HASHTAG BBQ

HASHTAG BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 16 at the Jack 9 Memorial (2021), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2947 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,947

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1507

peak 1507 · rated over 17 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 13, 2018

latest Aug 1, 2026 · 8.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#388

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

41% of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2400 / 720

Master · JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.87 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 650.49 (+22.39)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Brisket · JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition

Consistency

±23.20

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.77)

Road miles

2,031

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 175 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Purse competed for

$40K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

650.49 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

3.3712 points from the title

Came within 3.3712 points of the Grand Championship at Jack 9 Memorial (Sep 11, 2021).

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.2400 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2400 at JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 23, 2026

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Rub Sweat and Beers has finished one call ahead of HASHTAG BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 42%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 42%

A tough matchup

15–0 behind in the head-to-head

MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MEAN MOE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.11 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 47% of the time against 59%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.77
Chicken avg 166.88
8 calls in 17 entries

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A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Blokes in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Jack 9 Memorial (Sep 11, 2021).

last seen Sep 21, 2019
back Sep 11, 2021

Chicken nemesis

10 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MEAN MOE'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 15 shared chicken entries.

A big fish in small ponds

Top 44% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 44% finish in small fields against top 78% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 44% (5)
Large (40+): top 78% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BBQ WorX has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 33% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 33% across 4 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 55% the rest of the year

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
2026 ↗	Master	#388 (480 pts)	#416 (505 pts)	#507 (405 pts)	#547 (310 pts)	#320 (630 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#634 (238 pts)	#603 (308 pts)	#728 (248 pts)	#836 (158 pts)	#661 (238 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#708 (210 pts)	#614 (305 pts)	#820 (200 pts)	#885 (140 pts)	#768 (200 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#623 (259 pts)	#592 (319 pts)	#598 (359 pts)	#679 (244 pts)	#700 (239 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1155 (110 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1311 (65 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#638 (241 pts)	#917 (136 pts)	#806 (191 pts)	#755 (191 pts)	#679 (241 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#782 (376 pts)	#780 (421 pts)	#777 (416 pts)	#862 (361 pts)	#686 (491 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1338 (174 pts)	#1410 (169 pts)	#1279 (204 pts)	#1534 (134 pts)	#1322 (184 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to HASHTAG BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BURNING COAL BBQ

#2,957 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1508

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to HASHTAG BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — BURNING COAL BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 17, 2023

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JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS

#2,927 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1511

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before HASHTAG BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ

#2,946 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1513

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Oct 29, 2016

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WOODSHED BBQ

#2,935 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Oct 29, 2016

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JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ

#2,940 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1514

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2020

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ELI'S PIT CREW

#2,962 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1509

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

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MEAN MOE'S BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ Blokes	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
What For BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Rub Sweat and Beers	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BBQ WorX	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BEHIND BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Stuttering John's Smokehouse	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
HELLBENT BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
TRANQUIL CARNIVORES	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CycloneBBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	10	0	1	174.2744	156.0116	166.88	top 45%
Pork Ribs	17	8	0	2	172	127.8968	159.77	top 58%
Pork	17	4	0	0	168.5372	143.9316	159.89	top 73%
Brisket	17	9	1	3	176.5600	154.2400	163.95	top 45%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	top 44%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 51%
Large (40+)	4	top 78%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
ON	11	top 46%
MI	4	top 87%
NY	1	top 53%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition	2	6	top 30%	May 23, 2026
All American BBQ Throwdown	2	35	top 84%	Aug 2, 2024
Jack 9 Memorial	2	7	top 36%	May 25, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 2.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in ON 11 of 17 contests · 3 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 14 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 241 finished ahead 172 times, behind 287

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 21, 2019 → Sep 11, 2021

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

20265 milestones

May 23 First category win (Brisket) JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
May 23 Career-best overall score682.2400 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
May 23 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
Aug 1 Peak power rating (1507) Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff
Aug 1 Most recent contest Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff

20231 milestone

Jun 17 10th tracked contest Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition

20212 milestones

Sep 11 First overall podium Jack 9 Memorial
Sep 11 First Reserve Championship Jack 9 Memorial

