Hair of the Hog BBQ
Hair of the Hog BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 35th of 29 at the MD State BBQ Bash (2025). They finished #1970 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 27, 2013
latest Oct 10, 2025 · 12 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.23)
Road miles
981
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 981 mi
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
642.25 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
301.58 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 151.9200 | 159.10 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 149.6572 | 152.23 | top 93% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8800 | 158.8800 | 158.88 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 162.2856 | 162.29 | top 32% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
180
finished ahead 65 times, behind 115
Longest layoff
12 yrs
Sep 27, 2013 → Oct 10, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best overall score642.2512 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2856 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 35 / 29 (301.5772) | 31 (151.9200) | 34 (149.6572) | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 53 / 114 (642.2512) | 32 (166.2856) | 78 (154.8000) | 67 (158.8800) | 37 (162.2856) |