the rated field

1481 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1506

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to HAWGPOUND SMOKERS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HAWGPOUND SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-07-10

⚔ Head-to-head

SONNY'S PIT MASTERS

#4062 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1511

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HAWGPOUND SMOKERS)

Fewer contests behind them than HAWGPOUND SMOKERS has cooked, 5 to 20, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-05-05

⚔ Head-to-head

RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT

#4087 of the rated field

1481 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1481

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Sheyenne BBQ

#4073 of the rated field

1481 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1481

No shared contest yet.

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 9% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ

#4066 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after HAWGPOUND SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2025-07-25

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SHORT CREW BBQ

#4059 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2017-09-08

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOOTIE-Q	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
OLD PLANTATION BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
WICKED QUE	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
TUFF DAWG GRILLERS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
TENACIOUS Q	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
PIG WHISPERERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SHADE TREE BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Pot's BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	0	0	0	172.5600	144.4800	164.22	top 64%
Pork Ribs	20	2	0	0	174.3200	151.9200	164.71	top 57%
Pork	20	4	1	1	176.0116	149.1084	165.23	top 53%
Brisket	20	3	1	1	180.0000 🔥	151.3944	164.34	top 55%

“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	19	0	top 64%
NC	1	0	top 51%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 64%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	5	32	top 73%	2017-08-04
Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	3	15	top 43%	2015-08-28
Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)	2	20	top 59%	2015-08-14
Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2	19	top 53%	2014-09-12

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

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2013-05-17 → 2017-08-04

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 19 of 20 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 20 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.23 · weakest Chicken (164.22)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 8 of 20 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 20 contests

Master average 658.50 out of 720 · 20 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 378 328–567 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,743 20 mapped stops · furthest 352 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Power rating 1481 peak 1504 · #4075 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 17 First tracked contest Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 17 First call Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2850 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 17 Peak power rating (1504) Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
2014
Aug 1 First category win (Pork) Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Sep 12 10th tracked contest Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
2015
Aug 28 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 28 Career-best overall score676.4800 Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
2017
Aug 4 Most recent contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.1	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	2015-08-28
+4.3	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2014-09-12
+3.8	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	2013-05-17
+3.5	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2014-08-30
+2.4	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2016-08-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-08-02
-8.3	Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier)	2016-08-19
-8.3	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2014-08-01
-4.6	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)	2016-04-29
-3	The National BBQ Cup	2015-11-20

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)
2017	1	0	0%	top 65%	92.4%	92.4%
2016	4	0	25%	top 74%	93.9%	91.6%
2015	4	1	75%	top 59%	94%	92.5%
2014	5	1	60%	top 60%	93.6%	91.7%
2013	6	0	17%	top 62%	92.1%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-08-04	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival Dillard, GA	37 / 57 (665.0056)	42 (165.1200)	35 (166.2400)	20 (169.6800)	35 (163.9656)
2016-08-19	Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	35 / 39 (642.0684)	37 (152.4800)	13 (169.6800)	20 (167.9656)	37 (151.9428)
2016-08-05	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	32 / 56 (675.8512)	30 (170.8228)	17 (171.4172)	31 (168.5256)	36 (165.0856)
2016-04-29	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	27 / 35 (658.1600)	33 (161.6800)	21 (165.0972)	6 (172.5600)	31 (158.8228)
2016-04-15	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival Cornelia, GA	21 / 30 (662.1028)	13 (171.4172)	30 (155.9200)	14 (168.5256)	18 (166.2400)
2015-11-20	The National BBQ Cup Cumming, GA	54 / 74 (666.1828)	41 (168.5372)	7 (174.3200)	64 (159.9428)	56 (163.3828)
2015-08-28	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	15 / 41 (676.4800)	30 (164.5600)	30 (164.5372)	26 (167.3828)	1 (180.0000)
2015-08-14	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	24 / 40 (658.6628)	14 (170.8228)	39 (151.9200)	25 (162.8000)	8 (173.1200)
2015-07-31	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	36 / 55 (662.1832)	51 (158.2400)	22 (170.2860)	20 (169.7144)	30 (163.9428)
2014-10-03	Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	13 / 22 (670.1828)	16 (166.2972)	14 (166.8344)	9 (169.6684)	12 (167.3828)
2014-09-12	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Winder, GA	19 / 42 (673.6116)	22 (169.7028)	20 (168.5372)	18 (167.3944)	17 (167.9772)
2014-08-30	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	20 / 39 (661.5656)	21 (166.8112)	15 (167.9656)	18 (166.2516)	25 (160.5372)
2014-08-14	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	20 / 35 (658.7088)	23 (164.5372)	24 (161.6572)	7 (169.1316)	21 (163.3828)
2014-08-01	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	48 / 56 (637.5088)	56 (144.4800)	50 (151.9200)	1 (176.0116)	29 (165.0972)
2013-12-06	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	41 / 65 (663.3832)	37 (169.6800)	50 (161.7144)	48 (160.5600)	21 (171.4288)
2013-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	28 / 55 (637.1084)	16 (166.8228)	24 (161.2000)	52 (149.1084)	29 (159.9772)
2013-09-13	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA	26 / 43 (656.9944)	12 (172.5600)	28 (162.2400)	36 (155.9428)	14 (166.2516)
2013-08-16	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	22 / 34 (649.5428)	17 (166.2400)	25 (161.0972)	13 (166.8112)	27 (155.3944)
2013-08-02	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	55 / 61 (632.4344)	59 (151.3600)	21 (169.7144)	54 (159.9656)	58 (151.3944)
2013-05-17	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	15 / 37 (662.2850)	25 (162.2854)	9 (172.0000)	30 (156.5712)	9 (171.4284)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#758 (453 pts)	#895 (403 pts)	#814 (448 pts)	#485 (798 pts)	#812 (438 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1212 (218 pts)	#970 (328 pts)	#1285 (223 pts)	#1261 (218 pts)	#1023 (293 pts)