A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MAD MUTT'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAD MUTT'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Hillbilly Style BBQ
Hillbilly Style BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 15 at the Crimson & Blue BBQ (2019). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 20, 2014
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 11.4 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 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.45
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.41 · weakest Chicken (155.69)
Road miles
203
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.60 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1690 (105 pts) | #1824 (95 pts) | #1259 (190 pts) | #1761 (105 pts) | #1725 (105 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Hillbilly Style BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Hillbilly Style BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 38
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1540
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hillbilly Style BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hillbilly Style BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Hillbilly Style BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,168 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with Hillbilly Style BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,180 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Compare careers#4,173 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Hillbilly Style 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 | 160.5944 | 150.2856 | 155.69 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 143.4284 | 163.41 | top 57% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 160.5372 | 162.40 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 146.2172 | 158.10 | top 84% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
481
finished ahead 108 times, behind 436
Longest layoff
5.2 yrs
Jun 20, 2014 → Aug 31, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score659.2456 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20192 milestones
- First call Crimson & Blue BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6916 Crimson & Blue BBQ
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1488) Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Ol' Glory BBQ Bash | Jun 20, 2014 |
| -4.7 | Crimson & Blue BBQ | Aug 31, 2019 |
| -4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 301 / 401 (659.2456) | 350 (159.9544) | 89 (174.2628) | 274 (166.2400) | 341 (158.7884) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Mayetta, KS | 87 / 90 (640.4228) | 88 (151.9428) | 76 (161.6684) | 87 (160.5372) | 70 (166.2744) |
| Aug 31, 2019 | Crimson & Blue BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS | 12 / 15 (657.6916) | 14 (160.5944) | 4 (174.2628) | 12 (161.7144) | 12 (161.1200) |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS | 40 / 42 (601.0512) | 39 (150.2856) | 40 (143.4284) | 32 (161.1200) | 39 (146.2172) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.