The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015-05-22).
- last seen 2013-10-04
- back 2015-05-22
HOGHOUND BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2015-05-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.14
last 3 Master vs avg 636.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.86 · weakest Brisket (154.27)
Road miles
1,929
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1881 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
636.14 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
HOGHOUND BARBEQUE 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 160 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after HOGHOUND BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOGHOUND BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 149.7140 | 162.86 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 157.7142 | 160.93 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1312 | 156.5372 | 158.08 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 151.4286 | 154.27 | top 69% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2015-05-22
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.86 · weakest Brisket (154.27)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.14
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
160
87–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,929
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,881 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2013-10-04 → 2015-05-22
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
- First call Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5144 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score652.5144 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1428 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1500) Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.1 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2013-10-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-05-22 |
| -6.5 | 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship | 2013-06-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89% | 89% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 90.6% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA | 25 / 29 (640.4688) | 16 (165.7144) | 17 (165.0972) | 26 (156.5372) | 26 (153.1200) |
| 2013-10-04 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 35 / 99 (652.5144) | 8 (173.1428) | 55 (159.9888) | 43 (161.1312) | 53 (158.2516) |
| 2013-06-21 | 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA | 51 / 70 (615.4282) | 63 (149.7140) | 38 (157.7142) | 44 (156.5714) | 45 (151.4286) |