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Son of a Boar BBQ WI

Power ranking

#48
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1768
peak 1783 · rated over 62 contests

Best runs

9
straight top-10s

Contests

70
in the data

First seen

2020-09-04
latest 2026-06-13

Best ToY finish

#29
Master 2024

Grand champs

5
3 reserve

Category wins

17
40 podiums

Overall top-10s

39
of 70 contests

Avg finish

top 26%
overall standings

Best overall

703.3944 / 720

Perfect 180s

8 🔥

Current form

686.19 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 683.93 (+2.26)

Walk rate

76%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

9
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±13.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 172.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.08)

Road miles

12853
mi across 70 mapped stops · furthest 641 mi

Schedule strength

78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$674K
listed at 58 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

5 🏅
GCs in 54 state-championship entries

Master avg

683.93 / 720
61 Master contests · 5 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Son of a Boar BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

JANKY LEG BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 14 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SIX BUTT BBQ in 32 of their 34 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

MN Masters BBQ is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 4.5484 points of the Grand Championship at 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship (2025-03-21).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 59-team field at Minnesota in May (Masters).

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 16% across 12 contests, versus top 26% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Minnesota in May (Masters) (2022-05-13) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ.

Teams like this (closest power rating, WI first)

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 50 21 29 42% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 48 21 27 44% ⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 41 18 23 44% ⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS 40 27 13 68% ⚔ compare
UGLY BABY BBQ 35 28 7 80% ⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE 35 27 8 77% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 35 17 18 49% ⚔ compare
SIX BUTT BBQ 34 32 2 94% ⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD 33 24 9 73% ⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 33 22 11 67% ⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ 33 20 13 61% ⚔ compare
Ash Kickin' BBQ 31 19 12 61% ⚔ compare
Phoenix BBQ 30 25 5 83% ⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ 30 25 5 83% ⚔ compare
Good Grefe! 28 23 5 82% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 63 28 9 16 180.0000 🔥 154.8000 172.75 top 33%
Pork Ribs 67 25 3 6 178.2972 150.1944 169.08 top 42%
Pork 62 36 3 12 180.0000 🔥 158.8000 172.42 top 32%
Brisket 62 22 2 6 179.4400 151.3716 169.57 top 39%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
WI201top 30%
IA161top 24%
MN133top 19%
KS70top 32%
TN40top 35%
ND20top 8%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 20%
Medium (20–39)283top 27%
Large (40+)332top 25%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 6 1 1 top 30% 2026-06-13
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 6 3 0 top 22% 2026-06-12
Minnesota in May 4 4 0 top 11% 2026-05-08
Iowa State BBQ Championship 4 6 0 top 32% 2026-04-03
Smokin' in the Bogs 3 4 0 top 51% 2022-09-02
MN Masters BBQ 2 1 2 top 4% 2025-08-22
King of the Corn 2 1 1 top 7% 2024-05-17
Minnesota in May (Masters) 2 1 1 top 8% 2022-05-13
ND BBQ Championship 2 2 0 top 8% 2026-05-01
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) 2 12 0 top 37% 2025-10-10
Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 2 3 0 top 30% 2025-06-27
7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) 2 17 0 top 33% 2025-05-25
Puckaway Pigfest 2 10 0 top 39% 2024-09-06
Smokin in Steele 2 9 0 top 48% 2023-06-02

The story so far

Milestones

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.3Minnesota in May (Masters)2022-05-13
+14.4King of the Corn2023-05-19
+14Puckaway Pigfest2021-09-10
+13.3Smokin' in the Bogs2022-09-02
+12.8Minnesota in May2021-05-07

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.1Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2026-06-13
-13.6Smokin in Steele2023-06-02
-11.5Iowa State BBQ Championship2025-04-04
-7.6Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 12021-06-11
-6.8Smokin in the Bogs2020-09-04

