A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WHEN PIGS DIE ahead in 100% of their meetings
WHEN PIGS DIE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HOGZ BREW BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2018-06-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.99
last 4 Master vs avg 632.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.13 · weakest Brisket (152.08)
Road miles
282
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Master avg
632.99 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic (2016-06-10).
- last seen 2014-05-02
- back 2016-06-10
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.
HOGZ BREW BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after HOGZ BREW BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOGZ BREW BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 155.9772 | 163.13 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 152.5488 | 160.40 | top 68% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 154.8112 | 157.39 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 135.3260 | 152.08 | top 77% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Plains Ribfest | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 73% | 2018-06-15 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2018-06-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.13 · weakest Brisket (152.08)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
632.99
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
33–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
282
4 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2016-06-10
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival
- First call North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.3656 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score652.3656 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1496) Central Plains Ribfest
- 2018
- Most recent contest Central Plains Ribfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.2 | Central Plains Ribfest | 2017-06-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Central Plains Ribfest | 2018-06-15 |
| -5.1 | North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| -1.7 | Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic | 2016-06-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 34 / 35 (602.1492) | 31 (158.8344) | 33 (152.5488) | 33 (155.4400) | 35 (135.3260) |
| 2017-06-16 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 13 / 27 (638.1256) | 20 (155.9772) | 9 (165.0856) | 15 (162.8228) | 17 (154.2400) |
| 2016-06-10 | Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS | 20 / 31 (652.3656) | 5 (173.7028) | 24 (161.6688) | 24 (156.4912) | 21 (160.5028) |
| 2014-05-02 | North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival North Platte, NE | 18 / 25 (639.3368) | 9 (164.0000) | 17 (162.2856) | 19 (154.8112) | 19 (158.2400) |