High-water mark
689.6572
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6572 at Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-08-17
HALF BAKED HIPPIES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2018-08-17
latest 2022-01-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.15
last 5 Master vs avg 629.15 (-0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±71.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.70 · weakest Brisket (159.49)
Road miles
1,570
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 709 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.15 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
Backdraft BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−10.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.21 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 50%.
- Brisket avg 159.49
- Chicken avg 169.70
- 2 calls in 5 entries
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 30 at their very first tracked contest, Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2018-08-17).
- 2018-08-17
- 30-team field
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.
100 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 30
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1524
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HALF BAKED HIPPIES)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HALF BAKED HIPPIES has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with HALF BAKED HIPPIES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before HALF BAKED HIPPIES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before HALF BAKED HIPPIES's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before HALF BAKED HIPPIES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G AND L BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Backdraft BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 167.3944 | 169.70 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 156.5488 | 165.24 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4288 | 162.8000 | 168.67 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 149.0628 | 159.49 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2018-08-17 → 2022-01-14
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
2 of 5 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.70 · weakest Brisket (159.49)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
629.15
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
136
70–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,570
5 mapped stops · furthest 709 mi
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$49,600
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2020-06-19 → 2021-08-20
Power rating
1501
peak 1522 · #3142 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First call Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First overall top-10 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First overall podium Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.6572 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best overall score689.6572 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- 2019
- Peak power rating (1522) Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- 2022
- Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.7 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2018-08-17 |
| +4.9 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2019-09-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.4 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival | 2021-08-20 |
| -4.2 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2022-01-14 |
| -0.5 | Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship | 2020-06-19 |
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 76% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 67.9% | 67.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 43% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 10% | 95.8% | 95.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-14 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 45 / 59 (646.1488) | 31 (168.0000) | 49 (161.1088) | 37 (163.9772) | 51 (153.0628) |
| 2021-08-20 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 30 / 30 (489.0288) | — | 23 (156.5488) | 18 (162.8000) | 9 (169.6800) |
| 2020-06-19 | Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Riverdale, UT | 19 / 32 (665.0516) | 17 (170.2628) | 20 (165.7144) | 12 (171.9772) | 23 (157.0972) |
| 2019-09-06 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge 🏅 Grand Jct, CO | 12 / 28 (655.8632) | 9 (167.3944) | 12 (163.9772) | 1 (175.4288) | 21 (149.0628) |
| 2018-08-17 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 3 / 30 (689.6572) | 4 (173.1316) | 1 (178.8572) | 11 (169.1428) | 10 (168.5256) |