High-water mark
667.3140
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.3140 at Grizzly BBQ Brawl — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 5, 2025
Hoot'n Holler BBQ
Hoot'n Holler BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 16th of 28 at the Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival (2018). They finished #1377 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 31, 2018
latest Sep 5, 2025 · 7 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 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.69 · weakest Chicken (162.67)
Road miles
222
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$4,500
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.02 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 158.2172 | 162.67 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 163.4172 | 167.69 | top 42% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 160.5028 | 165.38 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 162.8456 | 167.28 | top 51% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 63% | Oct 18, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 45 times, behind 95
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Oct 18, 2019 → Sep 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score667.3140 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Most recent contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
20184 milestones
- First tracked contest PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4804 PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival
- First call Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1498) Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.8 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 19, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 5, 2025 |
| -3.1 | PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival | Aug 31, 2018 |
| -2.1 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 18, 2019 |
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 | 100% | top 71% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 66% | 92.5% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH | 30 / 42 (667.3140) | 37 (164.5372) | 8 (172.5600) | 30 (167.3712) | 31 (162.8456) |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival 🏅 Nelsonville, OH | 19 / 28 (658.1372) | 20 (162.2400) | 20 (163.4172) | 24 (160.5028) | 7 (171.9772) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH | 16 / 28 (666.1600) | 24 (158.2172) | 4 (170.8344) | 4 (170.8228) | 16 (166.2856) |
| Aug 31, 2018 | PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lebanon, OH | 34 / 46 (660.4804) | 33 (165.6800) | 29 (163.9660) | 38 (162.8228) | 23 (168.0116) |