A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
2 Swine Crew ahead in 100% of their meetings
2 Swine Crew has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
HIT OR MISS BBQ
HIT OR MISS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 20th of 39 at the High on the Hog Festival (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Hitormissbbq”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1462
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2019
latest May 19, 2023 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.97
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 149.67 · weakest Chicken (148.37)
Road miles
1,078
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 539 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
298.04 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to HIT OR MISS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
HIT OR MISS BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 128 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,034 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1462
Fewer contests behind them than HIT OR MISS BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before HIT OR MISS BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Level with HIT OR MISS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,050 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
Fewer contests behind them than HIT OR MISS BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,054 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before HIT OR MISS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,045 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before HIT OR MISS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 141.6572 | 148.37 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 145.6800 | 149.67 | 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.
By field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 100% | May 19, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
8 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
125
finished ahead 24 times, behind 124
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Apr 19, 2019 → Mar 12, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score307.3372 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.6572 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1499) High on the Hog Festival
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 20, 2022 |
| -13.2 | American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest | Mar 12, 2021 |
| -11.4 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 19, 2023 |
| -0.7 | High on the Hog Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2023 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 34 / 34 (307.3372) | 31 (161.6572) | 34 (145.6800) | — | — |
| May 20, 2022 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 29 / 29 (290.7428) | 29 (141.6572) | 29 (149.0856) | — | — |
| Mar 12, 2021 | American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest Kansas City, MO | 21 / 24 (302.1596) | 22 (144.4912) | 20 (157.6684) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN | 20 / 39 (291.9204) | 20 (145.6688) | 23 (146.2516) | — | — |
| Apr 20, 2018 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 15, 2016 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2015 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 18, 2014 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |