High-water mark
668.3884
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.3884 at Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 11, 2025
HOG TUAH BBQ
HOG TUAH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 11th of 16 at the West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jul 11, 2025
latest Sep 18, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.00
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.29)
Road miles
70
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.45 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
335.97 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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HOG TUAH BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 137 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,177 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before HOG TUAH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,176 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before HOG TUAH BBQ's first contest.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with HOG TUAH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,182 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before HOG TUAH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,211 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before HOG TUAH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 161.0856 | 169.11 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 20 | 145.29 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 167.9656 | 168.54 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 138.7660 | 156.69 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
85
finished ahead 25 times, behind 91
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest 38th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.3884 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score668.3884 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1493) Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off | Jul 11, 2025 |
| -6.5 | 38th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Sep 18, 2026 |
| -4 | 37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Sep 19, 2025 |
| -3.2 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 15, 2026 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 75% | 93.3% | 91.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 77% | 92.8% | 92.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | 38th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 21 / 26 (648.9832) | 11 (170.2628) | 10 (171.9772) | 13 (167.9772) | 26 (138.7660) |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) Kansas City, MO | 11 / 16 (335.9656) | 7 (170.8456) | 12 (165.1200) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Kansas City, MO | — | — | 15 (20) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS Contest #2) Kansas City, MO | — | — | 10 (162.8572) | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2025 | 37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 22 / 30 (660.9712) | 25 (161.0856) | 20 (164.5372) | 18 (167.9656) | 18 (167.3828) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 29 / 36 (668.3884) | 12 (174.2628) | 33 (160.5144) | 24 (169.6800) | 29 (163.9312) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | 9 (172.0116) | — | — |