A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BOGGS HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BOGGS HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Brutman BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-04-19
latest 2021-08-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
311.04
last 3 Backyard vs avg 311.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.45
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.37 · weakest Chicken (154.67)
Road miles
16
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
311.04 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 (2021-04-16).
- last seen 2019-04-19
- back 2021-04-16
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.
Brutman 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 128 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Brutman BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1660 | 151.4172 | 154.67 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 150.8344 | 156.37 | top 45% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2019-04-19 → 2021-08-27
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.37 · weakest Chicken (154.67)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Backyard average
311.04
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
82–116 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-04-19 → 2021-04-16
Power rating
1495
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- First call Interstate BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.1200 Interstate BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) Interstate BBQ Festival
- 2021
- Career-best overall score314.3204 Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- Most recent contest Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | Interstate BBQ Festival | 2019-04-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 | 2021-08-27 |
| -1.2 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | 2021-04-16 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 87.3% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-27 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 Boonsboro, MD | 19 / 24 (306.2744) | 19 (155.4400) | 18 (150.8344) | — | — |
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 23 / 47 (314.3204) | 23 (157.1660) | 21 (157.1544) | — | — |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 19 / 54 (312.5372) | 23 (151.4172) | 8 (161.1200) | — | — |
| 2018-08-31 | *West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Ranson, WV | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #175 (139 pts) | #154 (154 pts) | — | — |