SNORING HOGS BBQ

SNORING HOGS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 10th of 16 at the Smoke in the House (2018). They are ranked #6434 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SNORING HOG'S BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,434

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1374

peak 1374 · rated over 33 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 6, 2013

latest Aug 23, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#624

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

3% of 33 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

687.3596 / 720

Master · Smokin' At The Market

Perfect 180s

Current form

635.37 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 646.92 (-11.55)

Walk rate

15%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716

Chicken · 2nd Annual Brew B-Q

Consistency

±19.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.47 · weakest Brisket (159.50)

Road miles

2,749

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 203 mi

Schedule strength

65%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)

Purse competed for

$49K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.92 / 720

33 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

687.3596 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.3596 at Smokin' At The Market — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 3, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG G BBQ has finished one call ahead of SNORING HOGS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 65%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 65%

A tough matchup

22–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE ON THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 22 of their 22 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

20 of 22 shared pork entries lost

SMOKE ON THIS ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE ON THIS has out-cooked them in 20 of 22 shared pork entries.

Going the wrong way

-31 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 31 points across 8 contests since Aug 24, 2018 — from 1405 down to 1374.

8 contests since Aug 24, 2018
now 1374

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PRATER'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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	#934 (294 pts)	#966 (294 pts)	#996 (294 pts)	#985 (294 pts)	#961 (304 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#624 (543 pts)	#685 (528 pts)	#664 (553 pts)	#614 (608 pts)	#608 (603 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2781 (59 pts)	#2803 (59 pts)	#2809 (59 pts)	#2137 (84 pts)	#2182 (74 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1251 (232 pts)	#944 (387 pts)	#1202 (272 pts)	#1119 (312 pts)	#1402 (212 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1062 (282 pts)	#988 (342 pts)	#860 (417 pts)	#969 (362 pts)	#1052 (302 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#918 (352 pts)	#906 (397 pts)	#877 (417 pts)	#924 (387 pts)	#882 (387 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1374 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1374

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 46 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

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#6,431 of the rated field

1375 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1375

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#6,432 of the rated field

1375 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1375

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 19 contests
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THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS

#6,435 of the rated field

1372 ▼ 2 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1372

Rated 2 points below SNORING HOGS BBQ.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2023

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Cobia Smoke

#6,429 of the rated field

1378 ▲ 3 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1378

They turned up 7 years after SNORING HOGS BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jul 29, 2023

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BLUES ROCK BBQ

#6,430 of the rated field

1377 ▲ 3 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1377

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE ON THIS	22	0	22	0%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	21	1	20	5%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	21	0	21	0%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	21	0	21	0%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	21	0	21	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	18	0	18	0%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
South Pork	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
RT QUE KUSINE	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	1	1	176.5716	145.6232	162.92	top 75%
Pork Ribs	33	1	0	173.1200	120.9144	161.04	top 72%
Pork	33	2	0	174.2628	144.5256	163.47	top 72%
Brisket	33	1	0	174.8688	141.0972	159.50	top 75%

“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)	1	top 63%
Medium (20–39)	18	top 80%
Large (40+)	14	top 82%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	28	top 80%
KY	3	top 92%
MS	1	top 69%
GA	1	top 80%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
High on the Hog Festival	4	26	top 75%	Apr 19, 2019
Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	2	34	top 86%	May 17, 2019
Smokin in McMinnville	2	22	top 84%	Aug 10, 2018
Smokin' In McMinnville	2	22	top 74%	Aug 12, 2016
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2	23	top 77%	Sep 11, 2015
Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2	30	top 92%	Oct 17, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 9 contests

Contests a season 4.7 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 28 of 33 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 25 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 528 finished ahead 261 times, behind 1,098

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

20191 milestone

Aug 23 Most recent contest Great Americana BBQ Festival

20182 milestones

Jun 15 First overall top-10 Smoke in the House
Aug 10 25th tracked contest Smokin in McMinnville

20161 milestone

Nov 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5716 2nd Annual Brew B-Q

20151 milestone

Mar 13 10th tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel

20141 milestone

Oct 3 Career-best overall score687.3596 Smokin' At The Market

20134 milestones

Sep 6 First tracked contest Cookeville Cookoff
Sep 6 Peak power rating (1488) Cookeville Cookoff
Sep 27 First call Piggin' Around
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1488 Piggin' Around

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 17, 2015
+5.5	2nd Annual Brew B-Q	Nov 11, 2016
+2.3	Smoke in the Valley	Aug 28, 2015
+2.3	Smoke in the House	Jun 15, 2018
+1.2	Smokin' In McMinnville	Aug 12, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Cookeville Cookoff	Sep 6, 2013
-9.8	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 18, 2013
-8.9	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 17, 2014
-8.7	Smokin' in McMinnville	Aug 8, 2014
-8	Piggin' Around	Sep 27, 2013

