HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS TN

Power ranking

#2911

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1410

peak 1501

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-01-25

latest 2026-05-15

Best ToY finish

#115

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 77 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

693.0972

Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

672.46 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 661.40 (+11.06)

Walk rate

42%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship

Consistency

±15.49

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.19)

Road miles

12237

mi across 77 mapped stops · furthest 582 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has finished one call ahead of HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Outlaws BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 38 of their 40 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of HOLT BROTHERS BBQ in 11 of their 15 shared contests.

📅 A November team

Something about November: average finish in the top 59% across 4 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	73	12	1	2	180.0000 🔥	150.8228	166.86	top 60%
Pork Ribs	74	12	0	1	176.0000	149.0744	164.19	top 65%
Pork	71	9	0	3	178.8800	151.9548	165.19	top 65%
Brisket	71	12	1	1	176.5600	147.3140	165.22	top 61%

“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	Avg finish
TN	19	top 65%
NC	19	top 72%
GA	9	top 75%
FL	8	top 58%
VA	7	top 74%
SC	5	top 54%
KY	3	top 93%
AL	1	top 68%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	42	top 69%
Large (40+)	27	top 68%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (14 contests)
Cooks mostly in TN (24 of 77 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (74 entries)
All-time average overall score: 661.40
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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	4	0	682.7428	677.03
2025	7	1	674.1944	670.54
2024	10	0	686.7772	667.75
2023	11	1	681.6800	664.60
2022	12	0	682.7772	656.26
2021	10	0	675.9656	654.73
2020	9	0	693.0972	666.53
2019	14	0	682.7656	654.40

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-15	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN	16 / 33 (682.7428)	20 (171.4172)	21 (166.2400)	12 (171.9656)	8 (173.1200)
2026-03-20	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	93 / 125 (671.3256)	78 (169.6800)	105 (162.2972)	92 (167.3828)	49 (171.9656)
2026-03-20	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN	—	24 (174.8572)	—	—	—
2026-03-20	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	80 (154.7772)	—	—
2025-09-19	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	26 / 36 (668.4572)	3 (178.8572)	29 (162.8228)	34 (160.5372)	25 (166.2400)
2025-07-25	Fire on the Mountain BBQ Leburn, KY	9 / 10 (665.5772)	9 (165.1316)	9 (167.3828)	10 (159.9428)	4 (173.1200)
2025-07-18	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	23 / 34 (674.1828)	23 (168.5256)	15 (169.7144)	9 (173.7028)	29 (162.2400)
2025-06-20	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	18 / 26 (674.1944)	14 (172.0000)	21 (160.5144)	2 (176.5600)	17 (165.1200)
2025-05-16	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN	20 / 33 (672.4344)	15 (170.8228)	29 (154.7772)	14 (170.2744)	1 (176.5600)
2025-03-14	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	77 / 100 (668.4228)	90 (161.6800)	44 (170.8228)	43 (171.9772)	76 (163.9428)
2025-03-14	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	45 (167.3828)	—	—
2024-11-15	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cuming, GA	50 / 58 (652.4116)	55 (161.6800)	57 (151.9316)	27 (170.2628)	28 (168.5372)
2024-09-20	Pigmaster BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	13 / 33 (686.7772)	17 (170.2628)	3 (176.0000)	13 (171.9772)	25 (168.5372)
2024-08-30	Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC	17 / 28 (677.5884)	21 (167.3828)	8 (170.8572)	12 (170.8228)	15 (168.5256)
2024-07-19	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	14 / 31 (682.1940)	13 (174.2628)	10 (172.5600)	26 (166.2512)	21 (169.1200)
2024-06-21	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	19 / 33 (676.5144)	17 (170.2972)	30 (159.9544)	2 (178.8800)	23 (167.3828)
2024-05-17	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN	25 / 31 (662.1832)	26 (162.8116)	16 (170.8344)	26 (161.6800)	20 (166.8572)
2024-03-15	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	82 / 93 (655.2456)	68 (168.0000)	77 (163.9428)	78 (162.8000)	80 (160.5028)
2024-03-15	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	—	—	—
2024-03-01	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	40 / 59 (670.7084)	49 (163.3712)	27 (169.6800)	24 (170.2628)	36 (167.3944)
2024-01-26	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	56 / 61 (646.1032)	58 (158.8344)	32 (169.7032)	52 (165.0856)	59 (152.4800)
2023-11-17	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	6 / 25 (681.6800)	6 (168.5372)	8 (169.7144)	6 (173.1084)	5 (170.3200)
2023-10-05	Poosa Q Montgomery, AL	50 / 73 (668.9940)	30 (169.7028)	41 (167.3944)	60 (164.5256)	45 (167.3712)
2023-09-22	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	29 / 33 (650.0800)	30 (163.9544)	20 (168.5372)	31 (156.5028)	30 (161.0856)
2023-07-14	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	25 / 36 (674.7316)	32 (163.3944)	4 (174.2744)	30 (165.0856)	14 (171.9772)
2023-06-23	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	24 / 36 (674.1944)	22 (167.9772)	24 (166.2744)	21 (168.5256)	14 (171.4172)
2023-05-19	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN	19 / 32 (670.1140)	20 (168.5256)	22 (164.5372)	21 (166.2284)	12 (170.8228)
2023-04-28	Smokin' in the Pines Pinehurst, NC	20 / 24 (664.4000)	10 (172.5600)	24 (158.2172)	17 (168.5256)	18 (165.0972)
2023-03-17	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	72 / 80 (646.6864)	1 (180.0000)	76 (154.7888)	79 (151.9548)	71 (159.9428)
2023-03-17	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN	—	—	20 (170.2744)	—	—
2023-03-03	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	52 / 65 (648.9488)	47 (164.5488)	53 (162.2400)	59 (161.6456)	52 (160.5144)
2023-02-24	Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	24 / 33 (666.1260)	25 (167.3944)	27 (163.9544)	28 (161.6572)	10 (173.1200)
2022-10-29	Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2) Shelby, NC	33 / 34 (651.2688)	34 (156.5372)	12 (172.0004)	30 (161.0972)	30 (161.6340)
2022-10-28	Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1) Shelby, NC	31 / 35 (647.8176)	31 (162.8344)	35 (157.0860)	31 (162.8000)	23 (165.0972)
2022-10-14	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival Grovetown, GA	47 / 51 (643.2456)	49 (157.0628)	48 (155.9656)	42 (166.2400)	39 (163.9772)
2022-10-14	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA	—	29 (163.3828)	—	—	—
2022-09-23	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC	23 / 32 (666.1600)	20 (169.1084)	24 (161.6916)	23 (163.9544)	11 (171.4056)
2022-07-15	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	28 / 31 (658.1256)	17 (171.4056)	28 (162.8000)	30 (161.6800)	29 (162.2400)
2022-07-07	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	53 / 92 (664.9828)	54 (165.6684)	65 (160.5144)	34 (169.6800)	37 (169.1200)
2022-06-24	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	12 / 29 (682.7772)	14 (170.2628)	15 (166.2744)	10 (173.1200)	4 (173.1200)
2022-05-20	Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Sevierville, TN	18 / 30 (672.4568)	12 (170.8456)	17 (169.6684)	12 (171.9656)	22 (159.9772)
2022-03-18	Smoke on The Shores Lebanon, TN	44 / 63 (655.1880)	35 (169.6800)	62 (153.0512)	50 (162.7884)	22 (169.6684)
2022-03-04	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	62 / 73 (625.4516)	57 (161.6572)	70 (149.0744)	68 (156.5028)	60 (158.2172)
2022-01-28	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	48 / 60 (651.3488)	41 (167.4288)	52 (160.5716)	52 (159.9312)	38 (163.4172)
2021-11-19	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	30 / 37 (646.7316)	8 (173.1544)	34 (150.2172)	25 (164.5600)	29 (158.8000)
2021-10-30	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 Shelby, NC	25 / 27 (658.7776)	27 (150.8228)	17 (168.5488)	14 (171.4172)	18 (167.9888)
2021-10-29	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 Shelby, NC	28 / 33 (658.7320)	24 (166.2860)	23 (165.0972)	27 (160.5144)	20 (166.8344)
2021-09-24	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	24 / 27 (638.6856)	25 (155.9772)	23 (159.9656)	24 (157.6456)	15 (165.0972)
2021-07-16	Chillin & Grillin In the Glades Wise, VA	21 / 25 (657.0284)	23 (151.4056)	7 (172.5600)	13 (167.3828)	17 (165.6800)
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	34 / 81 (675.9656)	22 (171.9656)	9 (174.8572)	35 (168.0228)	50 (161.1200)
2021-06-25	Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	22 / 32 (658.6512)	19 (166.2400)	23 (160.5028)	25 (165.0856)	18 (166.8228)
2021-04-09	Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival Jacksonville, FL	24 / 40 (666.1828)	12 (173.1200)	31 (161.1200)	25 (166.8344)	22 (165.1084)
2021-03-19	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	39 / 57 (660.4688)	27 (169.6916)	37 (165.6800)	16 (171.9656)	53 (153.1316)
2021-03-05	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	77 / 81 (626.0564)	62 (161.7028)	78 (151.9312)	69 (158.1940)	75 (154.2284)
2020-10-23	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax Galax, VA	24 / 25 (636.4340)	24 (151.3940)	24 (155.9772)	25 (154.8000)	6 (174.2628)
2020-09-11	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC	19 / 24 (657.5888)	19 (164.5600)	21 (159.3716)	23 (159.3944)	9 (174.2628)
2020-09-05	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Augusta, GA	18 / 54 (693.0972)	44 (170.8112)	33 (170.8460)	3 (177.7372)	18 (173.7028)
2020-08-28	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC	18 / 34 (675.3720)	8 (173.7144)	21 (166.2516)	28 (162.2628)	10 (173.1432)
2020-08-14	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken Aiken, SC	28 / 34 (651.9204)	32 (155.9772)	24 (167.4516)	23 (165.6916)	26 (162.8000)
2020-07-24	Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	28 / 30 (642.7772)	13 (168.5828)	29 (154.2632)	22 (162.8228)	29 (157.1084)
2020-06-26	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pineridge Roebuck, SC	9 / 25 (678.8688)	8 (170.2972)	13 (166.8688)	15 (166.2628)	5 (175.4400)
2020-03-06	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	28 / 61 (674.2284)	40 (163.9656)	18 (171.9772)	4 (174.8800)	43 (163.4056)
2020-01-24	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	5 / 53 (688.5028)	11 (172.5484)	9 (172.5600)	7 (175.4172)	20 (167.9772)
2019-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	18 / 39 (660.4456)	16 (167.9772)	26 (162.8344)	26 (163.3712)	16 (166.2628)
2019-10-18	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B Lenoir, NC	18 / 22 (638.1028)	20 (154.8228)	18 (159.9428)	20 (159.9428)	14 (163.3944)
2019-10-17	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A Lenoir, NC	11 / 15 (663.8628)	9 (167.9656)	10 (165.6916)	13 (164.5372)	12 (165.6684)
2019-10-11	Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC	11 / 27 (661.0632)	5 (171.4172)	14 (162.8344)	23 (156.5372)	5 (170.2744)
2019-09-27	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	8 / 37 (681.6684)	19 (168.5484)	9 (171.4172)	13 (168.0000)	5 (173.7028)
2019-07-26	Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY	24 / 25 (634.6852)	21 (164.5828)	17 (163.4172)	19 (159.3712)	25 (147.3140)
2019-07-19	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	17 / 27 (666.2056)	14 (169.1200)	7 (171.4400)	18 (163.4056)	21 (162.2400)
2019-06-21	Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	21 / 27 (645.4856)	11 (169.6684)	21 (162.8000)	21 (161.0972)	25 (151.9200)
2019-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	63 / 72 (645.5428)	51 (163.9428)	58 (162.2744)	56 (161.6684)	62 (157.6572)
2019-05-17	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	24 / 43 (657.0856)	4 (173.1428)	16 (169.1428)	33 (157.0972)	31 (157.7028)
2019-05-03	Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC	37 / 60 (651.3024)	16 (169.6684)	39 (160.5372)	49 (157.1312)	30 (163.9656)
2019-04-26	BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	32 / 43 (630.6856)	29 (159.3712)	27 (160.5716)	30 (158.2400)	36 (152.5028)
2019-03-08	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Nashville, TN	18 / 67 (682.7656)	4 (177.7144)	23 (169.7144)	15 (173.1200)	54 (162.2168)
2019-01-25	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	42 / 58 (642.6740)	22 (168.5140)	47 (159.9428)	49 (156.5028)	40 (157.7144)

