High-water mark
669.0400
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0400 at Fire it up Frostproof! — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 6, 2020
Hodge Podge BBQ
Hodge Podge BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 4th of 25 at the Fire it up Frostproof! (2019). They finished #2209 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “HODGEPODGE BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Apr 1, 2016
latest Mar 6, 2020 · 3.9 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.26 · weakest Brisket (157.83)
Road miles
70
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 46 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
648.13 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
646.06 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2209 (70 pts) | #1736 (145 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2236 (75 pts) | #2252 (75 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 160.5028 | 166.26 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 151.9316 | 161.48 | top 48% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168.5372 | 150.8112 | 161.87 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.3600 | 154.7772 | 157.83 | top 55% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire it up Frostproof! | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 36% | Mar 6, 2020 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 45 times, behind 43
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Apr 1, 2016 → Apr 12, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20205 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0400 Fire it up Frostproof!
- Career-best overall score669.0400 Fire it up Frostproof!
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Fire it up Frostproof!
- Peak power rating (1503) Fire it up Frostproof!
- Most recent contest Fire it up Frostproof!
20191 milestone
- First overall top-10 Fire it up Frostproof!
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL)
- First call Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2020 | Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL | 18 / 32 (669.0400) | 11 (168.5600) | 5 (174.8572) | 21 (166.2628) | 22 (159.3600) |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL | 4 / 25 (646.0572) | 5 (160.5028) | 8 (157.6572) | 2 (168.5372) | 4 (159.3600) |
| Apr 1, 2016 | Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) Vero Beach, FL | 21 / 25 (627.2228) | 8 (169.7028) | 24 (151.9316) | 20 (150.8112) | 20 (154.7772) |