Country Hoggs

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4435

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-10-04

latest 2025-10-17

Best ToY finish

#277

Backyard 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 83%

overall standings

Best overall

491.4744 / 360

Backyard · Roast-N-Boast

Perfect 180s

Current form

414.47 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 398.15 (+16.33)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7372

Pork Ribs · Roast-N-Boast

Consistency

±77.15

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 157.97 · weakest Chicken (152.80)

Road miles

196

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$43K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

398.15 / 360

7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (7 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.

High-water mark

491.4744 career-best overall

136.5% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 491.4744 at Roast-N-Boast — 136.5% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
2021-08-27

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

HOLY SMOKIN!!! ahead in 100% of their meetings

HOLY SMOKIN!!! has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.17 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 25%.

Chicken avg 152.80
Pork avg 157.97
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Misfits of Smoke in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 7 shared pork entries lost

BEER-B-QUE BOYS ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BEER-B-QUE BOYS has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared pork entries.

Boom or bust

±21.43% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±21.43% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 110.6% of a perfect score
best 136.5%

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Roast N Boast every year from 2019 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 9th

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

HOGG UGLY

#4434 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1474

2–5 in 7 shared contests (29% to Country Hoggs)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — HOGG UGLY ahead 5–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-10-17
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Silence of the Hams BBQ

#4449 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN D'S

#4421 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Country Hoggs's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-04-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Camping Crew BBQ

#4419 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Wobbly Hog

#4429 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Level with Country Hoggs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

⚔ Head-to-head

BURNT BOAR

#4437 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Country Hoggs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Misfits of Smoke	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
BEER-B-QUE BOYS	7	2	4	29%	⚔ compare
HOGG UGLY	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
RIVER RATS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
Party Barge BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKIN!!!	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	5	0	4	0%	⚔ compare
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
RIBLIFE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	163.3944	133.6684	152.80	top 89%
Pork Ribs	8	2	169.7372	117.0744	155.19	top 83%
Pork	8	2	163.4056	150.2400	157.97	top 83%
Brisket	0	0	—	—	—	—

“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
Small (<20 teams)	5	0	top 93%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 58%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Roast N Boast	6	9	0	top 88%	2024-10-18

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2019-10-04 → 2025-10-17

Busiest season 2024 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 8 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 2 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 157.97 · weakest Chicken (152.80)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 22% 2 of 9 contests

Backyard average 398.15 out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 135 66–164 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 196 9 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi

Schedule strength 1569 average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests

Purse competed for $42,650 listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2019-10-04 → 2020-10-09

Power rating 1474 peak 1474 · #4435 of 6,413 rated

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

2019
Oct 4 First tracked contest Roast N Boast
Oct 4 Peak power rating (1500) Roast N Boast
2020
Oct 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score401.5656 Roast-N-Boast
2021
Aug 27 First call Roast-N-Boast
Aug 27 First overall top-10 Roast-N-Boast
Aug 27 Career-best overall score491.4744 Roast-N-Boast
Aug 27 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7372 Roast-N-Boast
2025
Oct 17 Most recent contest Roast N Boast

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3	Roast N Boast	2025-10-17
+1.1	Roast-N-Boast	2021-08-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	Roast N Boast	2023-10-20
-8.6	Roast N Boast	2024-10-18
-5.1	Roast-N-Boast	2020-10-09
-5	Roast N Boast	2022-10-28
-0.5	Roast N Boast	2019-10-04

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	1	100%	top 54%	91.7%	91.7%
2024	2	0	50%	top 80%	83.8%	83.8%
2023	1	0	0%	top 133%	134%	134%
2022	2	0	50%	top 150%	129.7%	129.7%
2021	1	1	100%	top 47%	136.5%	136.5%
2020	1	0	0%	top 64%	111.5%	111.5%
2019	1	0	0%	top 52%	87%	87%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-10-17	Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	7 / 13 (330.2288)	7 (163.3944)	8 (166.8344)	11 (162.8228)	—
2024-10-18	Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	12 / 15 (301.6228)	12 (143.9544)	11 (157.6684)	6 (161.1428)	—
2024-05-04	The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Birmingham, AL	—	—	—	17 (150.2400)	—
2023-10-20	Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	16 / 12 (482.2396)	13 (162.8684)	15 (160.5484)	17 (158.8228)	—
2022-10-28	Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	12 / 8 (466.7996)	16 (153.1084)	13 (150.2856)	9 (163.4056)	—
2022-08-26	Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbus, MS	—	—	20 (159.4172)	—	—
2021-08-27	Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	9 / 19 (491.4744)	11 (159.4744)	7 (169.7372)	11 (162.2628)	—
2020-10-09	Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	23 / 36 (401.5656)	23 (133.6684)	23 (117.0744)	22 (150.8228)	—
2019-10-04	Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS	13 / 25 (313.0972)	14 (153.1428)	11 (159.9544)	16 (154.2172)	—

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Backyard	#277 (142 pts)	#277 (142 pts)	#304 (132 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#323 (102 pts)	#333 (102 pts)	#329 (107 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Master	—	—	—	#1139 (82 pts)	—