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.
HAWG NUTZ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HAWG NUTZ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with HAWG NUTZ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0972 | 146.2856 | 147.69 | top 99% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2172 | 146.1944 | 148.21 | top 94% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.4912 | 150.8572 | 151.67 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 147.9656 | 155.98 | top 82% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-24 | *Great American BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN | 35 / 36 (614.1716) | 35 (149.0972) | 33 (150.2172) | 36 (150.8572) | 24 (164.0000) |
| 2017-10-06 | *Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Decatur, IL | 30 / 30 (592.9368) | 30 (146.2856) | 29 (146.1944) | 28 (152.4912) | 29 (147.9656) |
| 2017-08-25 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2852 (55 pts) | #2856 (55 pts) | #2862 (55 pts) | #2851 (55 pts) | #2840 (55 pts) |