HOG WASH BBQ

HOG WASH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 27 at the Massachusetts in May (Day 1) (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1688 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,688

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1553

peak 1564 · rated over 24 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 4, 2022

latest Aug 8, 2026 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#206

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

21% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2744 / 720

Master · Weekend of Giving

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

674.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 669.79 (+4.74)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Massachusetts in May (Day 2)

Consistency

±14.64

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 169.63 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.47)

Road miles

1,497

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Purse competed for

$167K

listed at 30 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 24 state-championship entries

Master avg

669.79 / 720

24 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.7768 points from the title

Came within 2.7768 points of the Grand Championship at Weekend of Giving (Oct 26, 2024).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

690.2744 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.2744 at Weekend of Giving — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 26, 2024

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has finished one call ahead of HOG WASH BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

22–2 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY ahead in 92% of their meetings

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has come out ahead in 22 of their 24 shared contests.

A strong matchup

16–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 76% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 16 of their 21 shared contests.

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Brisket nemesis

15 of 23 shared brisket entries lost

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has out-cooked them in 15 of 23 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LG bbq has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 34% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 34% across 9 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

9 May contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.04% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.04% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.1% of a perfect score
33 contests

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	#635 (231 pts)	#583 (311 pts)	#510 (414 pts)	#590 (281 pts)	#471 (406 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#257 (849 pts)	#429 (534 pts)	#285 (880 pts)	#311 (734 pts)	#189 (1,134 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#206 (1,023 pts)	#99 (1,462 pts)	#153 (1,242 pts)	#259 (858 pts)	#127 (1,308 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Buckeye Blue Smoke BBQ

#1,683 of the rated field

1553 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1581

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to HOG WASH BBQ)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 53 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE

#1,686 of the rated field

1553 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1588

They've been 1588 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2019

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PLUMB CRAZY Q

#1,690 of the rated field

1553 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1553

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before HOG WASH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

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RIB TIP TUESDAY

#1,696 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1552

Fewer contests behind them than HOG WASH BBQ has cooked, 14 to 33, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jul 21, 2017

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GRILL OF HIS DREAMS

#1,687 of the rated field

1553 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1553

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2014

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Meadow Creek BBQ

#1,684 of the rated field

1553 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1578

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELJEFE SMOKE	25	6	19	24%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	24	2	22	8%	⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue	23	14	9	61%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	21	16	5	76%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	21	2	19	10%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	21	1	20	5%	⚔ compare
STICKS & STONES BBQ	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
Titans of BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Matt's Backyard BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
Q Shanty	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
LG bbq	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Q42	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Up-2 BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	8	1	2	180 🔥	150.8228	167.54	top 59%
Pork Ribs	30	9	0	1	174.2856	150.2400	166.47	top 56%
Pork	25	5	0	2	177.1772	154.2628	167.25	top 55%
Brisket	25	14	2	8	177.7144	158.2628	169.63	top 34%

“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)	1	top 72%
Medium (20–39)	19	top 47%
Large (40+)	5	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MA	14	top 40%
CT	5	top 67%
NY	4	top 54%
RI	1	top 48%
NH	1	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	5	17	top 67%	Apr 12, 2025
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	5	8	top 51%	Sep 21, 2024
Massachusetts in May (Day 2)	4	2	top 23%	May 17, 2025
Trillium BBQ Throwdown	2	9	top 61%	Aug 8, 2026
Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff	2	13	top 67%	Jun 21, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 12 contests

Contests a season 6.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MA 20 of 33 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 12 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 30 entries · 0 wins · 9 calls

Opponents faced 194 finished ahead 402 times, behind 380

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

20261 milestone

Aug 8 Most recent contest Trillium BBQ Throwdown

20252 milestones

May 17 25th tracked contest Massachusetts in May (Day 2)
May 17 Peak power rating (1564) Massachusetts in May (Day 2)

20246 milestones

Apr 13 10th tracked contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
May 18 First category win (Chicken) Massachusetts in May (Day 2)
May 18 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Massachusetts in May (Day 2)
Oct 26 First overall podium Weekend of Giving
Oct 26 First Reserve Championship Weekend of Giving
Oct 26 Career-best overall score690.2744 Weekend of Giving

