A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Stone Cold Grillers ahead in 100% of their meetings
Stone Cold Grillers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Shae Hog BBQ
Shae Hog BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 15th of 39 at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) ().
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 11, 2015
latest Aug 20, 2022 · 6.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.20
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.76 · weakest Brisket (145.07)
Road miles
43
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Purse competed for
$1,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
604.10 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
297.67 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Shae Hog BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Shae Hog BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 136 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1467
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Shae Hog BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Shae Hog BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,802 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
They turned up 7 years after Shae Hog BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Shae Hog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Level with Shae Hog BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 149.6912 | 155.76 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 135.9428 | 146.13 | top 78% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6456 | 147.9544 | 150.80 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3716 | 142.7772 | 145.07 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 15 | 0 | top 62% | Aug 20, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
—
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
154
finished ahead 52 times, behind 157
Longest layoff
6.8 yrs
Oct 16, 2015 → Aug 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20153 milestones
- Career-best overall score613.5656 Windy City BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1489) Windy City BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.3944 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
—1 milestone
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | Oct 16, 2015 |
| -11.3 | Windy City BBQ Classic | Sep 11, 2015 |
| -8.7 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 84.6% | 82.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.2% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2022 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 33 / 41 (296.5372) | 23 (151.4400) | 34 (145.0972) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2015 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL | 34 / 35 (594.6404) | 19 (163.3944) | 35 (140.5144) | 31 (147.9544) | 32 (142.7772) |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Windy City BBQ Classic Chicago, IL | 54 / 61 (613.5656) | 48 (158.2856) | 49 (154.2628) | 54 (153.6456) | 52 (147.3716) |
| — | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 15 / 39 (304.5256) | 21 (149.6912) | 15 (154.8344) | — | — |
| — | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 26 / 38 (291.9428) | 17 (156) | 33 (135.9428) | — | — |