Hawt Hawgs BBQ AB
Rating
1481
peak 1510 · rated over 3 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2025-08-30
latest 2025-09-27
Best ToY finish
#251
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.11)
Road miles
183
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 125 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
329.66 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
328.58 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
⚔️ A tough matchup
Bottle Hill BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 38 at their very first tracked contest, Barbeque on the Bow Festival (2025-08-30).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 162.8456 | 167.85 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 158.8116 | 161.11 | top 64% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 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) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (3 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AB (5 of 5 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (4 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 329.66 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 328.58 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2025-08-30 — First tracked contest · Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- 📣 2025-08-30 — First call · Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- 📈 2025-08-30 — Peak power rating (1510) · Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- ⭐ 2025-09-27 — Career-best overall score (333.6572) · Smoke in the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2025-08-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival | 2025-09-12 |
| -13.7 | Smoke in the Valley | 2025-09-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 71% | 91.3% | 60.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Calmar, AB | — | 10 (166.2512) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Calmar, AB | — | — | 14 (161.6456) | — | — |
| 2025-09-27 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 23 / 23 (333.6572) | 5 (174.8456) | 21 (158.8116) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB | 16 / 16 (325.6684) | 15 (162.8456) | 12 (162.8228) | — | — |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 5 / 38 (328.5828) | 3 (167.4400) | 4 (161.1428) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #820 (118 pts) | #929 (98 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #251 (159 pts) | #210 (209 pts) | #244 (184 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #806 (144 pts) | #665 (264 pts) | #866 (174 pts) | — | — |