Giant slayer
41
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 41-team field at Smokin For Garrett.
- Oct 23, 2020
Hawgboyz BBQ
Hawgboyz BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Smokin For Garrett (2020). They are ranked #2308 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Hawg Boyz BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1536 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2019
latest Oct 22, 2021 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 17% of the time
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
50% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.93 · weakest Pork (157.34)
Road miles
140
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.01 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
483.72 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 1 GC
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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 Hawgboyz BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,315 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1527
Level with Hawgboyz BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Hawgboyz BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before Hawgboyz BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1528
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 7 years before Hawgboyz BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Kookers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1316 | 158.3316 | 165.93 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 171.4744 | 159.9544 | 165.35 | top 35% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 144.5600 | 157.34 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 145.0744 | 161.12 | top 51% |
“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 31% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' For Garrett | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 34% | Oct 22, 2021 |
| Smoke on the Ohio | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 39% | Sep 10, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
First title
Oct 23, 2020
Smokin For Garrett
Opponents faced
126
finished ahead 126 times, behind 64
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 13, 2019 → Oct 23, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- Career-best overall score672.4800 Smoke on the Ohio
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1316 Smoke on the Ohio
- Peak power rating (1536) Smoke on the Ohio
- Most recent contest Smokin' For Garrett
20204 milestones
- First overall podium Smokin For Garrett
- First Grand Championship Smokin For Garrett
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score497.8060 Smokin For Garrett
- Biggest field won (41 teams) Smokin For Garrett
20192 milestones
- First call Smokin For Garrett
- First overall top-10 Smokin For Garrett
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin For Garrett
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18 | Smokin For Garrett | Oct 23, 2020 |
| +9.1 | Smokin For Garrett | Apr 26, 2019 |
| +7.3 | Smoke on the Ohio | Sep 10, 2021 |
| +2.1 | Smoke On the Ohio | Sep 13, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Smokin' For Garrett | Oct 22, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 93.4% | 91.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 2% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 89.8% | 88.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2021 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 21 / 27 (639.8172) | 15 (167.9656) | 14 (165.6800) | 19 (161.0972) | 25 (145.0744) |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN | 5 / 16 (672.4800) | 3 (173.1316) | 6 (169.1200) | 10 (160.5256) | 5 (169.7028) |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | 1 / 41 (497.8060) | 13 (158.3316) | 3 (171.4744) | 5 (168) | — |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Smoke On the Ohio 🏅 Mt.Vernon, IN | 13 / 28 (646.7432) | 9 (165.6800) | 19 (159.9544) | 25 (152.5372) | 8 (168.5716) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smokin For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 6 / 26 (469.6340) | 4 (164.5600) | 3 (160.5140) | 10 (144.5600) | — |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | — | — | — | — | — |