High-water mark
669.1428
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.1428 at Valley Center Spring Fling — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 31, 2013
HEDGE HOGS
HEDGE HOGS is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 8th of 34 at the Valley Center Spring Fling (2013). They finished #2048 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 31, 2013
latest Jun 19, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.85 · weakest Brisket (160.56)
Road miles
59
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
663.10 / 720
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2048 (77 pts) | #2203 (62 pts) | #1770 (122 pts) | #1977 (107 pts) | #2106 (77 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 158.8228 | 165.41 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 168.5600 | 168.85 | top 32% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 166.8572 | 168.28 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 159.9772 | 160.56 | top 59% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
52
finished ahead 33 times, behind 26
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
May 31, 2013 → Jun 19, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Eureka BBQ Bash
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Valley Center Spring Fling
- First call Valley Center Spring Fling
- First overall top-10 Valley Center Spring Fling
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1428 Valley Center Spring Fling
- Career-best overall score669.1428 Valley Center Spring Fling
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 Valley Center Spring Fling
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2015 | Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS | 20 / 27 (657.0628) | 23 (158.8228) | 11 (168.5600) | 14 (169.7028) | 20 (159.9772) |
| May 31, 2013 | Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS | 8 / 34 (669.1428) | 5 (172) | 8 (169.1428) | 12 (166.8572) | 15 (161.1428) |