HOGS ON THE RUN

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1740

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1550

peak 1553 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-10-03

latest 2018-05-11

Best ToY finish

#2112

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 32%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9776 / 720

Master · 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.12 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 662.54 (-5.42)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

Consistency

±10.37

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.95)

Road miles

mi across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

662.54 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

675.9776 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9776 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-02

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.82 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 25%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.95
Chicken avg 167.77
1 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

4 of 4 shared chicken entries lost

913 BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.44% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.44% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.0% of a perfect score
8 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ

#1741 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1550

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to HOGS ON THE RUN)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HOGS ON THE RUN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-06-23

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FAST EDDY'S BBQ

#1748 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1550

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HOGS ON THE RUN)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before HOGS ON THE RUN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

3 GUYS WITH WOOD

#1750 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1579

2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to HOGS ON THE RUN)

23 contests to 8: their number has had years to settle where HOGS ON THE RUN's is still finding its level.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

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DRUM DADDY BBQ

#1736 of the rated field

1550 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1555

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HOGS ON THE RUN)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 37 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

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East Texas Smokers

#1730 of the rated field

1550 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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BUTT UP OR SHUT UP

#1747 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Level with HOGS ON THE RUN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
3 GUYS WITH WOOD	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	0	0	173.1200	156.5256	167.77	top 31%
Pork Ribs	8	1	0	0	172.5600	149.6456	160.95	top 53%
Pork	8	1	1	1	179.4400	147.9656	166.41	top 39%
Brisket	8	3	0	1	174.2972	161.1316	167.41	top 27%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	6	0	top 38%
MO	2	0	top 13%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 37%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 30%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.6 yrs 2013-10-03 → 2018-05-11

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 6 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.95)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 662.54 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,080 1,365–307 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 95 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Power rating 1550 peak 1553 · #1740 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Oct 3 First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 3 First call 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 3 First category win (Pork) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9312 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 3 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
2014
May 2 First overall top-10 Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off
Oct 2 Career-best overall score675.9776 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
2017
Jun 23 Peak power rating (1553) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
2018
May 11 Most recent contest *The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
+12.1	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2014-10-02
+11.6	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2016-06-24
+10.4	Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off	2014-05-02
+9.2	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2017-06-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.1	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2015-09-25
-2.8	*The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL)	2018-05-11
-1.2	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff	2015-05-01

Category scores over time

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)
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 70%	90.8%	90.8%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 17%	91.2%	91.2%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 11%	93.2%	93.2%
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 55%	92%	90.6%
2014	2	1	0	50%	top 17%	93.9%	93.5%
2013	1	0	1	100%	top 10%	92.8%	92.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-05-11	*The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL) De Soto, KS	39 / 56 (653.5428)	17 (171.4172)	52 (152.4684)	45 (161.6800)	26 (167.9772)
2017-06-23	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	31 / 184 (656.4684)	8 (173.1200)	86 (161.0856)	164 (147.9656)	3 (174.2972)
2016-06-24	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	20 / 183 (670.8000)	17 (169.7144)	13 (172.5600)	65 (163.4056)	44 (165.1200)
2015-09-25	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	63 / 112 (642.6512)	81 (156.5256)	98 (151.9200)	13 (171.9656)	43 (162.2400)
2015-05-01	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS	18 / 33 (662.1600)	29 (157.0972)	20 (163.3828)	13 (167.9772)	7 (173.7028)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	83 / 552 (675.9776)	90 (172.5600)	158 (168.5716)	55 (173.7144)	296 (161.1316)
2014-05-02	Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Lansing, KS	5 / 26 (670.8112)	6 (169.7256)	5 (167.9656)	11 (165.1200)	4 (168.0000)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	56 / 535 (667.9312)	41 (172.0000)	436 (149.6456)	1 (179.4400)	102 (166.8456)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#2112 (85 pts)	#2124 (100 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)