High-water mark
682.1828
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.1828 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 29, 2023
HOG HEAVEN BAR B QUE
HOG HEAVEN BAR B QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 25 at the Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2023). They finished #868 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 23, 2022
latest Sep 26, 2025 · 3 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 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.25
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 174.55 · weakest Chicken (164.54)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$53K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
677.74 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1034 (91 pts) | #1457 (56 pts) | #1163 (101 pts) | #985 (116 pts) | #972 (116 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1092 (82 pts) | #1026 (117 pts) | #1118 (112 pts) | #1114 (87 pts) | #1498 (57 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #868 (145 pts) | #1195 (90 pts) | #712 (275 pts) | #964 (125 pts) | #731 (225 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1051 (118 pts) | #1298 (73 pts) | #951 (173 pts) | #928 (163 pts) | #1242 (83 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 159.9428 | 164.54 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 170.8228 | 174.55 | top 32% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 168.5256 | 171.97 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 158.8000 | 166.67 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 56% | Sep 26, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AR
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
69
finished ahead 54 times, behind 53
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 23, 2022 → Sep 29, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
20235 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score682.1828 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1516) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- First call Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0288 Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Sep 29, 2023 |
| +7.3 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival | Sep 23, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.4 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Sep 27, 2024 |
| -0.9 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Sep 26, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 32% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2025 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 17 / 26 (678.1600) | 24 (159.9428) | 15 (170.8228) | 12 (173.1316) | 12 (174.2628) |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 19 / 27 (677.5772) | 12 (171.9772) | 13 (173.1200) | 18 (170.8228) | 24 (161.6572) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 8 / 25 (682.1828) | 17 (162.8344) | 1 (178.8572) | 10 (168.5256) | 3 (171.9656) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 13 / 33 (673.0288) | 22 (163.3944) | 6 (175.4172) | 7 (175.4172) | 20 (158.8000) |