A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE ON THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The Hoggy Bottom Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2018-03-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.69
last 3 Master vs avg 640.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.81 · weakest Brisket (154.45)
Road miles
164
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
640.69 / 720
3 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
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at *Jack Town Throw Down (2017-03-31).
- last seen 2013-03-15
- back 2017-03-31
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.
The Hoggy Bottom Boys has 3 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 113 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.
#4044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to The Hoggy Bottom Boys)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Hoggy Bottom Boys has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after The Hoggy Bottom Boys did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Hoggy Bottom Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 163.9998 | 167.81 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 157.7142 | 160.17 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 153.6456 | 158.25 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 143.9772 | 154.45 | top 74% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2018-03-02
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.81 · weakest Brisket (154.45)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
640.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
48–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
164
3 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2017-03-31
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Career-best overall score643.4280 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Peak power rating (1496) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- 2017
- First call *Jack Town Throw Down
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8800 *Jack Town Throw Down
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Jack Town Throw Down
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | *Jack Town Throw Down | 2017-03-31 |
| -6.5 | *Jack Town Throw Down | 2018-03-02 |
| -4.5 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2013-03-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-02 | *Jack Town Throw Down Ridgeland, MS | 25 / 31 (636.4340) | 22 (164.5600) | 19 (164.0000) | 27 (153.6456) | 24 (154.2284) |
| 2017-03-31 | *Jack Town Throw Down Jackson, MS | 27 / 34 (642.1944) | 4 (174.8800) | 28 (158.8000) | 19 (164.5372) | 34 (143.9772) |
| 2013-03-15 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 64 / 100 (643.4280) | 57 (163.9998) | 75 (157.7142) | 77 (156.5712) | 45 (165.1428) |