High-water mark
663.8968
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.8968 at 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 19, 2017
ATOMIC HOG BBQ
ATOMIC HOG BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 15th of 25 at the Smoking in the Golden Valley (2018). They finished #1765 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 4, 2015
latest Sep 28, 2018 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.27 · weakest Brisket (155.81)
Road miles
194
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Master avg
645.88 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 161.6916 | 167.27 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 146.2172 | 157.12 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 162.8228 | 165.68 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 151.3600 | 155.81 | top 75% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
116
finished ahead 53 times, behind 81
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
May 19, 2017 → Sep 28, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoking in the Golden Valley
20172 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8968 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort
- Career-best overall score663.8968 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort
20162 milestones
- First call Rockin Apples Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7372 Rockin Apples Festival
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin in the Golden Valley
- Peak power rating (1498) Smokin in the Golden Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort | May 19, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.8 | Rockin Apples Festival | Sep 2, 2016 |
| -2.4 | Smokin in the Golden Valley | Sep 4, 2015 |
| -0.4 | Smoking in the Golden Valley | Sep 28, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2018 | Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO | 15 / 25 (650.6972) | 13 (163.3828) | 7 (165.6916) | 12 (162.8228) | 18 (158.8000) |
| May 19, 2017 | 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 30 / 59 (663.8968) | 21 (170.2628) | 25 (168) | 27 (167.3828) | 43 (158.2512) |
| Sep 2, 2016 | Rockin Apples Festival Appleton City, MO | 19 / 23 (642.2632) | 8 (173.7372) | 21 (148.5600) | 16 (165.1316) | 21 (154.8344) |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Smokin in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO | 21 / 31 (626.6516) | 20 (161.6916) | 28 (146.2172) | 13 (167.3828) | 20 (151.3600) |