Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Sloppy Hogs
Sloppy Hogs is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Torry Island BBQ Showdown (2025). They are ranked #2556 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1521 · rated over 12 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
Apr 25, 2014
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 11.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
2
0 reserve · wins it all 14% of the time
Category wins
0
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
29% of 14 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
684.02 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 664.00 (+20.02)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.88
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.31 · weakest Brisket (166.05)
Road miles
2,479
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 1,094 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$200K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
2 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.00 / 720
12 Master contests · 1 GC
Backyard (4-meat) avg
673.67 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 1 GC
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
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 Sloppy Hogs, each with one reason worth a look.
85 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1525
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Sloppy Hogs)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Sloppy Hogs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 90
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1629
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Sloppy Hogs)
They've been 1629 at their best, 110 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,553 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Sloppy Hogs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,571 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,544 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1518
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#2,543 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1532
Level with Sloppy Hogs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Going Yard BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 180 🔥 | 148.5944 | 166.17 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 149.6800 | 166.22 | top 51% |
| Pork | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 151.9884 | 166.31 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 145.6572 | 166.05 | top 45% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 2 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 59% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 32% | Jan 13, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
7 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
2
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
7 of 14 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
12
1 of them more than once
First title
Jan 7, 2022
Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Opponents faced
1,349
finished ahead 668 times, behind 1,317
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
Oct 29, 2016 → Mar 6, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- Career-best overall score699.4172 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Ribs on the Ridge
- 10th tracked contest Ribs on the Ridge
- Peak power rating (1521) Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20224 milestones
- First overall top-10 Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- First overall podium Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- First Grand Championship Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- First state championship Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
20152 milestones
- First call Smokin' in the Ville
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9656 Smokin' in the Ville
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin' N the Ville
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.3 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | Jan 7, 2022 |
| +16.7 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | Mar 21, 2025 |
| +11.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| +3.9 | Ribs on the Ridge | Feb 14, 2025 |
| +0.9 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | Jan 13, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Smokin' N the Ville | Apr 25, 2014 |
| -7 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| -5 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 7, 2025 |
| -4.8 | Fire it up Frostproof! | Mar 6, 2020 |
| -4.1 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71% | top 42% | 97.1% | 95.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 3% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 87.1% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 266 / 401 (665.5884) | 301 (165.0856) | 269 (166.2400) | 216 (168.5944) | 247 (165.6684) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 79 / 158 (686.7544) | 10 (177.7144) | 142 (165.0856) | 60 (171.9772) | 56 (171.9772) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 1 / 26 (696.5028) | 3 (177.7028) | 5 (173.1316) | 3 (172.5484) | 5 (173.1200) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 6 / 16 (695.3600) | 2 (180) | 6 (173.7028) | 5 (174.2744) | 10 (167.3828) |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 18 / 25 (675.8972) | 23 (159.3484) | 4 (176.5716) | 16 (168.5600) | 11 (171.4172) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 10 / 40 (699.4172) | 5 (178.2972) | 14 (173.1544) | 19 (171.9656) | 9 (176) |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 16 / 26 (672.4340) | 21 (164.5256) | 13 (169.6800) | 12 (169.6800) | 11 (168.5484) |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 1 / 29 (673.6684) | 2 (170.2628) | 2 (168.5372) | 6 (162.8456) | 2 (172.0228) |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL | 24 / 32 (651.2800) | 24 (162.2400) | 27 (159.3600) | 10 (169.6800) | 20 (160) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 413 / 557 (634.2168) | 464 (154.8112) | 476 (151.9772) | 304 (163.4284) | 242 (164) |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 16 / 29 (651.9656) | 19 (163.3828) | 15 (164.5944) | 28 (153.1084) | 7 (170.8800) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 437 / 552 (626.7888) | 514 (148.5944) | 145 (169.1316) | 285 (163.4056) | 507 (145.6572) |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Smokin' N the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 23 / 27 (611.8512) | 20 (158.2400) | 26 (149.6800) | 18 (151.9884) | 20 (151.9428) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.