A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAWG NATION BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAWG NATION BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FLIP FLOP SMOKIN BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2016-06-10
Best ToY finish
#1321
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.41
last 3 Master vs avg 611.41 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.74 · weakest Brisket (147.05)
Road miles
75
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
611.41 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016-06-10).
- last seen 2013-10-04
- back 2016-06-10
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.
FLIP FLOP SMOKIN BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 158 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with FLIP FLOP SMOKIN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after FLIP FLOP SMOKIN BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7372 | 147.9998 | 151.61 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 149.1430 | 156.01 | top 49% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5828 | 153.1426 | 156.74 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 138.8570 | 147.05 | top 68% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2016-06-10
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.74 · weakest Brisket (147.05)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
611.41
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
54–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
75
3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2013-10-04 → 2016-06-10
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Green Lane Fire CO's
- First call Keystone Classic Barbeque
- Career-best overall score639.4172 Keystone Classic Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1544 Keystone Classic Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1498) Keystone Classic Barbeque
- 2016
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Keystone Classic Barbeque | 2013-10-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-06-10 |
| -8.3 | Green Lane Fire CO's | 2013-05-10 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 88.8% | 85.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA | 25 / 29 (605.6796) | 28 (149.0968) | 22 (153.7372) | 19 (160.5828) | 25 (142.2628) |
| 2013-10-04 | Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA | 18 / 55 (639.4172) | 27 (157.7372) | 9 (165.1544) | 33 (156.5028) | 18 (160.0228) |
| 2013-05-10 | Green Lane Fire CO's Green Lane, PA | 44 / 58 (589.1424) | 46 (147.9998) | 32 (149.1430) | 23 (153.1426) | 50 (138.8570) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2951 (54 pts) | #2947 (54 pts) | #2304 (69 pts) | #2195 (84 pts) | #2955 (54 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1321 (185 pts) | #1551 (150 pts) | #1238 (235 pts) | #1510 (160 pts) | #1373 (185 pts) |