They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
HAWGNZ HEROZ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1534 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2019-05-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.66 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 644.53 (-7.87)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.54)
Road miles
165
mi across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.53 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
High-water mark
665.0740
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0740 at Riverfest Community Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-07-21
A tough matchup
6–1
behind in the head-to-head
PORKY BUTTS BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings
PORKY BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 33%.
- Pork Ribs avg 153.54
- Chicken avg 164.74
- 1 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of COUNTRY ROADS NE in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
6 of 7
shared chicken entries lost
WHEN PIGS DIE ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, WHEN PIGS DIE has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 34 at their very first tracked contest, 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition (2013-05-31).
- 2013-05-31
- 34-team field
The metronome
±2.33%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.33% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.5% of a perfect score
- 9 contests
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.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2679 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before HAWGNZ HEROZ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with HAWGNZ HEROZ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELPING U BBQ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| WHEN PIGS DIE | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKY BUTTS BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU GONNA LIKE IT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| ELWOOD BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| HIDDEN BOOGER BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| OMAHA'S BLOWIN' SMOKE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| OL SMOKEY | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 173.7144 | 149.6340 | 164.74 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1426 | 144.4916 | 153.54 | top 73% |
| Pork | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 153.1084 | 163.91 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.0000 | 145.6688 | 162.33 | top 45% |
“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 41% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 58% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2019-05-31
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
9
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.54)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 6 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
22%
2 of 9 contests
Master average
644.53
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
174
170–176 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
165
9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,010
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2016-07-15
Power rating
1513
peak 1534 · #2700 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- First call 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- First overall top-10 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- First overall podium 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2852 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition
- First category win (Brisket) Cass County
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Cass County
- 2017
- Career-best overall score665.0740 Riverfest Community Festival
- Peak power rating (1534) Riverfest Community Festival
- 2019
- Most recent contest 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2013-05-31 |
| +8.1 | 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition | 2015-05-29 |
| +7.9 | Riverfest Community Festival | 2017-07-21 |
| +5.3 | 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2014-05-30 |
| +2.9 | Cass County | 2013-08-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition | 2019-05-31 |
| -10.2 | 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition | 2018-05-18 |
| -4.3 | RiverFest Red White and Que | 2016-07-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 92.4% | 91.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 26% | 92% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-31 | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition 🏅 Valley, NE | 35 / 39 (615.2796) | 38 (149.6340) | 38 (145.0744) | 36 (153.1084) | 15 (167.4628) |
| 2018-05-18 | 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 38 / 42 (618.0348) | 28 (162.8232) | 40 (144.4916) | 35 (154.2172) | 32 (156.5028) |
| 2017-07-21 | Riverfest Community Festival Bellevue, NE | 15 / 46 (665.0740) | 20 (166.2856) | 39 (153.6684) | 6 (172.5600) | 4 (172.5600) |
| 2017-05-19 | 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 26 / 47 (648.4228) | 17 (167.9772) | 42 (152.5144) | 11 (170.2628) | 31 (157.6684) |
| 2016-07-15 | RiverFest Red White and Que Bellevue, NE | 30 / 45 (636.4688) | 22 (162.8456) | 30 (157.0972) | 7 (170.8572) | 40 (145.6688) |
| 2015-05-29 | 4th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 8 / 28 (654.2632) | 2 (173.7144) | 18 (158.2744) | 10 (166.8572) | 17 (155.4172) |
| 2014-05-30 | 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 11 / 30 (650.7884) | 10 (165.7028) | 14 (161.1200) | 8 (162.8228) | 15 (161.1428) |
| 2013-08-09 | Cass County Weeping Water, NE | 19 / 44 (650.1256) | 27 (163.3712) | 40 (144.4916) | 10 (166.2628) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2013-05-31 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 3 / 34 (662.2852) | 2 (170.2858) | 6 (165.1426) | 19 (158.2854) | 5 (168.5714) |