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	6	0	0%	top 85%	90.5%	88.5%
2018	9	1	11%	top 86%	91.8%	88.4%
2017	1	0	0%	top 79%	90.4%	90.4%
2016	3	0	67%	top 72%	94.3%	92.9%
2015	5	0	20%	top 65%	94%	92.3%
2014	5	0	0%	top 81%	95.5%	90.4%
2013	4	0	25%	top 85%	90.9%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2019	Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN	34 / 39 (630.7768)	34 (161.0856)	35 (156.5828)	25 (163.9884)	37 (149.1200)
Jul 12, 2019	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In 🏅 Jamestown, TN	27 / 29 (625.4628)	28 (155.3484)	25 (155.9544)	29 (157.6572)	26 (156.5028)
Jun 14, 2019	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival 🏅 Barbourville, KY	28 / 30 (639.8172)	25 (166.8344)	24 (162.2400)	29 (157.6916)	29 (153.0512)
May 17, 2019	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 🏅 Sevierville, TN	34 / 43 (629.5320)	43 (149.6460)	26 (163.4060)	37 (155.3600)	26 (161.1200)
Apr 19, 2019	High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN	31 / 39 (651.2796)	32 (162.8228)	32 (159.3712)	31 (162.2628)	23 (166.8228)
Mar 8, 2019	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Nashville, TN	54 / 67 (648.4000)	63 (154.7656)	34 (167.9656)	37 (166.2972)	58 (159.3716)
Oct 19, 2018	Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	22 / 22 (606.1264)	22 (145.6232)	19 (161.7144)	20 (157.6916)	22 (141.0972)
Aug 24, 2018	Great American BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN	28 / 36 (644.4912)	31 (155.4056)	24 (164)	30 (161.6572)	25 (163.4284)
Aug 10, 2018	Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	22 / 28 (643.8972)	26 (157.1200)	22 (159.4060)	23 (161.6912)	14 (165.6800)
Jul 14, 2018	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 2 Jamestown, TN	30 / 32 (658.7200)	30 (165.0856)	30 (165.6684)	17 (171.4172)	32 (156.5488)
Jul 13, 2018	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1 Jamestown, TN	32 / 40 (653.0512)	35 (162.7884)	35 (160.5372)	37 (159.4056)	19 (170.3200)
Jun 15, 2018	Smoke in the House White House, TN	10 / 16 (661.0172)	13 (166.2628)	12 (162.2516)	8 (169.6800)	12 (162.8228)
May 18, 2018	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	40 / 43 (604.2400)	22 (166.8228)	43 (120.9144)	37 (158.8228)	32 (157.6800)
Apr 20, 2018	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	41 / 42 (627.8516)	24 (168.5372)	41 (148.5372)	37 (157.1200)	41 (153.6572)
Mar 9, 2018	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	81 / 87 (630.0112)	72 (162.2400)	74 (157.6572)	77 (160.4912)	83 (149.6228)
Sep 8, 2017	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off Cookeville, TN	27 / 34 (650.7200)	28 (163.9428)	31 (153.6688)	20 (167.4056)	22 (165.7028)
Nov 11, 2016	2nd Annual Brew B-Q Nashville, TN	14 / 25 (679.3028)	2 (176.5716)	12 (170.8228)	18 (166.8228)	21 (165.0856)
Sep 9, 2016	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	27 / 30 (656.9716)	20 (166.2400)	26 (158.2400)	19 (167.3828)	23 (165.1088)
Aug 12, 2016	Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN	22 / 32 (671.3716)	29 (162.2284)	16 (169.7260)	9 (173.1772)	21 (166.2400)
Sep 11, 2015	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	23 / 31 (668.4796)	26 (162.2628)	22 (167.4056)	14 (170.8112)	22 (168)
Aug 28, 2015	Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN	16 / 26 (667.3140)	15 (171.9656)	6 (172.5484)	22 (158.8000)	15 (164)
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	29 / 37 (666.1140)	20 (169.6684)	13 (171.9656)	12 (171.4056)	34 (153.0744)
Apr 17, 2015	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	26 / 59 (676.4568)	17 (173.1084)	35 (166.8456)	37 (166.8228)	23 (169.6800)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	65 / 94 (643.2228)	57 (165.0972)	58 (160.5256)	13 (174.2628)	91 (143.3372)
Oct 17, 2014	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	30 / 32 (629.5204)	31 (157.0628)	25 (160.5604)	15 (166.8228)	31 (145.0744)
Oct 3, 2014	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	18 / 29 (687.3596)	22 (169.6912)	12 (173.1200)	21 (170.8456)	11 (173.7028)
Sep 5, 2014	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	33 / 41 (653.0972)	12 (172.5828)	37 (158.8344)	31 (165.1428)	35 (156.5372)
Aug 8, 2014	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	36 / 40 (639.8852)	34 (163.4056)	18 (167.4400)	38 (157.1084)	35 (151.9312)
Apr 18, 2014	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	50 / 62 (645.6228)	44 (165.1200)	53 (155.9772)	40 (165.1200)	48 (159.4056)
Dec 6, 2013	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	52 / 65 (643.8744)	52 (164.5600)	42 (163.9544)	45 (164.5484)	62 (150.8116)
Oct 18, 2013	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	36 / 40 (623.3144)	37 (149.1084)	11 (168.5716)	39 (144.5256)	22 (161.1088)
Sep 27, 2013	Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN	19 / 24 (654.1488)	13 (165.0972)	23 (150.2172)	22 (163.9656)	5 (174.8688)
Sep 6, 2013	Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	38 / 42 (637.0172)	38 (158.2628)	38 (157.6800)	40 (158.2400)	25 (162.8344)

SNORING HOGS BBQ

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

Pork nemesis

Going the wrong way

Looking over their shoulder

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)