ROCK'N HOGS BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1516

peak 1522 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-06-19

latest 2025-06-20

Best ToY finish

#289

Backyard 2025

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

344.0572 / 360

Backyard · Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Current form

329.43

last 4 Backyard vs avg 329.43 (+0.00)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1772

Pork Ribs · Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±9.63

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.29 · weakest Chicken (157.70)

Road miles

mi across 6 mapped stops

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)

Purse competed for

$7K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

329.43 / 360

4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (6 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.

The heartbreaker

0.5372 points from the title

Came within 0.5372 points of the Grand Championship at Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021-06-19).

High-water mark

344.0572 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 344.0572 at Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) — 95.6% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
2021-06-19

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.59 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 67% of the time against 83%.

Chicken avg 157.70
Pork Ribs avg 164.29
4 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 2 B's BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021-06-19).

last seen 2018-06-22
back 2021-06-19

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

7.62 BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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.

ROCK'N HOGS BBQ 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 87 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.

BUTCHER'S BEST

#2600 of the rated field

1516 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-11-15

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Pig Timers

#2617 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before ROCK'N HOGS BBQ's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-11-17
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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SMOKIN HOGS BBQ

#2620 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before ROCK'N HOGS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

CHECKERED FLAG SMOKEHOUSE

#2602 of the rated field

1516 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Level with ROCK'N HOGS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-06-01

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HICKORY HILLS BBQ COMPANY

#2616 of the rated field

1516 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before ROCK'N HOGS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BOOTHEEL BBQ

#2608 of the rated field

1516 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before ROCK'N HOGS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	4	0	169.1656	128.5144	157.70	top 48%
Pork Ribs	6	5	2	177.1772	148.5832	164.29	top 36%
Pork	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
Brisket	0	0	0	—	—	—	—

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 54%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 27%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	4	2	0	top 40%	2025-06-20

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2021-06-19 → 2025-06-20

Busiest season 2025 1 contest

Contests a season 1 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IA 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 164.29 · weakest Chicken (157.70)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 6 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 3 of 6 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Backyard average 329.43 out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 43 44–24 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 0 6 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1509 average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests

Purse competed for $7,000 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2018-06-22 → 2021-06-19

Power rating 1516 peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Jun 23 First tracked contest Rib Fest 2017(BACKYARD)
Jun 23 First call Rib Fest 2017(BACKYARD)
2021
Jun 19 First overall top-10 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 19 First overall podium Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 19 First Reserve Championship Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score344.0572 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 19 Career-best overall score344.0572 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 19 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1772 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
2022
Jun 17 Peak power rating (1522) Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)
2025
Jun 20 Most recent contest Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	2021-06-19
+7.1	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)	2022-06-17
+2.4	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	2025-06-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.1	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	2024-06-21

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	1	1	100%	top 45%	90.3%	90.3%
2024	1	0	100%	top 76%	88.3%	88.3%
2022	1	1	100%	top 31%	91.9%	91.9%
2021	1	1	100%	top 9%	95.6%	95.6%
2018	1	0	100%	—	—	—
2017	1	0	100%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-06-20	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	9 / 20 (325.1200)	15 (153.6800)	5 (171.4400)	—	—
2024-06-21	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	13 / 17 (317.7488)	4 (169.1656)	16 (148.5832)	—	—
2022-06-17	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) Sioux City, IA	4 / 13 (330.8112)	6 (162.2628)	3 (168.5484)	—	—
2021-06-19	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	2 / 22 (344.0572)	4 (166.8800)	2 (177.1772)	—	—
2018-06-22	*Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	—	6 (165.7028)	5 (165.1656)	—	—
2017-06-23	Rib Fest 2017(BACKYARD) Sioux, IA	—	20 (128.5144)	9 (154.8460)	—	—

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 ↗	Backyard	#289 (130 pts)	#334 (95 pts)	#262 (170 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#323 (102 pts)	#233 (192 pts)	#351 (87 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#217 (153 pts)	#179 (213 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#140 (197 pts)	#114 (247 pts)	—	—