20191 milestone

Jun 21 First overall top-10 Ayr Charity BBQ

20183 milestones

Jul 13 First tracked contest Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic
Jul 13 First call Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic
Jul 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1944 Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.3	Jack 9 Memorial	Sep 11, 2021
+10.5	Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff	Aug 1, 2026
+9.5	Ayr Charity BBQ	Jun 21, 2019
+8.5	Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition	May 24, 2025
+8.3	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition	May 23, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown	Aug 2, 2019
-11.2	All American BBQ Throwdown	Aug 2, 2024
-10.5	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown	Aug 3, 2018
-6.7	New Lowell True North BBQ Bash	Jun 19, 2026
-5.4	Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle	Aug 23, 2025

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	2	1	100%	top 42%	94.8%	94%
2025	2	1	0	100%	top 52%	93.5%	92.7%
2024	2	1	0	50%	top 66%	91.3%	88.8%
2023	2	1	0	100%	top 55%	92.3%	88.7%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 70%	91.1%	91.1%
2021	1	1	0	100%	top 13%	93.2%	93.2%
2019	4	1	0	75%	top 61%	91.8%	88.3%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 70%	90.9%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 1, 2026	Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff London, ON	3 / 14 (679.4172)	4 (171.4628)	3 (172)	10 (166.8344)	3 (169.1200)
Jun 19, 2026	New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON	12 / 16 (667.9316)	5 (172.5600)	15 (157.7144)	12 (167.9772)	7 (169.6800)
May 23, 2026	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON	6 / 20 (682.2400)	7 (173.1544)	14 (167.4172)	16 (165.1084)	1 (176.5600)
Aug 23, 2025	Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON	16 / 22 (673.0632)	7 (174.2744)	16 (164.5488)	17 (166.2628)	14 (167.9772)
May 24, 2025	Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON	8 / 26 (661.7144)	7 (172)	7 (166.8916)	21 (157.0972)	9 (165.7256)
Aug 2, 2024	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	39 / 40 (621.4744)	37 (159.3600)	39 (153.0972)	37 (154.7772)	37 (154.2400)
May 25, 2024	Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON	7 / 20 (657.0628)	2 (171.9888)	8 (166.2628)	18 (155.9656)	8 (162.8456)
Jun 17, 2023	Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition Seagrave, ON	11 / 15 (613.0172)	9 (159.4056)	10 (154.2972)	14 (143.9316)	8 (155.3828)
May 27, 2023	Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON	7 / 19 (664.4800)	4 (167.9884)	2 (170.8688)	7 (166.8228)	13 (158.8000)
Aug 5, 2022	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	35 / 50 (655.8972)	15 (170.8572)	42 (155.9428)	38 (161.6800)	24 (167.4172)
Sep 11, 2021	Jack 9 Memorial Delhi, ON	2 / 16 (670.8000)	8 (165.6800)	4 (168.0228)	4 (168.5372)	2 (168.5600)
Sep 21, 2019	Oinktoberfest 🏅 Clarence, NY	23 / 43 (642.1028)	12 (166.2744)	13 (166.8228)	43 (148.4800)	22 (160.5256)
Aug 23, 2019	Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	16 / 23 (624.4116)	18 (156.0116)	22 (149.0628)	7 (165.0972)	17 (154.2400)
Aug 2, 2019	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	36 / 40 (615.2796)	30 (160.5600)	40 (127.8968)	34 (155.3600)	7 (171.4628)
Jun 21, 2019	Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario	7 / 23 (661.1088)	7 (170.8344)	5 (169.1428)	17 (158.8000)	6 (162.3316)
Aug 3, 2018	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	35 / 39 (614.1032)	29 (158.8344)	39 (139.8744)	25 (155.9772)	24 (159.4172)
Jul 13, 2018	Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	12 / 24 (654.1944)	13 (165.6800)	8 (166.2744)	20 (159.3828)	11 (162.8572)

HASHTAG BBQ

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 (13 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

A big fish in small ponds

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

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 — 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)