20233 milestones

May 6 First call HOGS 4 HEROES
May 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3712 HOGS 4 HEROES
May 20 First overall top-10 Somerset Sizzle

20221 milestone

Jun 4 First tracked contest Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Massachusetts in May (Day 1)	May 16, 2025
+14.6	Weekend of Giving	Oct 26, 2024
+12.8	Massachusetts in May (Day 1)	May 17, 2024
+11.2	Massachusetts in May (Day 2)	May 17, 2025
+11.1	Somerset Sizzle	May 20, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.7	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Apr 15, 2023
-6.8	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff	Jun 21, 2025
-6.7	Trillium BBQ Throwdown	Aug 8, 2026
-6.7	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 1, 2022
-5.1	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	Apr 13, 2024

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	6	0	0	67%	top 54%	95.3%	93.9%
2025	7	3	0	86%	top 42%	95.3%	94.2%
2024	12	3	3	92%	top 46%	95.9%	93.5%
2023	6	1	0	67%	top 50%	94.3%	92.2%
2022	2	0	0	0%	top 72%	89.4%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 8, 2026	Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA	19 / 25 (668.4916)	21 (164.5372)	19 (163.9772)	6 (174.8800)	19 (165.0972)
May 16, 2026	Mass in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	18 / 31 (669.6684)	20 (165.0856)	14 (169.7028)	27 (157.7028)	2 (177.1772)
May 16, 2026	Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA	—	15 (167.3944)	—	—	—
May 16, 2026	Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA	—	—	6 (171.4172)	—	—
May 2, 2026	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)
May 1, 2026	Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated New Paltz, NY	17 / 43 (686.2288)	35 (167.3828)	28 (168.5488)	6 (177.1772)	18 (173.1200)
Aug 9, 2025	Trillium BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Canton, MA	9 / 20 (681.5880)	16 (165.0856)	6 (174.2856)	12 (169.1084)	3 (173.1084)
Jun 21, 2025	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 🏅 Schenectady, NY	13 / 18 (673.6000)	18 (159.9428)	11 (170.2744)	8 (174.8572)	9 (168.5256)
May 17, 2025	Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	5 / 29 (686.2744)	19 (166.8228)	7 (173.1544)	14 (169.7144)	3 (176.5828)
May 16, 2025	Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	2 / 27 (685.7144)	8 (169.1428)	10 (170.8572)	2 (176.5828)	7 (169.1316)
Apr 12, 2025	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)
Apr 12, 2025	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	12 (169.1428)	—	—
Apr 11, 2025	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)
Oct 26, 2024	Weekend of Giving 🏅 Wrentham, MA	2 / 25 (690.2744)	12 (170.8228)	11 (167.4400)	2 (174.2972)	1 (177.7144)
Oct 25, 2024	Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA	—	14 (165.1544)	—	—	—
Oct 25, 2024	Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA	—	—	10 (167.9888)	—	—
Sep 21, 2024	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)
Sep 21, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Southwick, MA	—	7 (173.1316)	—	—	—
Sep 21, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA	—	—	8 (167.9656)	—	—
Sep 20, 2024	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)
Jun 22, 2024	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 🏅 Schenectady, NY	13 / 21 (661.6112)	4 (175.4400)	4 (173.1084)	19 (154.2628)	13 (158.8000)
May 18, 2024	Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	15 / 31 (679.3712)	1 (180)	20 (168.5600)	26 (160.5368)	12 (170.2744)
May 17, 2024	Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	6 / 30 (677.6344)	16 (166.2628)	11 (169.6800)	14 (165.6916)	2 (176)
Apr 13, 2024	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)
Apr 12, 2024	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)
Sep 23, 2023	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)
Sep 22, 2023	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)
May 20, 2023	Somerset Sizzle 🏅 Somerset, MA	6 / 24 (673.6456)	2 (174.8572)	19 (160.5488)	12 (166.8340)	5 (171.4056)
May 6, 2023	HOGS 4 HEROES 🏅 Jamestown, RI	24 / 50 (651.3712)	48 (150.8228)	10 (171.4284)	11 (170.8572)	31 (158.2628)
Apr 15, 2023	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)
Apr 15, 2023	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	12 (163.9772)	—	—
Oct 1, 2022	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)
Jun 4, 2022	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)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

HOG WASH BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (11 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The metronome

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)