PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS

PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 14th of 31 at the Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic (2016). They are ranked #4212 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,212

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1479

peak 1479 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 8, 2015

latest Oct 15, 2021 · 6.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1125

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

682.7656 / 720

Master · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.61 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 656.10 (-1.49)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Consistency

±16.61

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.04 · weakest Brisket (161.66)

Road miles

704

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

656.10 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

682.7656 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.7656 at Harper County Bullseye BBQ — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 14, 2016

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 52%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 52%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

BARREL BOYS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BARREL BOYS BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.37 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 161.66
Pork Ribs avg 166.04
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BRACKEN RACKS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Harper County Bullseye BBQ (Oct 15, 2021).

last seen Oct 19, 2018
back Oct 15, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

BARREL BOYS BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BARREL BOYS BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

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The metronome

±2.31% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.31% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.1% of a perfect score
10 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
2021 ↗	Master	#1125 (86 pts)	#1104 (106 pts)	#1138 (106 pts)	#1164 (86 pts)	#1104 (96 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1776 (98 pts)	#1312 (183 pts)	#1924 (78 pts)	#2507 (58 pts)	#1477 (153 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1443 (179 pts)	#1533 (179 pts)	#1318 (234 pts)	#1309 (234 pts)	#1398 (204 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1129 (276 pts)	#1180 (281 pts)	#1023 (346 pts)	#979 (381 pts)	#1403 (211 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1840 (115 pts)	#1669 (140 pts)	#1266 (240 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1909 (115 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

LAZY 2 BBQ

#4,215 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1479

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2015

⚔ Head-to-head

DTC SMOKERS

#4,200 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1479

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Apr 13, 2019

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COWBOYS SMOKIN HOT BBQ

#4,199 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1510

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 7 years before PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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62nd St BBQ

#4,228 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1478

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2024

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Stock Car BBQ

#4,227 of the rated field

1478 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

Level with PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2023

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QUE TALKIN' TO ME

#4,219 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1504

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WICHITA SWINEMEN	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BARREL BOYS BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
IMAT BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN PISTOLS BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BOB'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	177.7144	157.6800	165.51	top 63%
Pork Ribs	10	2	174.2628	156.5484	166.04	top 54%
Pork	10	2	171.9656	145.6572	162.88	top 61%
Brisket	10	1	173.1200	149.6344	161.66	top 69%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 66%
Large (40+)	2	top 65%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Harper County Bullseye BBQ	4	16	0	top 64%	Oct 15, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 250 finished ahead 131 times, behind 261

Longest layoff 3 yrs Oct 19, 2018 → Oct 15, 2021

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

20212 milestones

Oct 15 10th tracked contest Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 15 Most recent contest Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20181 milestone

Oct 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20163 milestones

Jun 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7200 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic
Oct 14 Career-best overall score682.7656 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 14 Peak power rating (1493) Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20152 milestones

May 8 First tracked contest Wheatstock Grill Off
May 8 First call Wheatstock Grill Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.9	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 14, 2016
+5.8	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 19, 2018
+5.2	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic	Jun 10, 2016
+1.3	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 20, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 15, 2021
-9.2	Smokin on the Smoky	Aug 7, 2015
-8.3	Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off	Mar 10, 2017
-7.4	Wheatstock Grill Off	May 8, 2015
-2.3	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer)	Apr 7, 2017

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0%	top 100%	91.3%	91.3%
2018	1	100%	top 52%	93.7%	93.7%
2017	3	0%	top 74%	92.6%	89.9%
2016	3	67%	top 52%	94.8%	92.8%
2015	2	50%	top 83%	89.8%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 15, 2021	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	16 / 16 (657.0172)	12 (168.5372)	12 (169.6800)	16 (153.1200)	14 (165.6800)
Oct 19, 2018	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	17 / 33 (674.7888)	5 (177.7144)	21 (162.8344)	25 (161.1200)	8 (173.1200)
Oct 20, 2017	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	29 / 47 (666.6972)	41 (162.8000)	14 (170.8228)	14 (171.4172)	34 (161.6572)
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	68 / 100 (646.6740)	45 (167.3944)	77 (156.5484)	47 (166.8112)	73 (155.9200)
Mar 10, 2017	Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS	31 / 34 (627.8860)	27 (159.9772)	30 (156.5716)	33 (145.6572)	20 (165.6800)
Oct 14, 2016	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	16 / 38 (682.7656)	11 (172.5600)	12 (174.2628)	10 (170.8228)	26 (165.1200)
Sep 9, 2016	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	26 / 38 (651.2916)	34 (157.6800)	23 (164.5488)	20 (165.6800)	28 (163.3828)
Jun 10, 2016	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	14 / 31 (670.7200)	18 (165.0972)	8 (169.7144)	7 (171.9656)	18 (163.9428)
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin on the Smoky Salina, KS	29 / 33 (636.9372)	30 (157.6916)	23 (162.8116)	24 (163.9312)	30 (152.5028)
May 8, 2015	Wheatstock Grill Off Abilene, KS	25 / 32 (646.2060)	20 (165.6684)	6 (172.5944)	26 (158.3088)	28 (149.6344)

PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)