The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (Mar 6, 2020).
- last seen Mar 2, 2018
- back Mar 6, 2020
HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ
HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2020. Their best overall finish is 30th of 61 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2020).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2020
latest Mar 6, 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.94 · weakest Pork (146.77)
Road miles
116
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #92 (99 pts) | #112 (59 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 109 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,269 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with HOG MOUNTAIN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 6.
⚔ Compare careers#3,274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,263 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 163.9428 | 163.94 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.4800 | 148.4800 | 148.48 | top 46% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.7656 | 146.7656 | 146.77 | top 56% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
94
finished ahead 35 times, behind 58
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Mar 2, 2018 → Mar 6, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20203 milestones
- Career-best overall score459.1884 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9428 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 85% | 85% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 30 / 61 (459.1884) | 17 (163.9428) | 28 (148.4800) | 34 (146.7656) | — |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition Cornelia, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA | — | — | — | — | — |