A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HIGH ON THE HAWG ahead in 100% of their meetings
HIGH ON THE HAWG has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MOORE SMOKE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-27
latest 2016-07-22
Best ToY finish
#2036
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.90
last 3 Master vs avg 628.90 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.53 · weakest Brisket (151.59)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
628.90 / 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
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at EffingHAM Jam (2016-07-22).
- last seen 2014-06-26
- back 2016-07-22
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.
MOORE SMOKE 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 121 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.
#4072 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#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after MOORE SMOKE BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with MOORE SMOKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5714 | 150.8116 | 155.21 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 155.4284 | 160.58 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 160.0000 | 161.53 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 142.8000 | 151.59 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-06-27 → 2016-07-22
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
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 161.53 · weakest Brisket (151.59)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
628.90
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
19–53 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-06-26 → 2016-07-22
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Legacy BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1493) Legacy BBQ Championship
- 2016
- Career-best overall score638.7772 EffingHAM Jam
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.0000 EffingHAM Jam
- Most recent contest EffingHAM Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Legacy State BBQ Championship Cook-Off | 2014-06-26 |
| -6.7 | Legacy BBQ Championship | 2013-06-27 |
| -0.2 | EffingHAM Jam | 2016-07-22 |
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 62% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-22 | EffingHAM Jam Effingham, IL | 18 / 29 (638.7772) | 26 (150.8116) | 12 (164.0000) | 13 (163.9884) | 18 (159.9772) |
| 2014-06-26 | Legacy State BBQ Championship Cook-Off Effingham, IL | 17 / 18 (619.9316) | 18 (154.2400) | 13 (162.2972) | 13 (160.5944) | 18 (142.8000) |
| 2013-06-27 | Legacy BBQ Championship Effingham, IL | 21 / 28 (627.9998) | 16 (160.5714) | 22 (155.4284) | 18 (160.0000) | 23 (152.0000) |
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 | #2097 (89 pts) | #2947 (54 pts) | #2013 (119 pts) | #2041 (114 pts) | #2185 (89 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2036 (83 pts) | #2158 (78 pts) | #2015 (103 pts) | #2028 (103 pts) | #2135 (78 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2370 (73 pts) | #1929 (98 pts) | #2484 (68 pts) | #2018 (88 pts) | #2565 (63 pts) |