HOG WASH BBQ MA
Rating
1557
peak 1559
Contests
32
in the data
First seen
2022-06-04
latest 2026-05-16
Best ToY finish
#206
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
3
13 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
of 32 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
678.08 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 670.53 (+7.55)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±15.00
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.56)
Road miles
1481
mi across 32 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has finished one call ahead of HOG WASH BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
LG bbq has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has come out ahead in 21 of their 23 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 15 of their 20 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Massachusetts in May (Day 1) is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.7768 points of the Grand Championship at Weekend of Giving (2024-10-26).
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 34% across 9 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.8228 | 167.66 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 150.2400 | 166.56 | top 55% |
| Pork | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177.1772 | 154.2628 | 166.94 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 177.7144 | 158.2628 | 169.81 | top 33% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 13 | 0 | top 37% |
| CT | 5 | 0 | top 67% |
| NY | 4 | 0 | top 54% |
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| NH | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 18 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 52% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (12 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MA (19 of 32 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (29 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 670.53
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 686.2288 | 678.41 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 686.2744 | 677.92 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 690.2744 | 673.49 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 679.3144 | 663.68 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 643.8740 | 641.85 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 18 / 31 (669.6684) | 20 (165.0856) | 14 (169.7028) | 27 (157.7028) | 2 (177.1772) |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 15 (167.3944) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-16 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 6 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-05-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) New Paltz, NY | 26 / 59 (679.3368) | 33 (171.9656) | 35 (169.1200) | 40 (167.9884) | 23 (170.2628) |
| 2026-05-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) New Paltz, NY | 17 / 43 (686.2288) | 35 (167.3828) | 28 (168.5488) | 6 (177.1772) | 18 (173.1200) |
| 2025-08-09 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown Canton, MA | 9 / 20 (681.5880) | 16 (165.0856) | 6 (174.2856) | 12 (169.1084) | 3 (173.1084) |
| 2025-06-21 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff Schenectady, NY | 13 / 18 (673.6000) | 18 (159.9428) | 11 (170.2744) | 8 (174.8572) | 9 (168.5256) |
| 2025-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 5 / 29 (686.2744) | 19 (166.8228) | 7 (173.1544) | 14 (169.7144) | 3 (176.5828) |
| 2025-05-16 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) Wrentham, MA | 2 / 27 (685.7144) | 8 (169.1428) | 10 (170.8572) | 2 (176.5828) | 7 (169.1316) |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT | 19 / 35 (672.5028) | 32 (162.8112) | 12 (171.4172) | 24 (165.7028) | 9 (172.5716) |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 12 (169.1428) | — | — |
| 2025-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT | 17 / 30 (667.8512) | 21 (165.0856) | 19 (164.5372) | 24 (164.5256) | 2 (173.7028) |
| 2024-10-26 | Weekend of Giving Wrentham, MA | 2 / 25 (690.2744) | 12 (170.8228) | 11 (167.4400) | 2 (174.2972) | 1 (177.7144) |
| 2024-10-25 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 14 (165.1544) | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 10 (167.9888) | — | — |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA | 15 / 27 (676.5144) | 8 (174.2972) | 26 (159.4172) | 11 (171.9772) | 10 (170.8228) |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Southwick, MA | — | 7 (173.1316) | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA | — | — | 8 (167.9656) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA | 8 / 25 (684.4796) | 11 (173.1428) | 14 (167.3828) | 23 (166.2512) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2024-06-22 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff Schenectady, NY | 13 / 21 (661.6112) | 4 (175.4400) | 4 (173.1084) | 19 (154.2628) | 13 (158.8000) |
| 2024-05-18 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) Wrentham, MA | 15 / 31 (679.3712) | 1 (180.0000) | 20 (168.5600) | 26 (160.5368) | 12 (170.2744) |
| 2024-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) Wrentham, MA | 6 / 30 (677.6344) | 16 (166.2628) | 11 (169.6800) | 14 (165.6916) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2024-04-13 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT | 27 / 37 (663.8860) | 4 (177.7144) | 35 (152.5144) | 14 (168.5372) | 24 (165.1200) |
| 2024-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT | 19 / 29 (654.1600) | 26 (157.6684) | 2 (174.2744) | 22 (161.7028) | 19 (160.5144) |
| 2023-09-23 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA | 19 / 42 (677.5768) | 4 (177.1428) | 37 (159.3484) | 31 (166.8112) | 7 (174.2744) |
| 2023-09-22 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA | 15 / 31 (679.3144) | 22 (168.5256) | 19 (169.1316) | 26 (165.0972) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2023-05-20 | Somerset Sizzle Somerset, MA | 6 / 24 (673.6456) | 2 (174.8572) | 19 (160.5488) | 12 (166.8340) | 5 (171.4056) |
| 2023-05-06 | HOGS 4 HEROES Jamestown, RI | 24 / 50 (651.3712) | 48 (150.8228) | 10 (171.4284) | 11 (170.8572) | 31 (158.2628) |
| 2023-04-15 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Bristol, CT | 36 / 43 (636.4800) | 31 (165.7028) | 38 (151.3716) | 37 (158.8456) | 31 (160.5600) |
| 2023-04-15 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT | — | — | 12 (163.9772) | — | — |
| 2022-10-01 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Southwick, MA | 25 / 33 (639.8284) | 29 (158.2056) | 33 (150.2400) | 11 (166.8456) | 14 (164.5372) |
| 2022-06-04 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH | 25 / 37 (643.8740) | 28 (157.1084) | 19 (163.4056) | 19 (164.5372) | 23 (158.8228) |
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 | #551 (151 pts) | #497 (241 pts) | #401 (334 pts) | #683 (116 pts) | #358 (326 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #257 (849 pts) | #429 (534 pts) | #285 (880 pts) | #311 (734 pts) | #189 (1134 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #206 (1023 pts) | #99 (1462 pts) | #153 (1242 pts) | #259 (858 pts) | #127 (1308 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #408 (485 pts) | #348 (650 pts) | #459 (532 pts) | #485 (420 pts) | #311 (715 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1051 (118 pts) | #1110 (118 pts) | #1010 (148 pts) | #775 (218 pts) | #830 (183 pts) |