A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BBQ King
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-04
latest 2022-04-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.79
last 3 Master vs avg 610.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.39)
Road miles
20
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.79 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
7.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.7 years, then back at Smoke on the Water (2022-04-29).
- last seen 2014-08-30
- back 2022-04-29
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.
BBQ King 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 145 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BBQ King did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ King on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 145.6916 | 154.47 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5710 | 143.9544 | 147.39 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 149.7142 | 156.56 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 149.7600 | 152.37 | top 75% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2013-05-04 → 2022-04-29
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.39)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
610.79
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
75
14–74 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
20
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7.7 yrs
2014-08-30 → 2022-04-29
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Water
- Peak power rating (1491) Smokin' on the Water
- 2014
- Career-best overall score614.8344 Thunder in the Park BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.5716 Thunder in the Park BBQ
- 2022
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Thunder in the Park BBQ | 2014-08-30 |
| -8.8 | Smokin' on the Water | 2013-05-04 |
| -6.5 | Smoke on the Water | 2022-04-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-29 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Liberty, IN | 20 / 25 (607.2456) | 21 (145.6916) | 22 (145.6456) | 15 (159.4056) | 14 (156.5028) |
| 2014-08-30 | Thunder in the Park BBQ Connersville, IN | 28 / 29 (614.8344) | 25 (160.5716) | 29 (143.9544) | 24 (160.5484) | 27 (149.7600) |
| 2013-05-04 | Smokin' on the Water Liberty, IN | 29 / 37 (610.2854) | 23 (157.1430) | 26 (152.5710) | 32 (149.7142) | 28 (150.8572) |