High-water mark
674.7888
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.7888 at Buckeye BBQ Classic — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-07-17
The Hogfathers Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2025-08-15
latest 2026-08-21
Best ToY finish
#703
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.00
last 4 Master vs avg 659.00 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.11 · weakest Brisket (162.69)
Road miles
203
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.00 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bleacher Bums BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bleacher Bums BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
The Hogfathers Barbecue has 4 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 138 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Hogfathers Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before The Hogfathers Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 10 years before The Hogfathers Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before The Hogfathers Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before The Hogfathers Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 162.8116 | 168.11 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 156.5028 | 164.68 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 152.5028 | 163.53 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 153.6684 | 162.69 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2025-08-15 → 2026-08-21
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.11 · weakest Brisket (162.69)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
659.00
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
106
30–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
203
4 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$31,800
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest
- Peak power rating (1492) Madison Ribberfest
- First call Bands and BBQ at the Point
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8284 Bands and BBQ at the Point
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Bands and BBQ at the Point
- 2026
- Career-best overall score674.7888 Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Bands and BBQ at the Point | 2025-09-12 |
| -8.1 | Madison Ribberfest | 2025-08-15 |
| -5.6 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) | 2026-08-21 |
| -0.6 | Buckeye BBQ Classic | 2026-07-17 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 93.7% | 92.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 91.6% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) 🏅 Madison, IN | 31 / 39 (658.1144) | 29 (162.8116) | 22 (168.5256) | 34 (155.9200) | 15 (170.8572) |
| 2026-07-17 | Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 20 / 30 (674.7888) | 18 (168.5372) | 23 (168.5600) | 18 (169.1200) | 17 (168.5716) |
| 2025-09-12 | Bands and BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 24 / 29 (659.8284) | 19 (169.1084) | 28 (156.5028) | 4 (176.5600) | 27 (157.6572) |
| 2025-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest 🏅 Madison, IN | 39 / 45 (643.2800) | 20 (171.9772) | 34 (165.1316) | 43 (152.5028) | 42 (153.6684) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #703 (140 pts) | #758 (150 pts) | #820 (140 pts) | #708 (150 pts) | #618 (205 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #875 (120 pts) | #837 (170 pts) | #1085 (115 pts) | #631 (265 pts) | #977 (115 pts) |