A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHUNKY BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHUNKY BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Hungry Holler
Hungry Holler is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 25 at the Keystone Classic Cookoff (2026). They finished #974 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 6, 2023
latest Oct 2, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.10 · weakest Brisket (155.67)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.99 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #974 (95 pts) | #1074 (85 pts) | #1110 (95 pts) | #1052 (80 pts) | #965 (110 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1440 (55 pts) | #1476 (55 pts) | #1264 (70 pts) | #923 (125 pts) | #1453 (55 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1112 (75 pts) | #1152 (85 pts) | #911 (155 pts) | #1001 (115 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1552 (58 pts) | #1108 (113 pts) | #1379 (73 pts) | #1222 (78 pts) | #1601 (53 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 161.0972 | 163.68 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9888 | 158.8456 | 164.54 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 159.3484 | 166.10 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 147.9772 | 155.67 | top 82% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | 3 | 20 | 0 | top 84% | Oct 3, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
65
finished ahead 22 times, behind 82
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score660.3888 Keystone Classic Cookoff
- Most recent contest Keystone Classic Cookoff
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8228 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
20242 milestones
- First call Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4688 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
- Peak power rating (1490) Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | Oct 6, 2023 |
| -7.1 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | Oct 3, 2025 |
| -6.2 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | Oct 4, 2024 |
| -0.2 | Keystone Classic Cookoff | Oct 2, 2026 |
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 | 0% | top 64% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Keystone Classic Cookoff 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 16 / 25 (660.3888) | 18 (165.0972) | 16 (166.2400) | 19 (165.0972) | 13 (163.9544) |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 26 / 30 (658.6744) | 28 (161.0972) | 22 (165.0972) | 11 (170.8228) | 26 (161.6572) |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 20 / 25 (648.4688) | 18 (162.2744) | 7 (167.9888) | 12 (169.1200) | 23 (149.0856) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 24 / 28 (632.4340) | 13 (166.2628) | 21 (158.8456) | 20 (159.3484) | 27 (147.9772) |