HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY

HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY is a competition barbecue team with 42 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 28 at the Bands & BBQ at the Point (2021). They are ranked #2255 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,255

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1529

peak 1551 · rated over 38 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 15, 2017

latest Oct 31, 2025 · 8.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1954

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 42 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

693.6916 / 720

Master · Bands & BBQ at the Point

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

668.88

last 5 Master vs avg 668.52 (+0.36)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Bands & BBQ at the Point

Consistency

±13.60

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.25 · weakest Brisket (166.78)

Road miles

5,225

across 42 mapped stops · furthest 231 mi

Schedule strength

79%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)

Purse competed for

$323K

listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 35 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.52 / 720

40 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

High-water mark

693.6916 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.6916 at Bands & BBQ at the Point — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 10, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH has finished one call ahead of HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 38%.

6 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 38%

A tough matchup

31–2 behind in the head-to-head

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 31 of their 33 shared contests.

A strong matchup

17–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ACME BBQ in 17 of their 19 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

25 of 33 shared pork entries lost

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BLUE CHIP BBQ has out-cooked them in 25 of 33 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BooyaQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 44% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 44% across 6 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

6 August contests
top 60% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,225 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,225 miles across 42 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 231 miles to 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1.

42 mapped stops
furthest 231 mi

The metronome

±1.89% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.89% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.8% of a perfect score
42 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Bands & BBQ at the Point every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 3rd

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1923 (80 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2158 (68 pts)	#2817 (58 pts)	#1657 (153 pts)	#2251 (63 pts)	#2802 (58 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY, each with one reason worth a look.

76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Totally Bodacious BBQ

#2,259 of the rated field

1529 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1529

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Lucky Shoes BBQ

#2,243 of the rated field

1529 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1537

Careers of much the same size, 31 contests to 42, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

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BEER & BUTTS QUE

#2,246 of the rated field

1529 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1530

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 9, 2016

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COACH'S DECISION BBQ

#2,249 of the rated field

1529 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1545

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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PORKY FATSTACKS BBQ & SOCIAL CLUB

#2,253 of the rated field

1529 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1545

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 46% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 3, 2022

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T.J.D. Smokehouse

#2,254 of the rated field

1529 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1533

Level with HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 19, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLUE CHIP BBQ	33	2	31	6%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	31	3	28	10%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	24	2	22	8%	⚔ compare
CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	22	1	21	5%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	21	5	16	24%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	19	17	2	89%	⚔ compare
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
BBQ Maestros	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
SmokinGhost BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
TIRE SMOKE BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	40	10	2	4	177.7028	144.4800	167.02	top 60%
Pork Ribs	41	11	0	1	175.4172	154.8000	167.16	top 54%
Pork	40	11	2	3	180 🔥	153.6572	167.25	top 55%
Brisket	40	13	0	1	177.7028	152.5028	166.78	top 52%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 76%
Medium (20–39)	22	top 58%
Large (40+)	15	top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KY	16	top 58%
IN	14	top 61%
TN	6	top 69%
OH	2	top 45%
IL	1	top 69%
WV	1	top 47%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bands & BBQ at the Point	6	3	top 45%	Sep 13, 2024
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	3	11	top 32%	Aug 19, 2022
Hoosier BBQ Classic	2	18	top 65%	Jun 6, 2025
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues	2	11	top 48%	Aug 16, 2024
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	2	36	top 67%	Mar 17, 2023
Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1	2	17	top 63%	Jun 17, 2022
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	23	top 62%	Oct 4, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 8 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KY 16 of 42 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 28 7 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 41 entries · 0 wins · 11 calls

Opponents faced 603 finished ahead 613 times, behind 995

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs Oct 18, 2019 → Mar 19, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

Oct 31 Most recent contest "Spooky Q" 1792

20242 milestones

Sep 13 First perfect 180 (Pork) Bands & BBQ at the Point
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1551) Bands & BBQ at the Point

20231 milestone

Jun 9 25th tracked contest Hoosier BBQ Classic #1

20214 milestones

Sep 10 First category win (Pork) Bands & BBQ at the Point
Sep 10 First overall top-10 Bands & BBQ at the Point
Sep 10 First overall podium Bands & BBQ at the Point
Sep 10 Career-best overall score693.6916 Bands & BBQ at the Point

20191 milestone

Oct 18 10th tracked contest Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

20181 milestone

Oct 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1024 Jim Beam BBQ Classic

20172 milestones

Sep 15 First tracked contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
Sep 15 First call Bands & BBQ at the Point

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Bands & BBQ at the Point	Sep 10, 2021
+13.2	2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1	May 13, 2022
+13	The Buckeye BBQ Classic	Jul 19, 2024
+12.3	Bands & BBQ at the Point	Sep 13, 2024
+11.7	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	Aug 19, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.4	Bands & BBQ at the Point	Sep 9, 2022
-8.8	Hoosier BBQ Classic	Jun 6, 2025
-8	PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition	Mar 22, 2019
-7.2	Smithfield Classic in Nashville	Sep 3, 2021
-6.6	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1	Jun 18, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	7	1	0	43%	top 74%	94.9%	92.9%
2024	6	2	1	67%	top 38%	96.3%	94.8%
2023	7	2	2	71%	top 63%	95.4%	92.2%
2022	7	1	0	57%	top 58%	95.5%	93.3%
2021	5	1	1	40%	top 56%	96.3%	93%
2019	8	0	0	63%	top 65%	93.5%	91.9%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 69%	92%	92%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 70%	89.7%	89.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 31, 2025	"Spooky Q" 1792 Monticello, KY	19 / 23 (661.5312)	12 (170.8344)	13 (168.5256)	13 (169.6684)	21 (152.5028)
Sep 12, 2025	Bands and BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	12 / 29 (683.3028)	21 (168.5372)	19 (168.5256)	5 (176.5600)	12 (169.6800)
Aug 15, 2025	Madison Ribberfest 🏅 Madison, IN	32 / 45 (669.6000)	35 (165.6684)	5 (175.4172)	37 (162.2400)	30 (166.2744)
Jul 25, 2025	Fire on the Mountain BBQ 🏅 Leburn, KY	8 / 10 (670.1368)	2 (174.8456)	10 (166.2400)	9 (166.2400)	9 (162.8112)
Jun 6, 2025	Hoosier BBQ Classic 🏅 Franklin, IN	25 / 30 (659.8172)	20 (169.6800)	26 (163.9428)	28 (163.3828)	23 (162.8116)
May 24, 2025	7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN	93 / 106 (668.3884)	87 (168.5372)	99 (165.0972)	98 (163.9428)	62 (170.8112)
May 23, 2025	7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 13, 2024	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	4 / 31 (693.6572)	9 (174.2744)	16 (167.9772)	1 (180)	10 (171.4056)
Aug 16, 2024	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues 🏅 Madison, IN	11 / 49 (689.0284)	8 (175.4056)	29 (167.3944)	15 (174.2628)	13 (171.9656)
Jul 19, 2024	The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	7 / 33 (686.7656)	6 (174.8456)	7 (173.1200)	9 (173.1316)	18 (165.6684)
Jun 21, 2024	Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN	22 / 33 (670.6968)	25 (162.8344)	22 (167.3828)	14 (171.9656)	21 (168.5140)
Jun 7, 2024	Hoosier BBQ Classic 🏅 Franklin, IN	18 / 38 (681.5768)	12 (174.2628)	29 (163.9428)	14 (172.5484)	16 (170.8228)
May 10, 2024	Derby Park Que Off Louisville, KY	12 / 21 (675.3260)	17 (163.9660)	16 (164.5256)	8 (173.1200)	6 (173.7144)
Oct 6, 2023	Smokin' for Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL	18 / 26 (667.2340)	18 (166.2400)	15 (167.3828)	20 (162.7884)	10 (170.8228)
Sep 15, 2023	Reuniting After War BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY	9 / 28 (686.8000)	1 (177.7028)	15 (166.8344)	7 (173.1428)	12 (169.1200)
Sep 8, 2023	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	21 / 33 (671.3256)	20 (168.5600)	29 (160.5372)	3 (174.2628)	18 (167.9656)
Aug 18, 2023	Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues 🏅 Madison, IN	30 / 41 (657.5544)	41 (144.4800)	10 (174.2744)	30 (163.9428)	6 (174.8572)
