HOG HEADS

HOG HEADS is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 9th of 37 at the BBQ on the Bow (2019). They are ranked #4399 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,399

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1475

peak 1475 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 30, 2013

latest Aug 31, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1297

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

644.6288 / 720

Master · Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

615.01 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 612.32 (+2.69)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

168.5828

Chicken · Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

Consistency

±18.83

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 155.48 · weakest Brisket (149.19)

Road miles

2,019

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1,268 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Master avg

612.32 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.29 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 10%.

Brisket avg 149.19
Pork Ribs avg 155.48
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of The Grill Geek in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

An August team

Top 55% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 55% across 3 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 63% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Porkapalooza BBQ Festival every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 16th

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	#1297 (170 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1032 (275 pts)	#1222 (205 pts)	#1536 (120 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1456 (135 pts)	#1117 (255 pts)	#1298 (195 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1330 (180 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2173 (65 pts)	#2214 (70 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2095 (90 pts)	#2197 (70 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2798 (54 pts)	#2497 (74 pts)	#2794 (54 pts)	#2662 (64 pts)	#2553 (69 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1962 (77 pts)	#2059 (77 pts)	#2007 (82 pts)	#1903 (107 pts)	#2427 (72 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to HOG HEADS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Kings of Smoke

#4,412 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HOG HEADS)

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 9, 2023

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Smokin Section

#4,393 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

They've been 1510 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 24, 2025

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BINGE-N-ON BBQ

#4,386 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1475

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2019

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Waste Management

#4,378 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 5, 2017

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THE RIB MAFIA

#4,409 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1503

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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GOT WOOD

#4,397 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMELLAQUE	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ TEAM NAIT	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
YOU NEED A BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKAPALOOZA	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
FROZEN TOQUE BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Kreiser Barbecue	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Rack Addicts BBQ Team	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
NATURAL BORN GRILLER'S ALBERTA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Q-UP	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	168.5828	137.0972	154.86	top 63%
Pork Ribs	10	1	165.1544	145.7484	155.48	top 53%
Pork	9	0	165.1200	130.8344	151.22	top 66%
Brisket	10	1	161.1884	130.2056	149.19	top 64%

“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
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 71%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
WI	2	top 73%
AB	1	top 80%
CA	1	top 60%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	5	16	0	top 65%	Jun 15, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WI 2 of 10 contests · 3 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 206 finished ahead 141 times, behind 225

Longest layoff 1 yrs Jun 19, 2015 → Jun 18, 2016

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

20195 milestones

Jun 15 Career-best overall score644.6288 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Aug 31 First overall top-10 BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score162.2628 BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 10th tracked contest BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow

20181 milestone

Jun 16 Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5828 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

20161 milestone

Jun 18 First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

20132 milestones

Aug 30 First tracked contest 3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs
Aug 30 Peak power rating (1498) 3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.5	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Jun 15, 2019
+6.6	BBQ on the Bow	Aug 31, 2019
+1.4	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Jun 16, 2018
+0.2	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 2, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Jun 10, 2017
-9.7	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Jun 19, 2015
-8.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 11, 2014
-6.2	Battle River BBQ Showdown	Aug 18, 2018
-2	3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs	Aug 30, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	1	50%	top 30%	90.1%	89.8%
2018	2	0	50%	top 66%	85.2%	83.7%
2017	2	0	0%	top 76%	84.8%	83%
2016	1	0	100%	top 60%	85%	85%
2015	1	0	0%	top 83%	82.5%	82.5%
2014	1	0	0%	top 86%	85.1%	85.1%
2013	1	0	0%	top 59%	89.4%	89.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 31, 2019	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	9 / 37 (162.2628)	20 (156.0460)	6 (165.1544)	30 (146.8344)	31 (146.8228)
Jun 15, 2019	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	16 / 44 (644.6288)	18 (161.7028)	17 (161.1772)	—	25 (154.8688)
Aug 18, 2018	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	20 / 25 (591.9772)	21 (152.0228)	13 (154.2288)	25 (130.8344)	11 (154.8912)
Jun 16, 2018	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	27 / 51 (613.1996)	5 (168.5828)	20 (158.8800)	23 (155.4284)	50 (130.3084)
Sep 2, 2017	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	24 / 42 (610.3772)	23 (156.6172)	33 (145.7484)	19 (157.7144)	23 (150.2972)
Jun 10, 2017	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	37 / 39 (584.9940)	37 (142.2400)	24 (149.6572)	36 (142.8456)	25 (150.2512)
Jun 18, 2016	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, CA	25 / 42 (612.0112)	39 (137.0972)	20 (155.4056)	16 (158.3200)	5 (161.1884)
Jun 19, 2015	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta	25 / 30 (594.1708)	20 (154.8456)	12 (157.1656)	21 (151.9540)	27 (130.2056)
Jul 11, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI	25 / 29 (613.0288)	21 (159.4516)	28 (147.9888)	23 (151.9428)	22 (153.6456)
Aug 30, 2013	3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs Warrens, WI	22 / 37 (643.9316)	22 (160)	21 (159.3944)	16 (165.1200)	23 (159.4172)

HOG HEADS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

An August team

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 — 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)