ALE YEAH BBQ OH

Power ranking

#428

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1609

peak 1609

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-03-08

latest 2024-10-30

Best ToY finish

#237

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 43 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

697.0856

Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

681.76 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 677.75 (+4.01)

Walk rate

65%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Almost Heaven BBQ Bash

Consistency

±11.94

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.73 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.75)

Road miles

8100

mi across 43 mapped stops · furthest 625 mi

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Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has finished one call ahead of ALE YEAH BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 19 of their 22 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BO B Q BBQ in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

📅 A March team

Something about March: average finish in the top 25% across 3 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 (2021-07-16) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE.

Teams like this (closest power rating, OH first)

HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO #437 · 1606 · OH SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ #438 · 1606 · OH PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS #299 · 1648 · OH GO BIG OR GO BBQ #946 · 1540 · OH HISTORIC BBQ #999 · 1536 · OH Smitty's Real Pit BBQ #1083 · 1530 · OH

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	39	11	0	2	178.8572	147.3940	169.85	top 49%
Pork Ribs	40	8	1	5	178.8572	151.9544	167.75	top 51%
Pork	39	10	0	0	178.3200	155.3828	168.59	top 49%
Brisket	39	20	2	7	180.0000 🔥	155.9084	171.73	top 32%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OH	9	0	top 48%
KS	5	0	top 49%
IN	5	0	top 57%
WV	4	1	top 25%
KY	4	0	top 32%
TN	4	0	top 35%
IL	2	0	top 29%
MI	2	0	top 50%
AL	2	0	top 76%
VA	1	0	top 13%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	1	top 14%
Medium (20–39)	15	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	21	0	top 49%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (10 contests)
Cooks mostly in OH (10 of 43 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (40 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 (2021-07-16)
Wins it all in 2% of contests
All-time average overall score: 677.75
1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2024	8	0	1	697.0856	682.13
2023	10	0	1	689.0856	677.71
2022	9	0	1	695.9312	682.13
2021	6	1	0	695.9200	684.31
2020	4	0	0	671.3488	662.58
2019	6	0	0	677.0056	670.43

