A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOGS GONE WILD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOGS GONE WILD BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SADDLE UP BBQ
SADDLE UP BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 8th of 35 at the When Pigs Fly South (2015). They finished #2274 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 25, 2013
latest Dec 2, 2016 · 3.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.90
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.53 · weakest Brisket (149.11)
Road miles
11
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
628.64 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2024 (115 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 158.2400 | 161.53 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 137.7142 | 158.85 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.9372 | 141.1426 | 159.15 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 138.2856 | 149.11 | top 84% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 80% | Jan 29, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
148
finished ahead 58 times, behind 136
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Jan 25, 2013 → Nov 6, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest When Pigs Fly South
20157 milestones
- First call When Pigs Fly South
- First category win (Pork) When Pigs Fly South
- First overall top-10 When Pigs Fly South
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1312 When Pigs Fly South
- Career-best overall score653.1312 When Pigs Fly South
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.9372 When Pigs Fly South
- Peak power rating (1497) When Pigs Fly South
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.6 | When Pigs Fly South | Nov 6, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 25, 2013 |
| -8.4 | When Pigs Fly South | Dec 2, 2016 |
| -3.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 29, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 90.4% | 89.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 23% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2016 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 29 / 36 (631.8288) | 30 (158.2400) | 14 (167.4172) | 32 (152.5144) | 30 (153.6572) |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 39 / 58 (650.7428) | 25 (167.3828) | 31 (162.2628) | 14 (168.0116) | 48 (153.0856) |
| Nov 6, 2015 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 8 / 35 (653.1312) | 19 (158.7884) | 8 (167.9884) | 1 (174.9372) | 28 (151.4172) |
| Jan 25, 2013 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 65 / 70 (578.8566) | 33 (161.7142) | 68 (137.7142) | 67 (141.1426) | 63 (138.2856) |