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 brisket.
- Brisket ×1
Hatch's BBQ
Hatch's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 48 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 28, 2025
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Best overall
697.0744 / 720
Competitor Series · Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
180 🔥
Consistency
±11.15
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 174.85 · weakest Chicken (168.83)
Road miles
1,590
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 766 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$153K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.80 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 163.9772 | 168.83 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 166.2400 | 169.83 | top 48% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 172.5828 | 174.85 | top 22% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 151.9544 | 169.86 | top 28% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 23% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
199
finished ahead 178 times, behind 69
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1530) Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
- Most recent contest Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
20258 milestones
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score690.7772 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First category win (Brisket) Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
- Career-best overall score697.0744 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.3 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | Mar 28, 2025 |
| +10.9 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff | Sep 11, 2026 |
| +2.3 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 31% | 96.8% | 95% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 13 / 75 (681.7028) | 44 (167.3828) | 45 (166.2400) | 18 (172.5828) | 8 (175.4972) |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA | 15 / 36 (697.0744) | 25 (174.2744) | 30 (168.5372) | 17 (174.2628) | 1 (180) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 42 / 92 (663.9316) | 57 (163.9772) | 30 (172) | 13 (176) | 80 (151.9544) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 3 / 48 (690.7772) | 19 (169.6800) | 8 (172.5600) | 2 (176.5600) | 5 (171.9772) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.