The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HOG HAVEN BBQ has finished one call ahead of Junkyard Hogs 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Junkyard Hogs
Junkyard Hogs is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 14th of 15 at the Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (). Also listed in KCBS results as “Junk Yard Hogs”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1455
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 6, 2016
latest Oct 11, 2019 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.74
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.66 · weakest Chicken (149.33)
Road miles
61
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$7,900
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
611.54 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
301.13 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Junkyard Hogs, each with one reason worth a look.
Junkyard Hogs has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 132 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Level with Junkyard Hogs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.
⚔ Compare careers#5,352 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 135.9084 | 149.33 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5828 | 143.9656 | 152.43 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 142.1828 | 155.66 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 143.9544 | 153.95 | top 82% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 94% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor City Cook off | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 100% | Oct 11, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 7 times, behind 119
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
May 5, 2017 → Oct 11, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Anchor City Cook off
20163 milestones
- Career-best overall score645.1200 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2972 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1492) Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest | May 5, 2017 |
| -12.2 | Anchor City Cook Off | Oct 14, 2016 |
| -11 | Anchor City Cook off | Oct 11, 2019 |
| -8.3 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | May 6, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 89.6% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2019 | Anchor City Cook off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 25 / 25 (609.4624) | 25 (135.9084) | 25 (147.3484) | 22 (159.9656) | 16 (166.2400) |
| May 5, 2017 | Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 18 / 18 (610.6168) | 17 (151.3484) | 18 (151.3944) | 14 (157.0740) | 15 (150.8000) |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 34 / 34 (580.9484) | 32 (150.8456) | 34 (143.9656) | 34 (142.1828) | 33 (143.9544) |
| May 6, 2016 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 26 / 32 (645.1200) | 17 (166.2972) | 24 (160.5828) | 25 (163.4172) | 27 (154.8228) |
| — | Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Bancroft, IA | 14 / 15 (301.1316) | 14 (142.2744) | 8 (158.8572) | — | — |