Hoggy Style

Hoggy Style is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 31 at the International Goat Days Championship BBQ (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #2903 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,903

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1571 · rated over 27 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 26, 2013

latest Mar 28, 2025 · 11.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#618

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

15% of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

691.3944 / 720

Master · International Goat Days Championship BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

621.07 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 633.48 (-12.41)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open

Consistency

±94.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.38 · weakest Chicken (161.58)

Road miles

7,940

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 684 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Purse competed for

$45K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

633.48 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

1.1312 points from the title

Came within 1.1312 points of the Grand Championship at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (Sep 27, 2013).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 15% average finish here

Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 4 visits.

4 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 15%

High-water mark

691.3944 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.3944 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 11, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

3 GUYS WITH WOOD has finished one call ahead of Hoggy Style 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 21%.

5 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 21%

A tough matchup

7–2 behind in the head-to-head

LA PASADITA ahead in 78% of their meetings

LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SQUEAL OF APPROVAL in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

2.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off (Jun 4, 2021).

last seen Apr 5, 2019
back Jun 4, 2021

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

LA PASADITA ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LA PASADITA has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

Boom or bust

±13.17% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±13.17% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 88.0% of a perfect score
best 96.0%

A September team

Top 28% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 28% across 9 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

9 September contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,940 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,940 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 684 miles to Boda Getta BBQ.

27 mapped stops
furthest 684 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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
2015 ↗	Master	#744 (471 pts)	#812 (446 pts)	#987 (351 pts)	#831 (436 pts)	#654 (571 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#618 (600 pts)	#774 (480 pts)	#706 (535 pts)	#638 (600 pts)	#550 (670 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#745 (415 pts)	#1121 (265 pts)	#1159 (255 pts)	#1349 (195 pts)	#830 (380 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Hoggy Style, each with one reason worth a look.

112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

FULLWOOD BROS' BBQ

#2,918 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1515

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Hoggy Style)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hoggy Style has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

SHOW ME THE QUE!

#2,906 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Hoggy Style)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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GRILL CRAZY

#2,897 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

4–0 in 4 shared contests (100% to Hoggy Style)

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

rated over 6 contests

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MEN OF ERIN BBQ

#2,901 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to Hoggy Style)

Fewer contests behind them than Hoggy Style has cooked, 6 to 27, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2017

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Beachdogs 502 BBQ

#2,899 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1522

25 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2025

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RUB WON OUT

#2,916 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1541

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

⚔ Compare careers

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SQUEAL OF APPROVAL	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
MAXIMUM LOIN	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
KCQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
SKUNK RIVER BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
PIG NEWTON	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
OVERLAND PORK BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
3 GUYS WITH WOOD	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	3	0	1	177.1428	133.6572	161.58	top 56%
Pork Ribs	27	6	0	0	174.3088	140.5944	163.29	top 48%
Pork	26	6	1	3	176	145.6912	164.38	top 46%
Brisket	26	7	1	3	180 🔥	135.9772	162.31	top 44%

“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
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	19	0	top 46%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	9	top 29%
TX	6	top 75%
AL	3	top 94%
TN	3	top 20%
MO	3	top 26%
AR	2	top 63%
OK	1	top 77%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off	4	36	top 69%	Jun 4, 2021
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	4	2	top 15%	Sep 23, 2016
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	2	41	top 86%	Mar 28, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 9 of 27 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 20 3 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 27 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Opponents faced 1,723 finished ahead 1,944 times, behind 1,065

Longest layoff 2.2 yrs Apr 5, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021

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

20251 milestone

Mar 28 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

20211 milestone

Jun 4 25th tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off

20153 milestones

Sep 11 Career-best overall score691.3944 International Goat Days Championship BBQ
Oct 3 First perfect 180 (Brisket) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1571) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open

20142 milestones

Sep 12 First category win (Pork) International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash
Oct 2 10th tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

