Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Sloppy Hog BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ
Contests
23
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2026-05-08
Best ToY finish
#626
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 23 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
681.88 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 664.41 (+17.46)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±15.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.96 · weakest Brisket (164.24)
Road miles
1,815
mi across 23 mapped stops · furthest 730 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.41 / 720
21 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.86 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (10 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.
High-water mark
700.5600
career-best overall
97.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 700.5600 at Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off — 97.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-06-14
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
River Rat Pig Porkers has finished one call ahead of Sloppy Hog BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
12–2
behind in the head-to-head
KILLER HOGS ahead in 86% of their meetings
KILLER HOGS has come out ahead in 12 of their 14 shared contests.
A strong matchup
6–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HILLTOP HOGGERS in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The comeback
4.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) (2026-05-08).
- last seen 2021-06-18
- back 2026-05-08
Pork nemesis
11 of 14
shared pork entries lost
KILLER HOGS ahead 79% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, KILLER HOGS has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared pork entries.
A June team
Top 34%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 34% across 4 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 56% the rest of the year
The metronome
±2.16%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.16% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 92.2% of a perfect score
- 23 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Stand by Your Grill every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 37th
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.
91 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Sloppy Hog BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Sloppy Hog BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1560
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1560 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2361 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Sloppy Hog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 47%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2339 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2349 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILLER HOGS | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| BEER-B-QUE BOYS | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| South Pork | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Misfits of Smoke | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| 180 PROOF BBQ | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' BUTTS | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BACON & WHISKEY | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.9084 | 166.56 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 157.1088 | 166.26 | top 49% |
| Pork | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 155.9660 | 166.96 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.1772 | 149.6228 | 164.24 | top 58% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 21 | 0 | top 57% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 11 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 0 | top 56% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stand by Your Grill | 4 | 37 | 0 | top 74% | 2016-08-19 |
| Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 34% | 2019-06-14 |
| Southaven Springfest | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 37% | 2019-04-26 |
| Roast N Boast | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 62% | 2018-09-21 |
| *Roast N Boast BBQ | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 48% | 2017-10-06 |
| Mississippi Springfest | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 65% | 2014-05-09 |
The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
13 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2026-05-08
Busiest season
2018
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 10 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
21 of 23 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
14
6 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
23 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.96 · weakest Brisket (164.24)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 13 of 23 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
3 of 23 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
664.41
out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
322.86
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
480
405–501 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,815
23 mapped stops · furthest 730 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$51,200
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
2021-06-18 → 2026-05-08