Jun 9, 2023	Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN	32 / 38 (651.2112)	30 (163.9428)	30 (161.6916)	24 (165.0856)	31 (160.4912)
Apr 21, 2023	WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Cottageville, WV	7 / 15 (646.0912)	1 (169.6684)	7 (160.5372)	7 (159.9772)	9 (155.9084)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	56 / 80 (669.0172)	72 (162.8000)	58 (163.9656)	23 (171.9772)	32 (170.2744)
Sep 9, 2022	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	23 / 32 (656.9600)	30 (163.3944)	22 (164.5372)	21 (163.9428)	18 (165.0856)
Aug 19, 2022	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN	11 / 45 (687.3256)	13 (172.5484)	11 (171.9772)	27 (165.0972)	3 (177.7028)
Jun 17, 2022	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN	17 / 42 (682.1828)	33 (167.3712)	9 (172.5716)	24 (167.9656)	5 (174.2744)
Jun 17, 2022	Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Franklin, IN	—	—	22 (154.8000)	—	—
Jun 10, 2022	Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillers' Row Invitational 🏅 unrated New Haven, KY	17 / 17 (659.3376)	4 (176.5944)	3 (174.2744)	17 (154.2172)	17 (154.2516)
May 13, 2022	2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 🏅 Union City, TN	8 / 25 (682.7772)	17 (166.8344)	4 (173.7144)	15 (169.1200)	8 (173.1084)
Apr 8, 2022	CCSFEST 🏅 Indianapolis, IN	34 / 42 (663.2796)	38 (166.8112)	29 (166.8228)	33 (163.9656)	26 (165.6800)
Sep 10, 2021	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	3 / 28 (693.6916)	6 (170.8572)	5 (170.8344)	1 (179.4400)	10 (172.5600)
Sep 3, 2021	Smithfield Classic in Nashville 🏅 Nashville, TN	46 / 50 (654.6740)	48 (161.0740)	20 (171.9772)	50 (153.6572)	36 (167.9656)
Aug 20, 2021	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN	12 / 43 (683.9084)	8 (174.2628)	23 (166.2400)	17 (169.1200)	5 (174.2856)
Jun 18, 2021	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN	44 / 51 (648.3312)	39 (166.2400)	44 (159.3600)	37 (162.7884)	43 (159.9428)
Mar 19, 2021	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	36 / 57 (667.3028)	40 (163.3828)	40 (164.5372)	34 (165.6800)	14 (173.7028)
Oct 18, 2019	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY	21 / 31 (672.9944)	26 (162.8116)	12 (170.8344)	14 (169.6684)	18 (169.6800)
Oct 4, 2019	Jim Beam BBQ Classic 🏅 Springfield, KY	23 / 42 (663.8168)	29 (165.1084)	29 (162.8000)	22 (167.3828)	15 (168.5256)
Sep 27, 2019	New Albany Blues Brews and BBQ Festival 🏅 New Albany, IN	18 / 23 (659.8400)	2 (176.5600)	18 (161.0972)	10 (168.5256)	21 (153.6572)
Sep 13, 2019	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	11 / 28 (671.3144)	18 (166.2516)	14 (167.4056)	17 (165.6800)	6 (171.9772)
Aug 16, 2019	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madsion, IN	20 / 47 (672.4340)	23 (168.5256)	11 (172.0116)	33 (162.7768)	15 (169.1200)
Jul 12, 2019	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Kettering, OH	23 / 33 (656.9828)	26 (163.3828)	5 (173.1200)	24 (163.9544)	30 (156.5256)
Apr 5, 2019	Operation Stand Down KY II Annual Smoke off 🏅 Franklin, KY	22 / 28 (654.1600)	26 (161.1200)	25 (156.5372)	6 (173.1200)	20 (163.3828)
Mar 22, 2019	PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition 🏅 Franklin, IN	27 / 29 (642.1032)	29 (146.2060)	15 (166.8688)	27 (157.0628)	7 (171.9656)
Oct 5, 2018	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	29 / 42 (662.1024)	32 (163.9312)	13 (172.5716)	21 (167.9540)	37 (157.6456)
Sep 15, 2017	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	23 / 33 (646.1256)	28 (160.4912)	8 (171.4516)	24 (160.5140)	28 (153.6688)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)