GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ
GRIDIRON HOGS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 6th of 16 at the Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship (2013). They finished #2576 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 10, 2013
latest Jul 10, 2015 · 2.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.84
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.99 · weakest Brisket (146.53)
Road miles
344
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
627.67 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #2576 (67 pts) | #1653 (152 pts) | #1991 (107 pts) | #2137 (82 pts) | #2589 (67 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 155.9998 | 161.99 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 141.0744 | 158.85 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 156 | 160.30 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 137.0628 | 146.53 | top 87% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
123
finished ahead 33 times, behind 97
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Mar 28, 2014 → Jul 10, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
20141 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4056 Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- First call Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2860 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score658.2860 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1495) Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | Jul 19, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | May 10, 2013 |
| -7.1 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | Jul 10, 2015 |
| -5.2 | Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival | Mar 28, 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 | 0% | top 89% | 84% | 84% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 91.4% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2015 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA | 16 / 18 (604.9828) | 14 (156.5712) | 18 (141.0744) | 17 (156.5372) | 17 (150.8000) |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY | 30 / 42 (638.2628) | 9 (171.4056) | 17 (165.7600) | 22 (164.0344) | 42 (137.0628) |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA | 6 / 16 (658.2860) | 8 (163.9656) | 4 (168.5716) | 8 (164.6172) | 9 (161.1316) |
| May 10, 2013 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 49 / 58 (609.1428) | 47 (155.9998) | 31 (160) | 47 (156) | 57 (137.1430) |