STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG

STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 22 at the Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (). They are ranked #1656 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOT DIGGITY HOG” and “Steamboat BBQ/Hot Diggity Hog”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,656

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1554

peak 1558 · rated over 16 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 17, 2014

latest Sep 23, 2022 · 7.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#739

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

28% of 18 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

688.4912 / 720

Master · Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.68 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.42 (+12.26)

Walk rate

72%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork Ribs · Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±12.97

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.59 · weakest Chicken (162.73)

Road miles

1,583

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 281 mi

Schedule strength

77%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)

Purse competed for

$48K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

656.42 / 720

16 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

72% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 72% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

688.4912 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 688.4912 at Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 24, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE SMOKE HUNTERS has finished one call ahead of STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG DADDY OOWEE SMOKIN BONES BBQ in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off (Sep 24, 2021).

last seen Oct 18, 2019
back Sep 24, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 10 shared pork ribs entries lost

BIG "E" BBQ ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG "E" BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared pork ribs entries.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) ().

22-team field

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The metronome

±2.01% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.01% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
18 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	#739 (185 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#617 (285 pts)	#826 (165 pts)	#884 (145 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1814 (80 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#1898 (80 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#1066 (260 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#922 (377 pts)	#1319 (232 pts)	#722 (552 pts)	#1004 (362 pts)	#873 (442 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1761 (123 pts)	#1584 (178 pts)	#2965 (53 pts)	#1602 (178 pts)	#1698 (148 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG, each with one reason worth a look.

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

T-BAUM BBQ

#1,662 of the rated field

1554 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1556

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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A BOY NAMED QUE

#1,657 of the rated field

1554 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1554

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 37 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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FAT WALLY'S FIREHOUSE BBQ

#1,659 of the rated field

1554 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1566

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2022

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FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE

#1,661 of the rated field

1554 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1563

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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Hillbilly Hoggers

#1,655 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1567

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 6, 2025

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Hog's Plan BBQ

#1,660 of the rated field

1554 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1554

They turned up 5 years after STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
SMOKE FREAKS	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKE HUNTERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Risky Brisket	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BILLY RAY BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
QUAU	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
CHANNABILLY BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BIG DADDY OOWEE SMOKIN BONES BBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
RACK MASTERS BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
HOG CALL BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
CARNIVORE'S PARADISE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	3	0	2	174.2856	142.7772	162.73	top 59%
Pork Ribs	18	8	1	1	177.7028	155.9316	165.59	top 43%
Pork	16	3	0	0	173.1084	151.9312	164.11	top 54%
Brisket	16	5	0	1	177.1428	153.6916	164.91	top 43%

“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
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
IL	12	top 41%
WI	2	top 29%
IN	2	top 60%
MO	2	top 92%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)	4	16	top 51%	May 26, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	11	top 60%	Jul 14, 2017
MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC	2	26	top 92%	Nov 8, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 12 of 18 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 13 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 370 finished ahead 428 times, behind 334

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Oct 18, 2019 → Sep 24, 2021

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

20221 milestone

Sep 23 Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard

20214 milestones

Sep 24 First category win (Pork Ribs) Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off
Sep 24 Career-best overall score688.4912 Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off
Sep 24 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off
Sep 24 Peak power rating (1558) Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off

20171 milestone

May 27 10th tracked contest RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)

—5 milestones

First tracked contest Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
First call Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
First overall top-10 Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
First overall podium Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.9772 Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off	Sep 24, 2021
+13.2	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	Oct 20, 2017
+10.3	Red, White, and BBQ Day 1	May 24, 2019
+9.9	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1)	May 26, 2017
+9.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 15, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC	Nov 8, 2014
-7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 14, 2017
-5.4	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC	Nov 7, 2014
-3.7	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard	Sep 23, 2022
-2.1	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)	May 27, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	2	2	0	100%	top 16%	95.6%	94.3%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 72%	92.1%	92.1%
2021	1	1	1	100%	top 13%	95.6%	95.6%
2019	2	1	0	100%	top 31%	93.2%	92%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 46%	92.7%	91.6%
2017	4	1	0	75%	top 52%	92.4%	90.7%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 39%	92%	92%
2015	2	0	0	100%	top 48%	90.5%	90.2%
2014	3	0	0	33%	top 78%	90.6%	89.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 23, 2022	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	33 / 46 (662.7656)	31 (167.3828)	35 (162.8456)	28 (167.9772)	28 (164.5600)
Sep 24, 2021	Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	5 / 39 (688.4912)	26 (163.9772)	1 (177.7028)	7 (173.1084)	9 (173.7028)
Oct 18, 2019	Best of the Midwest 🏅 Union Grove, WI	21 / 52 (653.5424)	36 (160.5256)	21 (163.9428)	49 (151.9312)	2 (177.1428)
May 24, 2019	Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 🏅 Westmont, IL	9 / 40 (671.2916)	16 (166.2516)	5 (168.5488)	18 (166.2284)	9 (170.2628)
May 26, 2018	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL	20 / 60 (667.3260)	27 (167.4172)	23 (167.3944)	18 (170.2744)	32 (162.2400)
May 25, 2018	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) Westmont, IL	29 / 49 (651.8972)	35 (161.6800)	6 (168.5600)	43 (153.6572)	12 (168)
Oct 20, 2017	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI	9 / 52 (665.6112)	26 (161.6684)	4 (172.5600)	19 (166.8228)	19 (164.5600)
Jul 14, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	22 / 27 (647.9200)	26 (153.0972)	21 (161.7028)	15 (164.5600)	5 (168.5600)
May 27, 2017	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL	41 / 59 (639.8056)	42 (160.5028)	36 (161.0972)	46 (158.8000)	32 (159.4056)
May 26, 2017	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) Westmont, IL	16 / 40 (657.6572)	37 (154.2628)	4 (171.4056)	15 (165.7144)	14 (166.2744)
Jul 15, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	11 / 28 (662.7316)	5 (170.8572)	25 (155.9316)	5 (169.1200)	8 (166.8228)
Oct 16, 2015	10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL	20 / 35 (647.9084)	26 (158.8112)	10 (168.0116)	18 (165.0856)	22 (156)
Sep 11, 2015	Windy City BBQ Classic Chicago, IL	24 / 61 (651.3144)	27 (164.5256)	30 (162.2400)	10 (170.8572)	40 (153.6916)
Nov 8, 2014	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC St. James, MO	26 / 27 (650.7316)	19 (168.5256)	26 (158.2516)	27 (159.9544)	23 (164)
Nov 7, 2014	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC St. James, MO	27 / 31 (631.2800)	30 (142.7772)	24 (162.8228)	21 (166.2628)	26 (159.4172)
Oct 17, 2014	9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL	21 / 42 (652.4684)	29 (160.5600)	4 (172.5944)	31 (155.3484)	15 (163.9656)
—	Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL	7 / 38 (502.8456)	2 (174.2856)	23 (158.2628)	—	—
—	Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL	3 / 22 (687.9772)	2 (172.0228)	6 (166.8228)	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

STEAMBOAT BBQ-HOTDIGGITY HOG

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Announced themselves early

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

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)