The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Montana BBQ Cookoff (2025-06-13).
- last seen 2019-06-14
- back 2025-06-13
H & H BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-10-24
latest 2025-08-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
592.67
last 4 Master vs avg 592.67 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±36.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 153.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.63)
Road miles
2,544
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1396 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
592.67 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
H & H 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 164 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.
#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after H & H BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with H & H BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 140.5032 | 153.83 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 110.5828 | 144.63 | top 79% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6572 | 138.7884 | 149.25 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5144 | 129.6916 | 144.96 | top 92% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.8 yrs
2015-10-24 → 2025-08-15
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 5 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 153.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.63)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
592.67
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
15–114 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,544
5 mapped stops · furthest 1,396 mi
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$31,375
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2025-06-13
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival
- 2025
- First call Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best overall score642.0916 Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
- Most recent contest Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.4 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival | 2025-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Hog Capital Challenge | 2019-06-14 |
| -12 | Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival | 2015-10-24 |
| -8.5 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | 2025-06-13 |
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 | 50% | top 75% | 89.2% | 86.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.7% | 80.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 75.2% | 75.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 16 / 27 (642.0916) | 20 (161.1200) | 10 (170.8228) | 24 (157.6572) | 23 (152.4916) |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 30 / 33 (606.1832) | 29 (151.4172) | 28 (151.9772) | 31 (146.2744) | 27 (156.5144) |
| 2019-06-14 | Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL | 25 / 25 (581.0404) | 25 (140.5032) | 24 (145.1316) | 19 (154.2744) | 25 (141.1312) |
| 2018-06-15 | *Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-10-24 | Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival Las Vegas, NV | 33 / 34 (541.3484) | 27 (162.2856) | 34 (110.5828) | 34 (138.7884) | 34 (129.6916) |