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Big Hogs BBQ
Big Hogs BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 18th of 34 at the Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 28, 2022
latest May 27, 2023 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.95 · weakest Chicken (155.11)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$7,325
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
309.65 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
485.59 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 152.5372 | 155.11 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 157.1084 | 160.53 | top 57% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 163.9544 | 163.95 | top 38% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score485.5888 Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)163.9544 Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Westmont Red White & BBQ Backyard BBQ Cook-Off 2022 (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2023 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Westmont, IL | 18 / 34 (485.5888) | 26 (157.6800) | 17 (163.9544) | 13 (163.9544) | — |
| May 28, 2022 | Westmont Red White & BBQ Backyard BBQ Cook-Off 2022 (BACKYARD ONLY) Westmont, IL | 19 / 28 (309.6456) | 20 (152.5372) | 18 (157.1084) | — | — |