HANGING BELLIES BBQ

HANGING BELLIES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 6th of 17 at the Craze Fest (2017). They are ranked #4634 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,634

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1470

peak 1504 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 19, 2015

latest May 25, 2019 · 3.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#851

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

18% of 11 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

647.9428 / 720

Master · Craze Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

616.14 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 622.30 (-6.16)

Walk rate

73%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.3088

Pork Ribs · Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic

Consistency

±20.99

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 158.27 · weakest Pork (152.23)

Road miles

1,337

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

622.30 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HEAVY D BBQ has finished one call ahead of HANGING BELLIES BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 48%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 48%

A tough matchup

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

TRANQUIL CARNIVORES ahead in 90% of their meetings

TRANQUIL CARNIVORES has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.04 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 45%.

Pork avg 152.23
Pork Ribs avg 158.27
2 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOYMEETSGRILL in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GOOD SMOKE BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

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A June team

Top 57% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 57% across 3 contests, versus top 66% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 66% the rest of the year

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1081 (242 pts)	#963 (327 pts)	#874 (392 pts)	#1114 (257 pts)	#924 (347 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#851 (430 pts)	#986 (385 pts)	#573 (700 pts)	#985 (375 pts)	#948 (380 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1739 (125 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1416 (210 pts)	#1476 (205 pts)	#1142 (285 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to HANGING BELLIES BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Big Pappa's Smokin' BBQ

#4,638 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HANGING BELLIES BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HANGING BELLIES BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 28, 2016

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE RIDER

#4,647 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1470

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen May 14, 2021

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BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE

#4,644 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2021

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HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ

#4,654 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2018

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STINKY PIGGY BBQ

#4,643 of the rated field

1470 power rating

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

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before HANGING BELLIES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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3 B'S BBQ

#4,623 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1470

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2022
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TRANQUIL CARNIVORES	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
MEAN MOE'S BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
Cousin's Catering and BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
THE GOOD CUE CREW	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BEHIND BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY'N'CLEAVERS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Q'N CANUCKS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
JACK9 BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BOYMEETSGRILL	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
RED VALLEY BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Sweet Heat BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	0	168	141.6228	156.91	top 68%
Pork Ribs	11	5	1	2	174.3088	145.0628	158.27	top 51%
Pork	11	2	0	0	166.8572	138.1712	152.23	top 70%
Brisket	11	3	0	0	168.0800	135.4404	154.89	top 56%

“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)	2	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 67%
Large (40+)	5	top 66%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NY	5	top 65%
ON	3	top 68%
CA	1	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ in The Valley	2	17	0	top 75%	May 4, 2018
Oinktoberfest	2	25	0	top 63%	Sep 22, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 5 of 11 contests · 3 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 9 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 169 finished ahead 129 times, behind 235

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

20191 milestone

May 25 Most recent contest Capital BBQ Festival

20182 milestones

Jul 13 10th tracked contest Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic
Jul 13 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.3088 Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic

20174 milestones

Jun 3 First overall top-10 Craze Fest
Jun 3 Career-best overall score647.9428 Craze Fest
Jun 9 First category win (Pork Ribs) Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festival
Sep 22 Peak power rating (1504) Oinktoberfest

20161 milestone

Aug 6 First call Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship

20151 milestone

Sep 19 First tracked contest Oinktoberfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.3	Craze Fest	Jun 3, 2017
+3.6	Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festival	Jun 9, 2017
+2.5	Oinktoberfest	Sep 22, 2017
+1.3	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff	Sep 23, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Capital BBQ Festival	May 25, 2019
-10	Ayr Charity BBQ	Jun 22, 2018
-8.6	Oinktoberfest	Sep 19, 2015
-7.9	BBQ in The Valley	May 4, 2018
-4.5	Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic	Jul 13, 2018

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 93%	81.4%	81.4%
2018	3	0	0	100%	top 83%	88.6%	86.4%
2017	4	2	1	75%	top 48%	90%	88.9%
2016	2	0	0	100%	top 55%	87.7%	85.4%
2015	1	0	0	0%	top 79%	83.8%	83.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 25, 2019	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	40 / 43 (586.1596)	39 (146.2740)	41 (147.4172)	43 (138.1712)	31 (154.2972)
Jul 13, 2018	Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	18 / 24 (638.1028)	19 (160.4912)	2 (174.3088)	22 (151.3828)	18 (151.9200)
Jun 22, 2018	Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario	16 / 18 (597.0864)	5 (168)	16 (148.5488)	15 (145.0972)	16 (135.4404)
May 4, 2018	BBQ in The Valley Jamestown, NY	21 / 25 (630.2744)	19 (158.8456)	24 (145.0628)	15 (158.2860)	5 (168.0800)
Sep 22, 2017	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	25 / 53 (629.0628)	35 (158.8572)	34 (155.9656)	37 (153.7028)	20 (160.5372)
Jun 9, 2017	Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festival Drayton Ontario	10 / 22 (647.2800)	15 (161.6568)	1 (171.4172)	12 (161.6916)	18 (152.5144)
Jun 3, 2017	Craze Fest Georgina, ON	6 / 17 (647.9428)	12 (161.1312)	5 (166.8572)	7 (162.2744)	9 (157.6800)
May 5, 2017	BBQ In the Valley Jamestown, NY	17 / 26 (636.9828)	11 (166.8572)	4 (172.5600)	24 (143.3484)	18 (154.2172)
Sep 23, 2016	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY	28 / 54 (631.3488)	51 (141.6228)	24 (156.5944)	9 (166.8572)	8 (166.2744)
Aug 6, 2016	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship Ottawa, CA	24 / 41 (597.7604)	36 (142.2516)	9 (156.5944)	32 (143.4744)	11 (155.4400)
Sep 19, 2015	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	41 / 52 (603.2572)	21 (160)	47 (145.6456)	41 (150.2628)	41 (147.3488)

HANGING BELLIES BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

A June team

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)