A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Hill Billy BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Hill Billy BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SURVEYOR OF THE BBQ
SURVEYOR OF THE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 19 at the Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They are ranked #5235 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1457
peak 1457 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 12, 2015
latest Sep 6, 2019 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.96
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.61)
Road miles
224
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Purse competed for
$7,050
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
613.02 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
316.81 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #121 (244 pts) | #184 (129 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2054 (98 pts) | #1782 (138 pts) | #2071 (113 pts) | #2198 (83 pts) | #2241 (78 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1540 (147 pts) | #1685 (137 pts) | #1661 (147 pts) | #1368 (222 pts) | #1306 (217 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SURVEYOR OF THE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
119 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Level with SURVEYOR OF THE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,224 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,253 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before SURVEYOR OF THE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before SURVEYOR OF THE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9656 | 149.1088 | 157.98 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 135.9544 | 151.61 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.6172 | 149.6228 | 154.68 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 138.7316 | 152.36 | top 78% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 50% | Jun 9, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
5 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 32 times, behind 107
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jun 17, 2016 → Jun 9, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest
20152 milestones
- Career-best overall score625.1200 3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) 3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival
—5 milestones
- First tracked contest Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.7884 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 6, 2019 |
| -11.7 | 3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival | Jun 12, 2015 |
| -6.3 | Badger Brews & Que | Jul 31, 2015 |
| -6.2 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 9, 2019 |
| -6.1 | Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival | Jun 17, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 93% | 93% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 83% | 81.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 87% | 86.8% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2019 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 38 / 39 (582.0116) | 32 (156.5484) | 38 (135.9544) | 30 (150.7772) | 38 (138.7316) |
| Jun 9, 2019 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 16 / 22 (298.8236) | 19 (149.1088) | 14 (149.7148) | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Hog and Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival Oconomowoc, WI | 14 / 18 (623.7832) | 8 (165.7144) | 11 (161.6916) | 17 (149.6228) | 18 (146.7544) |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Badger Brews & Que Manitowoc, WI | 24 / 30 (621.1772) | 26 (153.7028) | 30 (141.7372) | 9 (164.6172) | 15 (161.1200) |
| Jun 12, 2015 | 3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival Oconomowoc, WI | 16 / 17 (625.1200) | 17 (150.8344) | 15 (157.7372) | 17 (153.7028) | 11 (162.8456) |
| — | Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Okauchee, WI | 5 / 19 (334.7884) | 2 (171.9656) | 9 (162.8228) | — | — |