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20265041 80% top 25% 96.1% 95.3%
202516194 81% top 22% 97.5% 95.9%
202414297 79% top 21% 96.9% 95.6%
202318174 67% top 28% 97.7% 95.3%
202210171 80% top 25% 96.1% 94.6%
20216030 83% top 37% 94.9% 92.8%
20201000 0% top 79% 86.1% 86.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 24 / 37 (679.8856) 23 (170.8344) 19 (170.2628) 16 (170.8228) 25 (167.9656)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 8 / 40 (679.8744) 3 (177.7144) 18 (168.5372) 27 (163.9428) 8 (169.6800)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 9 / 77 (691.9084) 19 (175.4056) 27 (170.8344) 44 (169.6684) 4 (176.0000)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 9 / 71 (689.0972) 37 (168.5716) 9 (175.4056) 11 (174.8572) 22 (170.2628)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 6 / 42 (690.2056) 38 (166.2400) 12 (172.0000) 13 (173.1084) 1 (178.8572)
2025-10-10 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 12 / 90 (695.9772) 68 (168.5372) 14 (176.5600) 12 (177.1772) 23 (173.7028)
2025-08-22 MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN 1 / 26 (699.3944) 2 (177.7144) 1 (178.2972) 2 (178.2972) 13 (165.0856)
2025-07-25 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 6 / 31 (682.2172) 12 (170.8228) 2 (176.0116) 10 (170.2628) 17 (165.1200)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA 3 / 15 (697.0744) 3 (175.4172) 1 (177.7144) 11 (169.6800) 5 (174.2628)
2025-06-20 Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 2 / 25 (699.9312) 2 (177.1428) 14 (169.6684) 6 (175.4172) 2 (177.7028)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 9 / 36 (687.3256) 9 (175.4056) 8 (173.1200) 16 (169.1200) 14 (169.6800)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 4 / 36 (689.6456) 9 (173.7028) 13 (169.6800) 9 (173.7028) 9 (172.5600)
2025-05-25 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN 35 / 70 (692.4684) 45 (171.9772) 31 (173.1200) 57 (169.6684) 5 (177.7028)
2025-05-24 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) Lebanon, TN 17 / 106 (697.6688) 15 (176.5716) 69 (169.6916) 3 (178.2972) 41 (173.1084)
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN 8 (176.5600)
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN 27 (170.8228)
2025-05-16 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 13 / 33 (683.3260) 10 (175.4172) 25 (169.6916) 22 (167.3944) 14 (170.8228)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 10 / 58 (690.8000) 36 (168.5256) 39 (166.8572) 1 (180.0000) 8 (175.4172)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 29 / 49 (670.1828) 21 (170.8344) 41 (161.0856) 12 (172.5600) 29 (165.7028)
2025-03-21 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS 2 / 70 (701.7028) 2 (180.0000) 34 (170.2972) 2 (180.0000) 24 (171.4056)
2025-02-21 Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN 10 / 42 (682.2172) 1 (178.8572) 31 (162.8228) 7 (172.5600) 23 (167.9772)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS 102 / 169 (682.1600) 25 (176.5600) 160 (162.8000) 43 (174.2628) 113 (168.5372)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 151 / 444 (683.9084) 72 (176.0000) 248 (168.5372) 46 (176.0000) 306 (163.3712)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-09-27 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 2 / 47 (693.6916) 1 (178.8572) 10 (169.7144) 5 (173.1200) 10 (172.0000)
2024-09-20 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 11 / 30 (681.6000) 28 (162.2168) 8 (171.9888) 9 (173.1200) 7 (174.2744)
2024-09-06 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 19 / 37 (662.6744) 18 (169.6800) 35 (150.1944) 10 (168.5372) 7 (174.2628)
2024-08-23 MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN 1 / 27 (697.6688) 4 (174.2744) 18 (163.9544) 1 (180.0000) 1 (179.4400)
2024-07-26 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 8 / 28 (689.0860) 2 (178.8572) 9 (170.8572) 5 (177.7144) 21 (161.6572)
2024-06-14 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 3 / 25 (695.3600) 11 (170.8228) 8 (173.1316) 2 (176.0000) 3 (175.4056)
2024-06-08 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 1 / 37 (696.5372) 1 (180.0000) 5 (175.4400) 25 (169.1316) 12 (171.9656)
2024-06-07 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 3 / 41 (694.2172) 1 (177.7028) 20 (166.8344) 3 (176.5600) 8 (173.1200)
2024-05-17 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 4 / 36 (687.3832) 1 (178.8572) 5 (172.5716) 7 (175.4172) 30 (160.5372)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 4 / 58 (695.3828) 34 (170.8228) 4 (175.4400) 6 (176.5600) 14 (172.5600)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 6 / 42 (686.7656) 1 (180.0000) 20 (167.3828) 10 (173.7028) 29 (165.6800)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 7 / 21 (683.8972) 1 (178.8572) 10 (167.3828) 10 (170.2744) 12 (167.3828)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 24 (162.8116)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 56 / 487 (691.3140) 82 (175.4056) 194 (170.8228) 26 (177.7028) 234 (167.3828)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS 85 / 211 (686.2056) 140 (169.1084) 18 (177.1544) 133 (169.1316) 102 (170.8112)
