Happy hunting ground
Top 15%
average finish here
Shawnee Great Grillers is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 3 visits.
- 3 visits
- best finish 7th
- average top 15%
Hoggy Style BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1629
peak 1632 · rated over 29 contests ⓘ
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2026-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
679.16 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 669.30 (+9.86)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.54 · weakest Chicken (165.75)
Road miles
6,670
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 1057 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Purse competed for
$319K
listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 25 state-championship entries
Master avg
669.30 / 720
28 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
599.20 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (13 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
High-water mark
696.5716
career-best overall
96.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 696.5716 at Shawnee Great Grillers — 96.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-09-27
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
LOVE 2 Q has finished one call ahead of Hoggy Style BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
21–3
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 21 of their 24 shared contests.
A strong matchup
19–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 95% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of KC Rib doctor in 19 of their 20 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2015-06-26).
- last seen 2013-06-21
- back 2015-06-26
Pork nemesis
15 of 24
shared pork entries lost
913 BBQ ahead 63% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 24 shared pork entries.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 73 at their very first tracked contest, 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) (2013-04-19).
- 2013-04-19
- 73-team field
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Aggravation BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Boom or bust
±13.57%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±13.57% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 95.5% of a perfect score
- best 166.4%
A June team
Top 19%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 19% across 12 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.
- 12 June contests
- top 31% the rest of the year
The long haul
6,670
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,670 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,057 miles to Lakeland Pig Festival.
- 34 mapped stops
- furthest 1,057 mi
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 14th
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
26 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1632
5–7 in 12 shared contests (42% to Hoggy Style BBQ)
These two have cooked 12 of the same contests — Smoker Bandits ahead 7–5 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 48
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1639
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hoggy Style BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 48 contests to 34.
⚔ Head-to-head#785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 67
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1687
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Hoggy Style BBQ)
They've been 1687 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#788 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1644
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Hoggy Style BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#782 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1629
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 71% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#786 of the rated field
- Contests
- 129
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 49%
- Peak
- 1806
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 26 | 10 | 16 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 24 | 3 | 21 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 20 | 19 | 1 | 95% | ⚔ compare |
| This is Nice | 19 | 17 | 2 | 89% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 18 | 6 | 12 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 18 | 3 | 15 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| PASSIONS OF THE PIT | 17 | 16 | 1 | 94% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Fork BBQ | 17 | 14 | 3 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| POWER I BBQ | 17 | 14 | 3 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| Velvet Swine | 17 | 13 | 4 | 76% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 147.4056 | 165.75 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 147.9200 | 166.68 | top 37% |
| Pork | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 177.1544 | 133.0628 | 167.54 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 29 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 177.7144 | 153.6688 | 166.91 | top 31% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 6 | 14 | 0 | top 19% | 2026-06-26 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 15% | 2025-09-26 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 29% | 2022-09-23 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 3 | 18 | 0 | top 23% | 2016-06-24 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 108 | 0 | top 42% | 2022-09-29 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 18% | 2018-09-21 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
13.2 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2022
5 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 12 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
28 of 34 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
16
6 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
29 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.54 · weakest Chicken (165.75)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 10 of 34 contests
Overall top-10 rate
15%
5 of 34 contests
Master average
669.30
out of 720 · 28 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
599.20
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
2,060
3,399–2,155 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6,670
34 mapped stops · furthest 1,057 mi
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$319,135
listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 25 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2015-06-26
Power rating
1629
peak 1632 · #784 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
- First call 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
- First overall top-10 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.7142 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
- 2017
- 10th tracked contest Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam
- 2018
- First category win (Brisket) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- 2022
- 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- 2024
- Career-best overall score696.5716 Shawnee Great Grillers
- Peak power rating (1632) Shawnee Great Grillers
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Shawnee Great Grillers
- 2026
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) | 2013-04-19 |
| +12.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2022-06-24 |
| +12.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| +11.9 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2018-09-21 |
| +11.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2019-09-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) | 2024-10-26 |
| -11.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2019-01-25 |
| -8.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| -8.5 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
| -3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
Category scores over time
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% | top 25% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 30% | 96.5% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 36% | 96.7% | 94.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 95.7% | 95.5% |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 28% | 95.5% | 94.1% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 41% | 93.6% | 92.2% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 41% | 166.4% | 111% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% | top 25% | 95.4% | 92.8% |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 29% | 91.8% | 90.9% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 91.2% | 90.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 8% | 93% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 40 / 157 (674.2168) | 41 (170.2628) | 76 (165.6684) | 90 (163.4284) | 13 (174.8572) |
| 2025-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 12 / 67 (694.8344) | 26 (169.1312) | 11 (174.8572) | 19 (173.1316) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 68 / 159 (662.8344) | 69 (166.8456) | 97 (162.2628) | 53 (168.5716) | 72 (165.1544) |
| 2024-10-26 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 50 / 56 (667.3372) | 54 (160.5028) | 44 (166.2628) | 50 (165.1544) | 4 (175.4172) |
| 2024-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 7 / 73 (696.5716) | 15 (173.7372) | 9 (174.8572) | 5 (177.1544) | 16 (170.8228) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 14 / 172 (683.4404) | 16 (176.0000) | 57 (167.4288) | 25 (172.0344) | 42 (167.9772) |
| 2023-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 13 / 73 (689.0512) | 44 (164.5256) | 3 (177.7028) | 8 (177.1428) | 20 (169.6800) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 14 / 167 (685.6344) | 69 (165.6916) | 48 (169.6684) | 3 (177.1544) | 20 (173.1200) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 108 / 505 (683.3828) | 290 (166.2512) | 111 (172.5828) | 170 (170.2744) | 54 (174.2744) |
| 2022-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 30 / 87 (665.0980) | 26 (170.2972) | 42 (164.0004) | 18 (171.9888) | 54 (158.8116) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 7 / 164 (687.4056) | 15 (173.1428) | 49 (166.8800) | 12 (175.4056) | 18 (171.9772) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 49 / 94 (674.8116) | 69 (165.1428) | 21 (173.1316) | 26 (172.5828) | 62 (163.9544) |
| 2021-09-24 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 39 / 86 (662.2060) | 39 (164.5600) | 73 (156.5144) | 16 (172.0000) | 22 (169.1316) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 291 / 467 (654.1372) | 385 (156.5144) | 186 (168.0000) | 187 (166.8228) | 260 (162.8000) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 23 / 145 (674.1828) | 74 (161.6800) | 27 (170.8228) | 8 (176.0000) | 51 (165.6800) |
| 2019-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 8 / 102 (681.6112) | 20 (171.9772) | 12 (172.5600) | 23 (170.8112) | 28 (166.2628) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 306 / 468 (647.3372) | 183 (167.9772) | 190 (166.8456) | 380 (154.8572) | 334 (157.6572) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 19 / 183 (670.8568) | 37 (168.0000) | 92 (160.5484) | 66 (165.1656) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 46 / 58 (599.2004) | 21 (164.5488) | 48 (147.9200) | 53 (133.0628) | 28 (153.6688) |
| 2018-09-21 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 7 / 107 (686.7656) | 11 (172.5600) | 52 (164.5372) | 16 (171.9656) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 240 / 467 (659.2684) | 341 (161.0856) | 241 (165.6684) | 231 (164.5372) | 160 (167.9772) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 32 / 185 (658.1372) | 91 (159.3828) | 31 (168.5716) | 36 (168.5256) | 64 (161.6572) |
| 2018-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-11-17 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 34 / 112 (660.9828) | 62 (161.1200) | 30 (168.5256) | 10 (173.1200) | 67 (158.2172) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 50 / 184 (648.5140) | 164 (147.4056) | 43 (165.7256) | 47 (165.7028) | 20 (169.6800) |
| 2017-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-11-18 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 354 / 557 (645.0860) | 387 (159.4056) | 404 (157.7488) | 342 (162.2516) | 219 (165.6800) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 36 / 183 (656.4684) | 87 (159.4056) | 35 (168.5256) | 20 (170.2972) | 87 (158.2400) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 74 / 183 (638.8000) | 64 (163.4172) | 106 (157.7028) | 64 (163.4400) | 108 (154.2400) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 18 / 183 (661.7138) | 17 (170.8570) | 15 (169.1428) | 93 (159.4284) | 54 (162.2856) |
| 2013-04-19 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) Overland Park, KS | 5 / 73 (669.7142) | 3 (175.4286) | 5 (169.1430) | 43 (156.5714) | 12 (168.5712) |