A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bocephus BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bocephus BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
IOLA UNDERHOGS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-05-17
latest 2025-08-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
594.93
last 3 Master vs avg 594.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±75.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (116.55)
Road miles
26
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1625)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
594.93 / 720
3 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1625
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1625 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
IOLA UNDERHOGS 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 145 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with IOLA UNDERHOGS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before IOLA UNDERHOGS'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 145.6800 | 156.74 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 20.0000 | 116.55 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.2400 | 166.26 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 142.2516 | 155.38 | top 91% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 96% | 2025-05-16 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2024-05-17 → 2025-08-30
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (116.55)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
594.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
58
3–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
26
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1625
average field rating faced — tougher than 89% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$22,350
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ
- Peak power rating (1489) Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0516 Smoke on the River (Day 2)
- Career-best overall score661.0516 Smoke on the River (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Smoke on the River (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the River (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ | 2024-05-17 |
| -8.7 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ | 2025-05-16 |
| -7.5 | Smoke on the River (Day 2) | 2025-08-30 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 91.8% | 90% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 67.9% | 67.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | Smoke on the River (Day 2) 🏅 Burlington, KS | 23 / 24 (661.0516) | 24 (145.6800) | 17 (171.4172) | 16 (173.1200) | 19 (170.8344) |
| 2025-05-16 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 25 / 27 (635.2228) | 23 (161.6800) | 25 (158.2400) | 22 (162.2400) | 25 (153.0628) |
| 2024-05-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 31 / 31 (488.5260) | 28 (162.8572) | 31 (20.0000) | 25 (163.4172) | 31 (142.2516) |