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	#531 (163 pts)	#537 (208 pts)	#578 (198 pts)	#527 (183 pts)	#480 (213 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#392 (538 pts)	#297 (758 pts)	#409 (598 pts)	#290 (798 pts)	#293 (798 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#270 (811 pts)	#297 (786 pts)	#243 (996 pts)	#231 (956 pts)	#317 (741 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#353 (587 pts)	#260 (862 pts)	#315 (807 pts)	#350 (602 pts)	#273 (807 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#330 (696 pts)	#269 (862 pts)	#344 (745 pts)	#330 (736 pts)	#270 (846 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#344 (554 pts)	#316 (634 pts)	#273 (769 pts)	#302 (674 pts)	#286 (709 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#115 (912 pts)	#102 (962 pts)	#137 (792 pts)	#86 (1077 pts)	#83 (1067 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#328 (948 pts)	#186 (1326 pts)	#301 (1003 pts)	#413 (823 pts)	#326 (986 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#534 (668 pts)	#408 (879 pts)	#578 (646 pts)	#332 (1014 pts)	#415 (858 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#529 (731 pts)	#364 (1021 pts)	#580 (694 pts)	#529 (741 pts)	#325 (1139 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#538 (740 pts)	#508 (800 pts)	#515 (805 pts)	#522 (780 pts)	#547 (740 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#553 (680 pts)	#382 (975 pts)	#321 (1095 pts)	#475 (825 pts)	#503 (745 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#404 (936 pts)	#265 (1220 pts)	#411 (946 pts)	#319 (1101 pts)	#308 (1131 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#417 (734 pts)	#341 (899 pts)	#379 (819 pts)	#383 (819 pts)	#342 (902 pts)