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	101 / 444 (687.3484)	160 (171.9772)	238 (169.1200)	75 (174.2856)	102 (171.9656)
2024-09-20	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL	9 / 58 (697.0856)	7 (178.8572)	45 (166.2284)	8 (176.0000)	7 (176.0000)
2024-09-06	Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wadsworth, OH	11 / 30 (685.0744)	3 (177.7028)	24 (162.2632)	8 (172.5600)	6 (172.5484)
2024-07-19	The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH	18 / 33 (665.0628)	14 (169.6800)	27 (158.8344)	25 (162.2628)	5 (174.2856)
2024-06-14	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	15 / 30 (674.2284)	6 (173.7028)	24 (161.1428)	11 (170.2628)	13 (169.1200)
2024-05-10	Derby Park Que Off Louisville, KY	7 / 21 (686.1712)	8 (173.1084)	13 (167.3828)	13 (167.9772)	1 (177.7028)
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI	30 / 62 (679.9196)	22 (172.5484)	42 (165.0972)	38 (167.9884)	8 (174.2856)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	166 / 487 (680.6172)	333 (164.5944)	285 (166.2972)	17 (178.3200)	120 (171.4056)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS	140 / 211 (677.5996)	142 (168.5600)	187 (165.0856)	53 (174.2628)	114 (169.6912)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-21	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL	21 / 50 (681.6112)	18 (171.9772)	21 (172.5600)	44 (160.4912)	7 (176.5828)
2023-09-08	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	13 / 33 (679.3140)	16 (170.2856)	10 (171.9772)	20 (168.5256)	16 (168.5256)
2023-07-21	The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH	17 / 32 (671.8972)	21 (167.4056)	19 (163.9544)	21 (166.2628)	5 (174.2744)
2023-06-16	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	7 / 28 (689.0856)	17 (168.5256)	15 (166.2972)	5 (174.2628)	1 (180.0000)
2023-05-05	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition Westland, MI	13 / 25 (678.2284)	13 (171.4056)	23 (163.3828)	6 (172.0000)	10 (171.4400)
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	20 / 42 (663.3484)	26 (164.5256)	18 (164.0000)	30 (161.1200)	4 (173.7028)
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Marietta, OH	—	—	2 (174.2744)	—	—
2022-11-12	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL	50 / 61 (679.9432)	37 (171.9772)	48 (167.9772)	44 (168.5716)	37 (171.4172)
2022-11-11	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL	63 / 91 (670.7540)	69 (167.3712)	7 (176.5716)	80 (162.8684)	70 (163.9428)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	131 / 249 (680.4456)	138 (170.8228)	156 (169.1200)	182 (167.3828)	63 (173.1200)
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	356 / 505 (651.3368)	495 (147.3940)	427 (158.2400)	199 (169.1200)	24 (176.5828)
2022-09-09	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	5 / 32 (691.9428)	9 (174.2628)	13 (172.0116)	16 (167.9656)	2 (177.7028)
2022-07-15	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	4 / 31 (695.9312)	23 (169.1084)	1 (178.8572)	17 (170.8228)	3 (177.1428)
2022-04-22	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Ripley, WV	3 / 17 (694.7656)	7 (170.8112)	3 (174.2744)	4 (173.1200)	3 (176.5600)
2022-03-18	Smoke on The Shores Lebanon, TN	10 / 63 (691.9200)	14 (175.4056)	11 (173.1200)	40 (165.6800)	2 (177.7144)
2021-10-08	32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	44 / 70 (675.9312)	51 (166.2284)	46 (169.1428)	49 (166.8228)	15 (173.7372)
2021-09-04	Destination Outlets Labor Day BBQ Championship Jeffersonville, OH	3 / 15 (691.9200)	9 (171.9656)	3 (174.8572)	4 (174.2744)	7 (170.8228)
2021-07-16	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 Morgantown, WV	1 / 18 (695.9200)	2 (177.7028)	3 (174.2744)	9 (169.6800)	2 (174.2628)
2021-06-19	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 Franklin, IN	13 / 37 (679.3944)	24 (168.5600)	23 (166.2972)	5 (173.7144)	13 (170.8228)
2021-06-18	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN	26 / 51 (671.9200)	43 (163.3944)	15 (170.2628)	18 (169.7028)	26 (168.5600)
2021-03-19	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	9 / 57 (690.7656)	29 (169.1084)	22 (170.8228)	15 (171.9772)	4 (178.8572)
2020-09-18	Smokin in the Hills Hillsboro, OH	18 / 41 (671.3028)	15 (171.9656)	14 (167.4060)	13 (169.1200)	30 (162.8112)
2020-08-14	Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN	34 / 50 (665.0056)	25 (167.4172)	22 (167.9772)	34 (166.8228)	39 (162.7884)
2020-06-20	Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) Franklin, IN	29 / 63 (671.3488)	40 (167.9656)	59 (158.2516)	9 (173.1544)	15 (171.9772)
2020-06-19	Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN	60 / 69 (642.6628)	31 (167.9772)	66 (151.9544)	39 (166.8228)	62 (155.9084)
2019-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	17 / 42 (669.5428)	7 (173.1200)	17 (168.5256)	40 (157.0744)	9 (170.8228)
2019-09-20	Smokin in The Hills	20 / 38 (667.8856)	4 (176.5600)	20 (166.2628)	36 (155.3828)	10 (169.6800)
2019-08-30	PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival Hilliard, OH	18 / 28 (669.5540)	19 (168.5372)	18 (167.9772)	13 (169.6800)	23 (163.3596)
2019-08-02	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition CINCINNATI, OH	18 / 31 (666.1600)	8 (172.5600)	16 (164.5372)	27 (159.3828)	9 (169.6800)
2019-07-12	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	18 / 33 (672.4344)	25 (163.9428)	15 (168.5372)	8 (170.8344)	12 (169.1200)
2019-03-08	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Nashville, TN	30 / 67 (677.0056)	47 (165.0972)	8 (174.8572)	32 (168.5256)	36 (168.5256)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#302 (739 pts)	#242 (954 pts)	#511 (464 pts)	#313 (714 pts)	#177 (1119 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#239 (888 pts)	#292 (778 pts)	#205 (1086 pts)	#244 (903 pts)	#127 (1303 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#261 (860 pts)	#401 (590 pts)	#293 (865 pts)	#408 (570 pts)	#199 (1090 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#237 (808 pts)	#367 (553 pts)	#306 (688 pts)	#289 (708 pts)	#252 (778 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#397 (275 pts)	#401 (290 pts)	#394 (310 pts)	#324 (385 pts)	#407 (290 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#634 (517 pts)	#472 (727 pts)	#547 (637 pts)	#670 (502 pts)	#505 (667 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#391 (875 pts)	#417 (865 pts)	#511 (730 pts)	#638 (585 pts)	#419 (850 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#728 (518 pts)	#723 (558 pts)	#676 (603 pts)	#776 (518 pts)	#557 (703 pts)