The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS has finished one call ahead of Outlaws BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Outlaws BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1505 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-05-17
latest 2020-09-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.10
last 5 Master vs avg 647.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.11 · weakest Brisket (156.99)
Road miles
211
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
647.10 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.13 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.
- Brisket avg 156.99
- Pork Ribs avg 168.11
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
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#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Outlaws BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Outlaws BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before Outlaws BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before Outlaws BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before Outlaws BBQ'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE MONSTER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 153.1200 | 161.59 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 159.3944 | 168.11 | top 43% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 150.8000 | 160.41 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 146.2628 | 156.99 | top 74% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2020-09-11
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.11 · weakest Brisket (156.99)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
647.10
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
96
43–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
211
5 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Schedule strength
1584
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,600
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1492
peak 1505 · #3551 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Stills and Grills Fest
- First call Stills and Grills Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5776 Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival
- Career-best overall score659.3372 Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
- 2020
- Most recent contest Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival | 2019-08-30 |
| +4.2 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off | 2019-10-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2019-09-20 |
| -6.8 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 2020-09-11 |
| -0.1 | Stills and Grills Fest | 2019-05-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 91% | 91% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 63% | 91.6% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-11 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Connelly Springs, NC | 20 / 24 (655.4060) | 22 (158.3200) | 13 (168.5716) | 24 (159.3600) | 14 (169.1544) |
| 2019-10-11 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC | 12 / 27 (659.3372) | 17 (162.2516) | 3 (173.1428) | 14 (166.2628) | 18 (157.6800) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic 🏅 Salisbury, NC | 51 / 56 (621.5316) | 52 (153.1200) | 45 (159.3944) | 54 (150.8000) | 42 (158.2172) |
| 2019-08-30 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 West Jefferson, NC | 13 / 24 (657.5776) | 13 (166.2400) | 7 (170.3204) | 10 (167.3944) | 19 (153.6228) |
| 2019-05-17 | Stills and Grills Fest North Wilkesboro, NC | 13 / 21 (641.6684) | 10 (168.0228) | 8 (169.1428) | 16 (158.2400) | 19 (146.2628) |