High-water mark
679.3372
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3372 at The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 19, 2025
Hogs Harbour
Hogs Harbour is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 11 at the Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival (2022). They finished #631 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 25, 2022
latest Jul 19, 2025 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.41)
Road miles
339
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 317 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
662.80 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #631 (291 pts) | #556 (386 pts) | #653 (331 pts) | #631 (316 pts) | #622 (316 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 167.3944 | 171.41 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 171.4172 | 149.1656 | 161.41 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 175.4172 | 168 | 170.48 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 173.7028 | 145.6800 | 161.50 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ME
2 of 4 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
43
finished ahead 21 times, behind 23
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
Aug 13, 2022 → Jul 19, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score679.3372 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1511) The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
20227 milestones
- First tracked contest Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff
- First category win (Brisket) Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2060 Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival | Aug 13, 2022 |
| +6.5 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Jul 19, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff | Jun 25, 2022 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 52% | 93.1% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS | 4 / 11 (679.3372) | 8 (167.3944) | 3 (171.4172) | 3 (175.4172) | 6 (165.1084) |
| Aug 13, 2022 | Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival Nova Scotia | 3 / 11 (670.2060) | 3 (170.8344) | 10 (157.6572) | 3 (168.0116) | 1 (173.7028) |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Skowhegan, ME | 19 / 25 (638.8456) | 5 (176) | 24 (149.1656) | 14 (168) | 24 (145.6800) |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Skowhegan, ME | — | — | 5 (167.4172) | — | — |