20136 milestones

Jul 26 First tracked contest Racing For The BBQ
Jul 26 First call Racing For The BBQ
Jul 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9428 Racing For The BBQ
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First overall podium Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 First Reserve Championship Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.4	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2013
+13.7	International Goat Days Championship BBQ	Sep 11, 2015
+11.4	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Apr 25, 2014
+11.2	International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash	Sep 12, 2014
+10.6	Racing For The BBQ	Jul 26, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.8	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest	Sep 27, 2013
-14.4	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Apr 5, 2019
-14.1	Boda Getta BBQ	Mar 4, 2016
-12.5	Bodagetta BBQ	Mar 3, 2017
-11.4	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Mar 31, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 85%	85.1%	85.1%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 86%	85.9%	85.9%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	87.8%	87.8%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 92%	83.5%	83.5%
2018	1	0	0	100%	top 54%	89%	89%
2017	3	0	0	0%	top 64%	92.8%	87.5%
2016	4	0	0	75%	top 53%	92.7%	90.8%
2015	5	1	1	80%	top 41%	96%	91.5%
2014	5	1	1	40%	top 21%	95.2%	93%
2013	5	2	0	60%	top 45%	95.1%	79.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 28, 2025	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	41 / 48 (612.4344)	39 (154.2400)	44 (151.9772)	38 (157.0972)	42 (149.1200)
Mar 31, 2023	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	49 / 57 (618.7432)	47 (156.5488)	32 (165.1316)	50 (153.1084)	53 (143.9544)
Jun 4, 2021	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	36 / 48 (632.0344)	28 (162.2972)	29 (162.8572)	44 (154.8800)	35 (152)
Apr 5, 2019	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	56 / 61 (601.0856)	61 (133.6572)	41 (158.2972)	42 (155.9656)	47 (153.1656)
Apr 6, 2018	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	37 / 69 (641.0396)	59 (149.6800)	8 (172)	44 (159.9540)	34 (159.4056)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	158 / 407 (668.4684)	240 (164)	223 (164.5256)	242 (163.9428)	19 (176)
Mar 31, 2017	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	40 / 70 (618.9256)	21 (162.2856)	62 (140.5944)	17 (165.7828)	45 (150.2628)
Mar 3, 2017	Bodagetta BBQ Auburn, AL	24 / 25 (603.3028)	22 (157.6916)	22 (152.5372)	24 (145.6912)	21 (147.3828)
Sep 23, 2016	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	28 / 111 (666.1484)	80 (158.2284)	52 (162.8344)	15 (170.8228)	5 (174.2628)
Sep 9, 2016	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	11 / 29 (667.2912)	10 (170.8228)	13 (165.1084)	3 (176)	20 (155.3600)
Apr 22, 2016	8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS	29 / 60 (662.2288)	19 (170.8572)	41 (162.2744)	25 (168.5600)	37 (160.5372)
Mar 4, 2016	Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL	25 / 25 (619.9316)	23 (155.4172)	10 (166.8572)	22 (161.6800)	25 (135.9772)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	136 / 606 (671.3028)	250 (165.6800)	370 (161.6684)	312 (163.9544)	1 (180)
Sep 25, 2015	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	18 / 112 (673.0512)	23 (169.1200)	37 (167.3828)	34 (166.8456)	22 (169.7028)
Sep 11, 2015	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN	2 / 31 (691.3944)	2 (177.1428)	6 (170.2744)	6 (173.7144)	8 (170.2628)
May 8, 2015	Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL	18 / 21 (619.9656)	21 (146.8456)	17 (157.1544)	9 (162.2856)	14 (153.6800)
Apr 17, 2015	VFW Post 846 7th Annual BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS	35 / 47 (636.9484)	27 (163.9428)	47 (143.3600)	9 (167.9884)	27 (161.6572)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	192 / 552 (663.3944)	463 (154.8228)	35 (174.3088)	195 (166.8572)	159 (167.4056)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	19 / 112 (669.5540)	29 (168.5372)	33 (166.2400)	35 (168.5140)	20 (166.2628)
Sep 12, 2014	International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN	4 / 25 (685.7144)	12 (166.2744)	6 (169.1316)	1 (175.4628)	2 (174.8456)
Jun 27, 2014	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	34 / 184 (653.6800)	51 (165.1200)	17 (170.2628)	132 (151.4400)	25 (166.8572)
Apr 25, 2014	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS	11 / 65 (674.7428)	12 (169.7028)	19 (167.3944)	20 (167.9656)	8 (169.6800)
Oct 11, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	23 / 30 (664.0456)	14 (171.9884)	26 (161.1772)	22 (165.1428)	21 (165.7372)
Oct 4, 2013	Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR	7 / 22 (667.3828)	19 (152.5256)	9 (166.8344)	2 (173.7372)	4 (174.2856)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	2 / 114 (684.5488)	6 (173.1200)	25 (167.4516)	23 (168.5600)	2 (175.4172)
Sep 27, 2013	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest Jonesboro, AR	45 / 48 (168.5484)	—	15 (168.5484)	—	—
Jul 26, 2013	Racing For The BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	12 / 58 (667.9428)	45 (160.5256)	7 (172.5600)	18 (168.0344)	19 (166.8228)

Hoggy Style

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Boom or bust

A September team

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)