A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Sloppy Hog BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Sloppy Hog BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Ashland Blazin Cookers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2016-05-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.81
last 3 Master vs avg 633.81 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.33 · weakest Brisket (148.17)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
633.81 / 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
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest (2016-05-13).
- last seen 2014-05-09
- back 2016-05-13
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.
Ashland Blazin Cookers 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 129 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Ashland Blazin Cookers did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ashland Blazin Cookers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 165.7142 | 169.33 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4284 | 149.0632 | 153.29 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 159.9656 | 163.02 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 145.1428 | 148.17 | top 92% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Springfest | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 81% | 2014-05-09 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2016-05-13
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.33 · weakest Brisket (148.17)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
633.81
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
58
11–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-05-09 → 2016-05-13
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Mississippi Springfest
- Peak power rating (1492) Mississippi Springfest
- 2014
- First call Mississippi Springfest
- Career-best overall score639.3368 Mississippi Springfest
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest | 2016-05-13 |
| -9.2 | Mississippi Springfest | 2014-05-09 |
| -7.8 | Mississippi Springfest | 2013-05-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 96% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-13 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS | 25 / 26 (627.8060) | 9 (171.4172) | 26 (149.0632) | 23 (159.9656) | 25 (147.3600) |
| 2014-05-09 | Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS | 20 / 23 (639.3368) | 6 (170.8684) | 23 (155.3828) | 19 (161.0856) | 19 (152.0000) |
| 2013-05-10 | Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS | 22 / 29 (634.2854) | 11 (165.7142) | 24 (155.4284) | 11 (168.0000) | 28 (145.1428) |