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #2347 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Mississippi Springfest
- First call Mississippi Springfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2856 Mississippi Springfest
- 2016
- 10th tracked contest Stand by Your Grill
- 2017
- First overall top-10 *Roast N Boast BBQ
- 2018
- First category win (Chicken) Southaven Springfest
- 2019
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off
- Career-best overall score700.5600 Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1524) Minnesota in May
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off | 2019-06-14 |
| +11.6 | Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off | 2020-06-19 |
| +10.6 | Southaven Springfest | 2019-04-26 |
| +8.5 | *Roast N Boast BBQ | 2017-10-06 |
| +6.9 | Southaven Springfest | 2018-04-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Stand by Your Grill | 2016-08-19 |
| -7.7 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2017-03-17 |
| -4.9 | Mississippi Springfest | 2014-05-09 |
| -4.3 | *Hog Wild BBQ Contest | 2018-03-16 |
| -3.9 | Stand By Your Grill | 2013-08-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 31% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 95.9% | 95.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 97.3% | 95.6% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 63% | 93.6% | 92% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 93.5% | 91.2% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 73% | 93.8% | 91.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 91.9% | 91.6% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 68% | 92.5% | 91.4% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 59% | 92% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 24 / 77 (322.8572) | 29 (159.9656) | 22 (162.8916) | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 21 (168.0116) | — | — |
| 2021-06-18 | DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS | 22 / 48 (678.2284) | 28 (167.4056) | 30 (163.3944) | 8 (174.2856) | 12 (173.1428) |
| 2020-06-19 | Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS | 11 / 47 (690.2400) | 9 (176.5600) | 19 (172.5600) | 21 (168.5372) | 13 (172.5828) |
| 2019-06-14 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off 🏅 Hernado, MS | 4 / 49 (700.5600) | 2 (180.0000) | 26 (168.5372) | 6 (174.8456) | 5 (177.1772) |
| 2019-04-26 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 9 / 31 (676.5144) | 13 (168.5600) | 14 (167.3944) | 6 (171.9772) | 17 (168.5828) |
| 2018-09-21 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 12 / 17 (663.8400) | 11 (165.6800) | 5 (169.6800) | 15 (163.9428) | 14 (164.5372) |
| 2018-06-15 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Hernado, MS | 27 / 45 (668.3880) | 11 (173.1200) | 37 (159.9312) | 11 (171.4056) | 30 (163.9312) |
| 2018-04-27 | Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS | 15 / 34 (674.1940) | 1 (179.4400) | 17 (167.9656) | 4 (176.5600) | 30 (150.2284) |
| 2018-03-16 | *Hog Wild BBQ Contest Corinth, MS | 28 / 36 (643.8288) | 27 (162.2400) | 26 (157.1088) | 24 (166.2628) | 31 (158.2172) |
| 2017-10-06 | *Roast N Boast BBQ Columbus, MS | 9 / 25 (673.0056) | 9 (168.5372) | 12 (166.8344) | 4 (174.8456) | 12 (162.7884) |
| 2017-03-17 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 62 / 68 (639.8172) | 54 (163.3828) | 23 (170.8456) | 63 (155.9660) | 63 (149.6228) |
| 2016-09-30 | Roast N Boast BBQ Columbus, MS | 16 / 27 (675.2912) | 22 (165.0856) | 6 (174.2744) | 22 (165.0740) | 12 (170.8572) |
| 2016-08-19 | Stand by Your Grill Fulton, MS | 38 / 40 (636.3428) | 36 (162.8228) | 28 (161.1088) | 30 (162.2400) | 39 (150.1712) |
| 2016-05-13 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS | 17 / 26 (668.4112) | 23 (162.8000) | 3 (174.2628) | 16 (170.2628) | 19 (161.0856) |
| 2015-10-02 | Roast N' Boast Columbus, MS | 14 / 26 (658.1024) | 16 (161.6684) | 15 (163.3828) | 20 (157.0512) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2015-08-14 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 37 / 57 (661.5772) | 47 (163.9428) | 49 (159.3944) | 11 (172.0000) | 35 (166.2400) |
| 2014-10-02 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 19 / 32 (666.1140) | 22 (166.2400) | 14 (169.6800) | 27 (162.2284) | 18 (167.9656) |
| 2014-08-15 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 45 / 65 (655.2456) | 61 (155.9084) | 27 (167.9772) | 40 (165.1200) | 33 (166.2400) |
| 2014-05-09 | Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS | 17 / 23 (652.4112) | 17 (161.6456) | 10 (164.0000) | 17 (163.3828) | 16 (163.3828) |
| 2013-10-04 | KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ Corinth, MS | 17 / 30 (662.6856) | 25 (162.7884) | 18 (164.5372) | 5 (172.5600) | 16 (162.8000) |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 41 / 62 (657.5888) | 24 (169.1428) | 41 (163.4060) | 56 (157.6456) | 29 (167.3944) |
| 2013-05-10 | Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS | 16 / 29 (650.2856) | 9 (167.4284) | 12 (166.8572) | 21 (159.9998) | 22 (156.0002) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #626 (130 pts) | #636 (145 pts) | #831 (90 pts) | #848 (80 pts) | #681 (120 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #826 (351 pts) | #815 (401 pts) | #1344 (171 pts) | #882 (346 pts) | #1016 (281 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #900 (336 pts) | #633 (586 pts) | #882 (386 pts) | #726 (496 pts) | #1057 (276 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |