A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bethune's BBQ
Bethune's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 29th of 53 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2020).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jan 25, 2019
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.13
spread of their Backyard (4-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.53 · weakest Brisket (145.41)
Road miles
13
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$100K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
323.38 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
603.28 / 720
3 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bethune's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Bethune's BBQ 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 145 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,894 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with Bethune's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Bethune's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Bethune's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 154.8456 | 159.53 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2860 | 139.8972 | 149.95 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 143.4172 | 156.55 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4284 | 141.6800 | 145.41 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 29 | 0 | top 64% | Jan 22, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
291
finished ahead 130 times, behind 290
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Jan 28, 2022 → Jan 22, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8456 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20201 milestone
- Career-best overall score631.3256 Lakeland Pig Festival
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1490) Lakeland Pig Festival
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest The Tiger Town Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 25, 2019 |
| -3.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
| -0.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
| -0.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 34 / 63 (323.3832) | 36 (161.0972) | 30 (162.2860) | 20 (166.8456) | 45 (145.6800) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 37 / 60 (593.4856) | 28 (155.3600) | 42 (139.8972) | 29 (156.5484) | 38 (141.6800) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 29 / 53 (631.3256) | 14 (166.8344) | 40 (153.6572) | 27 (159.4056) | 28 (151.4284) |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 49 / 58 (585.0400) | 42 (154.8456) | 51 (143.9428) | 48 (143.4172) | 43 (142.8344) |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23, 2014 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |