High-water mark
665.5768
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.5768 at Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-04-10
Underhog BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2026-04-17
Best ToY finish
#817
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.70
last 3 Master vs avg 655.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.11 · weakest Brisket (162.06)
Road miles
618
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 543 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.70 / 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
12.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 12.6 years, then back at Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) (2026-04-10).
- last seen 2013-09-13
- back 2026-04-10
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.
Underhog BBQ 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 139 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Underhog BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Underhog BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
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 | 170.8572 | 155.4284 | 163.80 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 162.8344 | 164.73 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5140 | 163.3944 | 165.11 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 158.8116 | 162.06 | top 73% |
“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 | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.6 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2026-04-17
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.11 · weakest Brisket (162.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
655.70
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
210
45–180 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
618
3 mapped stops · furthest 543 mi
Schedule strength
1579
average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$29,650
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
12.6 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2026-04-10
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
- Peak power rating (1498) Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5768 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT)
- Career-best overall score665.5768 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ
- Most recent contest Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ | 2026-04-17 |
| -7.9 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) | 2026-04-10 |
| -2.3 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest | 2013-09-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 92.4% | 91.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 25 / 27 (655.9204) | 16 (170.8572) | 24 (162.8344) | 26 (163.4172) | 25 (158.8116) |
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS | 90 / 101 (665.5768) | 89 (165.1200) | 76 (167.9656) | 75 (168.5140) | 82 (163.9772) |
| 2013-09-13 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 48 / 80 (645.5884) | 63 (155.4284) | 35 (163.3828) | 45 (163.3944) | 37 (163.3828) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #817 (112 pts) | #740 (157 pts) | #922 (117 pts) | #840 (112 pts) | #838 (112 pts) |