High-water mark
692.5372
career-best overall
96.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 692.5372 at 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship — 96.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-03-19
Hog Diesel BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1549
peak 1549 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2020-03-13
latest 2022-03-18
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
683.36 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 678.62 (+4.73)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.20 · weakest Brisket (168.33)
Road miles
537
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1616)
Purse competed for
$62K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.62 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bovine Swine and Dine in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
6 of 8
shared pork entries lost
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork entries.
They cook the hard rooms
1616
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 86% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1616 power rating — a tougher draw than 86% of every rated contest in the data.
- 8 rated contests
The metronome
±1.48%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.48% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 94.3% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
55 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1761 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1557
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hog Diesel BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Hog Diesel BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH i QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cow Creek BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| MAD MUTT'S BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Happy Grillmore | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of a Brisket | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Ambition Que | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 164.5372 | 170.26 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 164.5600 | 168.83 | top 51% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 164.0000 | 171.20 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 160.5256 | 168.33 | top 44% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 5 | 0 | top 35% |
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 60% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 41% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2020-03-13 → 2022-03-18
Busiest season
2020
6 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.20 · weakest Brisket (168.33)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
2 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
678.62
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
226
278–174 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
537
8 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi
Schedule strength
1616
average field rating faced — tougher than 86% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$62,395
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 8 state-championship entries
Power rating
1549
peak 1549 · #1767 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.2684 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- First call Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Spring
- 2021
- Career-best overall score692.5372 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5944 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1549) Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18 | Smoke in the Spring | 2020-10-30 |
| +15 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2021-03-19 |
| +8 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest | 2020-09-26 |
| +5.9 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2020-08-21 |
| +5.4 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2022-03-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.5 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off | 2020-08-28 |
| -1.4 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2020-03-13 |
| -0.8 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | 2020-07-17 |
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 39% | 94% | 94% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 96.2% | 96.2% |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 51% | 96.2% | 94% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 28 / 71 (677.0056) | 35 (167.3712) | 22 (170.2744) | 13 (171.9772) | 31 (167.3828) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 9 / 70 (692.5372) | 23 (170.8572) | 25 (170.8228) | 18 (174.2628) | 4 (176.5944) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 9 / 93 (692.5372) | 10 (176.5716) | 25 (171.9772) | 20 (173.7028) | 35 (170.2856) |
| 2020-09-26 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest 🏅 Cameron, MO | 14 / 36 (684.4916) | 28 (166.2516) | 20 (169.6800) | 8 (174.8572) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2020-08-28 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off 🏅 Nevada, MO | 28 / 37 (670.2060) | 16 (171.9772) | 28 (167.4060) | 34 (164.0000) | 24 (166.8228) |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 21 / 43 (679.9316) | 23 (170.2744) | 17 (170.8228) | 14 (172.5716) | 25 (166.2628) |
| 2020-07-17 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 28 / 42 (672.9940) | 7 (174.2628) | 32 (165.0856) | 15 (173.1200) | 34 (160.5256) |
| 2020-03-13 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 45 / 68 (659.2684) | 44 (164.5372) | 46 (164.5600) | 41 (165.0856) | 34 (165.0856) |