HUNGOVER & HARD UP BBQ

HUNGOVER & HARD UP BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 7th of 46 at the Battle of the Brisket (2014). They finished #1168 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Hung Over & Hard Up BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1516

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 4, 2014

latest Apr 3, 2015 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1168

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

670.7540 / 720

Master · Battle of the Brisket

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Pork Ribs · Battle of the Brisket

Consistency

±11.74

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.86 · weakest Pork (159.96)

Road miles

120

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

655.49 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

670.7540 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.7540 at Battle of the Brisket — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 19, 2014

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

IN DEEP SAUCE ahead in 100% of their meetings

IN DEEP SAUCE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ROADKILL BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1168 (251 pts)	#1277 (241 pts)	#1066 (311 pts)	#1741 (146 pts)	#912 (371 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	0	0	170.2628	158.8228	165.40	top 46%
Pork Ribs	4	2	0	0	172.5600	163.9888	168.86	top 24%
Pork	4	0	0	0	163.9656	157.0856	159.96	top 69%
Brisket	4	1	1	1	171.4400	154.2744	161.27	top 48%

“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 state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	3	0	top 53%
KS	1	0	top 15%

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 175 finished ahead 129 times, behind 102

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

20152 milestones

Apr 3 Peak power rating (1516) Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full)
Apr 3 Most recent contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full)

20147 milestones

Apr 4 First tracked contest Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
Apr 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5372 Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
Sep 19 First call Battle of the Brisket
Sep 19 First category win (Brisket) Battle of the Brisket
Sep 19 First overall top-10 Battle of the Brisket
Sep 19 Career-best overall score670.7540 Battle of the Brisket
Sep 19 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Battle of the Brisket

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Battle of the Brisket	Sep 19, 2014
+3	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full)	Apr 3, 2015
+1.7	Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief	Apr 4, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-0.8	Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival	Sep 5, 2014

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0	0	0	100%	top 48%	92%	92%
2014	3	0	1	1	33%	top 43%	93.2%	90.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 3, 2015	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full) Pleasant Hill, MO	34 / 71 (662.1824)	23 (170.2628)	9 (171.4400)	58 (159.9312)	48 (160.5484)
Sep 19, 2014	Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS	7 / 46 (670.7540)	8 (169.6684)	4 (172.5600)	33 (157.0856)	1 (171.4400)
Sep 5, 2014	Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival 🏅 Butler, MO	26 / 43 (640.4916)	32 (158.8228)	20 (163.9888)	32 (158.8572)	23 (158.8228)
Apr 4, 2014	Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO	39 / 75 (648.5372)	46 (162.8572)	22 (167.4400)	35 (163.9656)	53 (154.2744)