High-water mark
167.4744
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 180
Their best day on record: 167.4744 at Minnesota in May — 93.0% of a perfect 180.
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- May 9, 2025
Hazel Ellis
Hazel Ellis is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 58 at the Minnesota in May (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 9, 2025
latest May 9, 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 5%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
875
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 364 mi
Purse competed for
$53K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Hazel Ellis, each with one reason worth a look.
Hazel Ellis has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 83 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with Hazel Ellis on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Hazel Ellis's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Hazel Ellis's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1527
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
111
finished ahead 103 times, behind 6
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20254 milestones
- First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
- First overall podium Minnesota in May
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score167.4744 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score167.4744 Minnesota in May
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 5% | 93% | 93% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 3 / 58 (167.4744) | — | — | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | — | — | — | — | — |