WOBBLY HOGS BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4731

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1468

peak 1468 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-09-05

latest 2016-09-09

Best ToY finish

#725

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

657.6460 / 720

Master · Masters in May

Perfect 180s

Current form

641.63 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 622.21 (+19.43)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Chicken · Masters in May

Consistency

±42.48

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.64 · weakest Brisket (155.89)

Road miles

854

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi

Schedule strength

44%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)

Master avg

622.21 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead in 100% of their meetings

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.76 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 21%.

Brisket avg 155.89
Chicken avg 162.64
1 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has out-cooked them in 12 of 14 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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.

160 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

POP'S HOBO BBQ

#4739 of the rated field

1468 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1468

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-06-13

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WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?

#4759 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2022-09-08

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MO BBQ

#4757 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-06-30

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Mc Que It

#4744 of the rated field

1468 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1468

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after WOBBLY HOGS BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

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Grill on Grill Action

#4733 of the rated field

1468 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1468

No shared contest yet.

Level with WOBBLY HOGS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD

#4716 of the rated field

1468 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1506 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2022-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
CRASH TEST SMOKERS	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
FOX RIVER BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
PLASTERED PORK BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
5 FINGER BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
DD'S BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Hill Billy BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Freeman Brothers BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
T-MAC SMOKIN	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
FAT ANDY'S BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
FOUNDING FATHERS BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	3	0	173.1544	151.3712	162.64	top 56%
Pork Ribs	13	3	1	171.4632	142.8000	156.50	top 61%
Pork	14	3	0	172.5600	138.8000	158.35	top 59%
Brisket	14	1	1	169.1656	137.6228	155.89	top 65%

“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
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 70%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Puckaway Pigfest	3	19	0	top 68%	2016-09-09

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2014-09-05 → 2016-09-09

Busiest season 2016 7 contests

Contests a season 4.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 14 of 14 contests

Contests visited 12 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.64 · weakest Brisket (155.89)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 7 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 7% 1 of 14 contests

Master average 622.21 out of 720 · 14 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 204 207–412 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 854 14 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi

Schedule strength 1557 average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests

Power rating 1468 peak 1468 · #4731 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Sep 5 First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 5 First call Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 5 Peak power rating (1493) Puckaway Pigfest
2016
Apr 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6460 Masters in May
Apr 29 Career-best overall score657.6460 Masters in May
Apr 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1544 Masters in May
Jun 3 First overall top-10 Poor Que
Jun 3 10th tracked contest Poor Que
Sep 9 Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.6	Masters in May	2016-04-29
+8.9	Poor Que	2016-06-03
+2.2	Badger Brews & Que	2015-07-31
+1.2	Puckaway Pigfest	2015-09-11
+0.6	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay	2015-07-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	BBQ 4 ASTOP	2016-05-20
-12.1	The Masters In May - The Classic	2015-05-02
-7.5	Puckaway Pigfest	2014-09-05
-6.7	5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque	2016-08-26
-5.6	The Masters In May	2015-05-01

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	7	1	57%	top 65%	91.3%	86.2%
2015	6	0	33%	top 71%	89%	86.8%
2014	1	0	100%	top 78%	85.9%	85.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-09-09	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	25 / 37 (641.0516)	36 (153.6916)	10 (165.6800)	7 (168.6172)	32 (153.0628)
2016-08-26	5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque Washington Island, WI	35 / 42 (626.7088)	17 (166.8688)	27 (158.2744)	40 (149.0856)	34 (152.4800)
2016-07-09	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat Green Bay, WI	37 / 55 (649.1088)	46 (159.4172)	31 (162.8572)	10 (172.5600)	45 (154.2744)
2016-07-08	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat Green Bay, WI	47 / 66 (640.4344)	19 (170.8572)	51 (155.3944)	32 (165.0972)	58 (149.0856)
2016-06-03	Poor Que Montello, WI	9 / 30 (650.8684)	8 (168.0456)	8 (161.7028)	13 (164.0000)	15 (157.1200)
2016-05-20	BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI	28 / 28 (477.6456)	25 (160.5256)	—	14 (161.1200)	21 (156.0000)
2016-04-29	Masters in May Appleton, WI	19 / 59 (657.6460)	6 (173.1544)	44 (153.0972)	9 (171.4400)	33 (159.9544)
2015-09-11	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	19 / 33 (623.4744)	9 (161.1428)	30 (142.8000)	12 (160.0688)	16 (159.4628)
2015-07-31	Badger Brews & Que Manitowoc, WI	17 / 30 (638.8224)	16 (166.2856)	22 (151.4056)	27 (151.9656)	3 (169.1656)
2015-07-10	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI	47 / 80 (641.0512)	56 (158.2856)	58 (155.9656)	51 (159.9428)	20 (166.8572)
2015-05-16	Madison Magazine BBQ Festival Madison, WI	23 / 29 (612.9828)	13 (163.9428)	22 (149.6800)	29 (138.8000)	16 (160.5600)
2015-05-02	The Masters In May - The Classic Appleton, WI	46 / 47 (611.2684)	46 (151.3712)	47 (145.6572)	31 (158.8456)	37 (155.3944)
2015-05-01	The Masters In May Appleton, WI	43 / 57 (621.6000)	40 (157.1200)	23 (160.5716)	50 (152.5256)	46 (151.3828)
2014-09-05	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	31 / 40 (618.2176)	17 (166.3088)	3 (171.4632)	39 (142.8228)	40 (137.6228)

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	#725 (523 pts)	#587 (688 pts)	#760 (525 pts)	#518 (788 pts)	#794 (478 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#806 (427 pts)	#702 (537 pts)	#914 (387 pts)	#878 (412 pts)	#593 (637 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2620 (65 pts)	#2001 (105 pts)	#1275 (240 pts)	#2648 (65 pts)	#2630 (65 pts)