HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ

HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 30 at the Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2019). They are ranked #1060 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,060

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1598

peak 1598 · rated over 34 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Sep 13, 2019 · 6.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#388

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

695.9656 / 720

Master · Bands brews & BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

681.90 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.54 (+21.36)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Bands brews & BBQ

Consistency

±18.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.64 · weakest Brisket (161.12)

Road miles

9,920

across 34 mapped stops · furthest 476 mi

Schedule strength

44%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$65K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

660.54 / 720

34 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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

Pork ×1

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 34 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 34 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.9656 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9656 at Bands brews & BBQ — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 13, 2019

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

TEAM AMERICA has finished one call ahead of HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 22%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 22%

A tough matchup

15–3 behind in the head-to-head

GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE ahead in 83% of their meetings

GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 15 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.52 points below their pork, and turns into a call 32% of the time against 50%.

Brisket avg 161.12
Pork avg 168.64
11 calls in 34 entries

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A strong matchup

17–7 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of G AND L BBQ in 17 of their 24 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

11 of 14 shared pork entries lost

TEAM AMERICA ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TEAM AMERICA has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 31% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 31% across 6 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

6 June contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

9,920 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,920 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 476 miles to Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ.

34 mapped stops
furthest 476 mi

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Montana BBQ Cook-Off every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 4th

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1156 (204 pts)	#1142 (229 pts)	#1473 (139 pts)	#1153 (229 pts)	#1373 (159 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#731 (459 pts)	#781 (439 pts)	#880 (389 pts)	#488 (754 pts)	#887 (364 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#696 (544 pts)	#788 (504 pts)	#598 (669 pts)	#799 (504 pts)	#786 (494 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#815 (442 pts)	#782 (502 pts)	#794 (502 pts)	#662 (607 pts)	#845 (442 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#388 (960 pts)	#414 (925 pts)	#404 (915 pts)	#243 (1,240 pts)	#368 (1,000 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#735 (478 pts)	#627 (603 pts)	#1028 (328 pts)	#673 (563 pts)	#968 (343 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1716 (123 pts)	#1425 (178 pts)	#1428 (183 pts)	#1261 (218 pts)	#1717 (128 pts)

Overall rank by season

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CHIBI-Q

#1,061 of the rated field

1598 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1605

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ)

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

rated over 21 contests
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#1,055 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1612

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rated over 34 contests
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JOHN'S TWISTED Q

#1,059 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1599

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 28 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2019

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#1,057 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1609

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 38% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jun 19, 2020

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Phoenix BBQ

#1,056 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1642

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

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GONEHOGGIN.COM

#1,058 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1599

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
G AND L BBQ	24	17	7	71%	⚔ compare
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
TEAM AMERICA	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
HQO	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN BUTT BBQ UTAH	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
SMOKE-IN-LAW	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
RUB Q LONG TIME	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
FARVA-Q	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	10	0	3	177.1544	152.0344	165.65	top 51%
Pork Ribs	34	9	0	1	177.1428	140	165.13	top 47%
Pork	34	17	1	5	180 🔥	158.8112	168.64	top 34%
Brisket	34	11	0	0	174.8456	143.3828	161.12	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 43%
Medium (20–39)	26	top 44%
Large (40+)	6	top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
UT	10	top 48%
NV	7	top 62%
CO	6	top 45%
MT	5	top 27%
WY	3	top 32%
ID	1	top 20%
SD	1	top 77%
AZ	1	top 54%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Montana BBQ Cook-Off	5	4	top 27%	Jun 22, 2019
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	5	6	top 48%	Apr 7, 2017
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	3	10	top 36%	Sep 7, 2018
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	3	11	top 65%	Aug 28, 2015
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2	16	top 52%	Aug 23, 2019
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2	11	top 55%	Sep 8, 2017
Griller's Cup	2	7	top 44%	Jul 15, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 9 contests

Contests a season 4.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in UT 10 of 34 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 19 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 457 finished ahead 575 times, behind 497

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

20196 milestones

Aug 16 First overall podium Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Sep 13 First category win (Pork) Bands brews & BBQ
Sep 13 First perfect 180 (Pork) Bands brews & BBQ
Sep 13 Career-best overall score695.9656 Bands brews & BBQ
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1598) Bands brews & BBQ
Sep 13 Most recent contest Bands brews & BBQ

20171 milestone

Jun 24 25th tracked contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off

20151 milestone

May 2 10th tracked contest Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship

20141 milestone

Sep 12 First overall top-10 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

