A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO ahead in 100% of their meetings
HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Benny Rays BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2022-05-20
Best ToY finish
#1083
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.50
last 3 Master vs avg 623.50 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.31 · weakest Brisket (149.09)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
623.50 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 (2021-05-14).
- last seen 2019-06-14
- back 2021-05-14
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.
Benny Rays BBQ has 3 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 134 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Benny Rays BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Benny Rays BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Benny Rays BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 157.6800 | 161.31 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 152.5372 | 157.89 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 151.3712 | 155.21 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 143.9428 | 149.09 | top 86% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2022-05-20
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WV
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.31 · weakest Brisket (149.09)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
623.50
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
53
10–58 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$9,800
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2021-05-14
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Smokin On The Buffalo
- First call Smokin On The Buffalo
- First overall top-10 Smokin On The Buffalo
- Career-best overall score632.4800 Smokin On The Buffalo
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.0000 Smokin On The Buffalo
- Peak power rating (1500) Smokin On The Buffalo
- 2022
- Most recent contest Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 | 2022-05-20 |
| -8.8 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 | 2021-05-14 |
| -0.3 | Smokin On The Buffalo | 2019-06-14 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86% | 86% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-20 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 🏅 Mannington, WV | 14 / 14 (618.7200) | 12 (163.9772) | 13 (153.1316) | 13 (157.6684) | 14 (143.9428) |
| 2021-05-14 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 🏅 Mannington, WV | 14 / 18 (619.2912) | 12 (162.2628) | 15 (152.5372) | 16 (151.3712) | 16 (153.1200) |
| 2019-06-14 | Smokin On The Buffalo 🏅 Mannington, WV | 10 / 16 (632.4800) | 11 (157.6800) | 7 (168.0000) | 11 (156.5828) | 11 (150.2172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1175 (94 pts) | #1178 (104 pts) | #1254 (99 pts) | #1202 (99 pts) | #1202 (94 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1083 (98 pts) | #1097 (108 pts) | #1188 (93 pts) | #1159 (88 pts) | #1138 (88 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1607 (116 pts) | #1733 (111 pts) | #1439 (146 pts) | #1726 (111 pts) | #1695 (111 pts) |