2023-08-12 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS 23 / 62 (697.0744) 16 (176.5600) 7 (177.7144) 58 (166.2400) 12 (176.5600)
2023-08-11 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS 34 / 90 (689.6572) 42 (172.5600) 9 (176.5716) 44 (171.9772) 54 (168.5484)
2023-07-28 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 7 / 32 (687.9316) 5 (175.4172) 17 (168.5600) 8 (174.2744) 13 (169.6800)
2023-07-07 Art of the Que 🏅 Spencer, IA 11 / 28 (678.7200) 21 (167.3828) 19 (167.3944) 2 (178.8572) 18 (165.0856)
2023-06-16 Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 5 / 27 (688.4916) 1 (180.0000) 10 (168.5372) 3 (177.7144) 20 (162.2400)
2023-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 6 / 40 (688.5140) 12 (174.8572) 9 (170.8456) 7 (174.2856) 19 (168.5256)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 7 / 43 (687.3140) 15 (170.8228) 13 (170.8228) 8 (174.8456) 15 (170.8228)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 16 (166.8688)
2023-06-02 Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 20 / 29 (660.4804) 20 (165.1200) 29 (154.8116) 22 (162.8344) 2 (177.7144)
2023-05-19 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 1 / 45 (703.3944) 1 (180.0000) 10 (173.1200) 4 (177.7144) 9 (172.5600)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 4 / 59 (687.9428) 8 (174.8456) 39 (164.5372) 1 (177.7372) 16 (170.8228)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN 21 (166.8344)
2023-03-31 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 18 / 47 (677.0744) 39 (163.3944) 10 (173.1200) 24 (167.9772) 9 (172.5828)
2022-10-14 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 50 / 83 (673.0396) 14 (174.8572) 13 (175.4056) 72 (162.2284) 70 (160.5484)
2022-09-09 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 10 / 38 (684.4684) 12 (172.5484) 5 (174.2628) 6 (175.4056) 27 (162.2516)
2022-09-02 Smokin' in the Bogs 🏅 Warrens, WI 4 / 23 (682.7888) 6 (170.8228) 2 (172.5716) 5 (171.4172) 11 (167.9772)
2022-07-15 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 19 / 40 (669.0056) 11 (173.1084) 22 (166.2628) 37 (158.8000) 9 (170.8344)
2022-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 6 / 37 (685.0284) 10 (174.2628) 16 (167.9772) 7 (174.2628) 15 (168.5256)
2022-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 4 / 39 (691.9428) 7 (171.9772) 3 (174.2972) 9 (173.1084) 5 (172.5600)
2022-06-03 Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) 🏅 Owatonna, MN 9 / 33 (681.0168) 12 (170.8228) 4 (171.9656) 5 (174.2628) 19 (163.9656)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN 1 / 59 (690.2056) 4 (174.2628) 1 (175.4400) 6 (175.4172) 34 (165.0856)
2022-04-29 Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI 9 / 43 (674.1488) 26 (165.0972) 22 (165.1088) 3 (176.5600) 14 (167.3828)
2022-04-29 Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI 18 (154.7772)
2021-09-10 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 3 / 30 (677.6572) 2 (175.4172) 12 (164.0000) 2 (172.5600) 12 (165.6800)
2021-09-03 Smokin' in the Bogs 🏅 Warrens, WI 14 / 25 (655.8516) 20 (157.6572) 15 (162.8000) 9 (170.2744) 7 (165.1200)
2021-08-20 13th Annual Big Island BBQ 🏅 Albert Lea, MN 7 / 35 (683.3716) 21 (167.4172) 19 (166.2516) 7 (173.1084) 3 (176.5944)
2021-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI 26 / 45 (659.9084) 25 (167.4056) 36 (161.0972) 24 (162.8344) 15 (168.5712)
2021-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI 34 / 52 (653.6224) 38 (163.3828) 8 (169.1656) 42 (161.6684) 39 (159.4056)
2021-05-07 Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN 8 / 60 (678.7540) 7 (174.2628) 31 (163.9656) 19 (169.6684) 9 (170.8572)
2020-09-04 Smokin in the Bogs 🏅 Warrens, WI 22 / 28 (619.7948) 26 (154.8000) 24 (153.6572) 20 (159.9660) 21 (151.3716)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #226 (685 pts) #342 (515 pts) #365 (515 pts) #332 (475 pts) #193 (785 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #54 (1915 pts) #38 (1960 pts) #143 (1417 pts) #46 (1872 pts) #126 (1405 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #29 (2150 pts) #19 (2155 pts) #121 (1405 pts) #32 (1875 pts) #96 (1490 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #77 (1622 pts) #69 (1662 pts) #156 (1289 pts) #58 (1702 pts) #130 (1290 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #129 (1381 pts) #192 (1111 pts) #99 (1501 pts) #133 (1311 pts) #260 (881 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #251 (775 pts) #294 (695 pts) #349 (585 pts) #257 (770 pts) #237 (825 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #839 (68 pts) #1121 (53 pts) #1111 (58 pts) #853 (78 pts) #855 (73 pts)

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