20133 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 21 First call Telluride Barbeque Festival
Sep 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4804 Telluride Barbeque Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	Aug 16, 2019
+12.4	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 12, 2014
+12.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 7, 2017
+11	Griller's Cup	Jul 17, 2015
+10.9	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 22, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 28, 2015
-9.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 5, 2013
-6.2	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	Aug 26, 2016
-5.8	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 23, 2013
-5.7	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 9, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	4	3	1	100%	top 22%	96.7%	95.5%
2018	4	2	0	75%	top 45%	94.7%	92.7%
2017	5	2	0	100%	top 40%	94.8%	93.5%
2016	5	1	0	80%	top 61%	94%	90.8%
2015	9	4	0	56%	top 49%	93.1%	91%
2014	4	1	0	50%	top 40%	93.6%	90.2%
2013	3	0	0	33%	top 67%	91.2%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 13, 2019	Bands brews & BBQ 🏅 Boise, ID	5 / 25 (695.9656)	17 (166.8456)	4 (177.1428)	1 (180)	5 (171.9772)
Aug 23, 2019	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 🏅 Wendover, NV	16 / 37 (678.8348)	24 (166.3088)	14 (167.9888)	12 (170.8228)	7 (173.7144)
Aug 16, 2019	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	3 / 30 (684.5260)	13 (164.5600)	4 (174.8572)	6 (171.9888)	5 (173.1200)
Jun 22, 2019	Montana BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	4 / 29 (691.9888)	3 (174.2972)	9 (170.2972)	3 (175.4172)	7 (171.9772)
Sep 7, 2018	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO	18 / 32 (658.1828)	20 (165.1428)	24 (158.2172)	3 (172.5600)	15 (162.2628)
Aug 24, 2018	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	28 / 46 (660.4680)	40 (161.1312)	33 (166.2400)	17 (172.5484)	33 (160.5484)
Jul 13, 2018	Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT	8 / 21 (669.1088)	8 (169.1428)	9 (166.8344)	5 (172)	16 (161.1316)
Jun 23, 2018	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	6 / 26 (681.6456)	7 (172.0228)	9 (171.4172)	2 (176.5600)	14 (161.6456)
Sep 8, 2017	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO	11 / 28 (662.7312)	15 (161.6800)	13 (166.8228)	11 (168.5484)	9 (165.6800)
Jun 24, 2017	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	12 / 35 (674.7884)	18 (160.5028)	14 (169.7028)	11 (171.9772)	10 (172.6056)
Jun 16, 2017	Q'n With Kia-Kia-Kia Ogden, UT	4 / 15 (677.6228)	3 (172)	3 (174.2628)	12 (166.8228)	7 (164.5372)
Apr 21, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	24 / 30 (669.5656)	16 (170.8456)	7 (175.4172)	23 (168.5256)	28 (154.7772)
Apr 7, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	6 / 29 (682.2744)	17 (166.8572)	5 (171.4400)	4 (173.7028)	7 (170.2744)
Sep 9, 2016	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	35 / 49 (643.3144)	32 (162.2744)	27 (165.1088)	34 (158.8112)	36 (157.1200)
Aug 26, 2016	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	24 / 31 (647.3372)	26 (161.1316)	23 (161.6800)	4 (172)	27 (152.5256)
Jul 15, 2016	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	17 / 27 (658.7084)	15 (166.2400)	15 (167.9772)	9 (169.1200)	22 (155.3712)
Jun 25, 2016	Montana BBQ cook-off Absarokee, MT	9 / 29 (676.4456)	7 (171.9772)	11 (170.2628)	17 (159.3600)	4 (174.8456)
Apr 8, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	18 / 30 (644.4112)	11 (167.4172)	8 (168.5256)	14 (165.0856)	29 (143.3828)
Sep 11, 2015	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	10 / 32 (666.7884)	10 (168.5256)	16 (163.9428)	4 (171.4400)	16 (162.8800)
Aug 28, 2015	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	42 / 49 (647.2684)	45 (157.0628)	18 (170.2628)	22 (169.1200)	46 (150.8228)
Jul 24, 2015	Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo Salt Lake City, UT	10 / 17 (658.1828)	6 (173.7144)	12 (161.1200)	6 (169.6800)	14 (153.6684)
Jul 17, 2015	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	7 / 29 (670.1828)	5 (172.5600)	12 (164.5372)	3 (171.9656)	16 (161.1200)
Jul 3, 2015	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	9 / 29 (659.8856)	14 (164)	14 (160.5256)	6 (166.2516)	5 (169.1084)
Jun 19, 2015	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp Ogden, UT	13 / 23 (645.5088)	12 (163.9540)	18 (159.3832)	18 (159.3716)	12 (162.8000)
May 2, 2015	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	24 / 41 (655.3144)	41 (152.5028)	11 (167.9772)	19 (166.2516)	11 (168.5828)
Apr 10, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	12 / 30 (646.7772)	26 (156.5372)	19 (157.6572)	7 (165.7256)	7 (166.8572)
Feb 27, 2015	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	44 / 82 (649.6344)	44 (164)	20 (168.5372)	23 (167.4516)	72 (149.6456)
Sep 12, 2014	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	10 / 47 (674.1828)	2 (177.1544)	32 (158.8116)	6 (173.7028)	20 (164.5140)
Aug 22, 2014	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	11 / 31 (658.8232)	12 (167.4400)	16 (162.2632)	11 (165.7028)	17 (163.4172)
Jul 24, 2014	Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT	20 / 31 (624.4576)	18 (163.4400)	23 (155.3716)	18 (159.9888)	26 (145.6572)
Apr 11, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	11 / 29 (640.5712)	12 (166.8456)	18 (156.0228)	7 (167.4172)	17 (150.2856)
Sep 21, 2013	Telluride Barbeque Festival Telluride, CO	12 / 25 (656.4804)	10 (168.5488)	17 (158.8232)	9 (168.5828)	16 (160.5256)
Aug 23, 2013	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	25 / 34 (628.5372)	28 (152.0344)	11 (165.0856)	18 (161.1316)	29 (150.2856)
Apr 5, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	23 / 29 (617.7142)	12 (163.4286)	26 (140)	11 (164)	22 (150.2856)

HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)