Taken Care of BBQ OH

Power ranking

#2240

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1471

peak 1471 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-04-23

latest 2025-09-05

Best ToY finish

#613

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

685.6688 / 720

Master · Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.82 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.46 (+23.36)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

174.8572

Pork · Rekindled Ironman

Consistency

±48.90

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.39 · weakest Pork (151.80)

Road miles

1009

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 275 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Purse competed for

$49K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

645.46 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

😤 Chicken nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Teams like this (closest power rating, OH first)

Bones, Rubs, and Harmony #2299 · 1468 · OH BURNING PIG BBQ #2315 · 1468 · OH Pink Piggy BBQ #2111 · 1478 · OH SMOKE RIDER #1969 · 1484 · OH Lock 44 BBQ #1867 · 1489 · OH Bigfoot Mountain BBQ #2611 · 1453 · OH

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BEER TIME BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
CIRCLE L BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
CONVICTED PIGS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GO BIG OR GO BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BooyaQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
TIRE SMOKE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	5	1	172.5600	158.3316	166.39	top 55%
Pork Ribs	10	3	0	173.7144	154.8116	163.45	top 58%
Pork	10	5	0	174.8572	20.0000	151.80	top 57%
Brisket	10	4	0	170.2628	143.9428	163.81	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.

By state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OH	6	top 70%
PA	2	top 41%
WV	2	top 65%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 64%
Medium (20–39)	5	top 58%
Large (40+)	2	top 74%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Marietta River City BBQ	4	8	0	top 67%	2024-04-26

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (3 contests)
Cooks mostly in OH (6 of 10 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (10 entries)
Average Master overall score: 645.46 / 720

Milestones

🚩 2021-04-23 — First tracked contest · Marietta River City BBQ
📈 2021-04-23 — Peak power rating (1499) · Marietta River City BBQ
📣 2022-04-22 — First call · Downtown BBQ Throwdown
⭐ 2024-05-24 — Career-best overall score (685.6688) · Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.8	Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest	2024-05-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	Marietta River City BBQ	2022-04-29
-5.8	Grizzly BBQ Brawl	2025-09-05
-5.4	Downtown BBQ Throwdown	2022-04-22
-3.5	The Buckeye BBQ Classic	2023-07-21
-3.1	Marietta River City BBQ	2023-04-28

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	0	100%	top 63%	93.9%	92.8%
2024	2	2	100%	top 48%	95.2%	93.4%
2023	3	1	67%	top 65%	91.9%	90.5%
2022	2	0	50%	top 82%	89.4%	79.7%
2021	1	0	0%	top 48%	93.1%	93.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-09-05	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH	33 / 42 (661.0512)	38 (159.3484)	6 (173.1428)	36 (163.4172)	23 (165.1428)
2025-04-04	Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA	11 / 23 (675.9088)	10 (171.9772)	17 (160.5144)	5 (174.8572)	10 (168.5600)
2024-05-24	Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Rochester, PA	8 / 23 (685.6688)	9 (172.5600)	5 (173.7144)	9 (170.2744)	8 (169.1200)
2024-04-26	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	8 / 13 (659.9088)	8 (166.8344)	12 (154.8116)	6 (168.0000)	5 (170.2628)
2023-07-21	The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	23 / 32 (661.5656)	18 (168.5484)	26 (158.2172)	8 (170.8228)	17 (163.9772)
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	29 / 42 (650.1372)	22 (166.8456)	28 (159.9544)	28 (161.6800)	25 (161.6572)
2023-04-21	WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Cottageville, WV	8 / 15 (642.1832)	3 (164.5716)	8 (157.0972)	9 (156.5028)	4 (164.0116)
2022-04-29	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	22 / 25 (504.0000)	22 (158.3316)	18 (162.2284)	25 (20.0000)	15 (163.4400)
2022-04-22	Downtown BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Ripley, WV	13 / 17 (643.8740)	8 (169.7256)	11 (165.1200)	13 (165.0856)	16 (143.9428)
2021-04-23	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	14 / 29 (670.2628)	14 (165.1200)	12 (169.7372)	13 (167.4056)	15 (168.0000)

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
2025 ↗	Master	#736 (178 pts)	#803 (183 pts)	#698 (263 pts)	#686 (233 pts)	#745 (193 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#613 (276 pts)	#671 (266 pts)	#681 (276 pts)	#626 (286 pts)	#600 (306 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#615 (262 pts)	#522 (382 pts)	#762 (252 pts)	#567 (337 pts)	#541 (347 pts)